SCROPHULARINE/;E. LXVI. Veronica. 
calyx. Capsule obcordate, ciliated, longer than the calyx. 
Seeds many, smooth, rather flat. 
Creeping Speedwell. Pl. creeping. 
174 V. PEREGRINA (Lin. spec. p. 28.) erect, glabrous; leaves 
subserrated ; flowers sessile, shorter than the leaves; calyx 4- 
cleft, with narrow segments, which are a little longer than the 
capsule. ©. H. Native of Europe, in gardens and fields; 
North America, and Buenos Ayres. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 85. 
Fl. dan. t. 407. V. Marylándica, Murr. comm. gött. 1782. t. 
3. V. Romana, Lin. mant. p. 317. V. Caroliniàna, Walt. fl. 
car. p. 61. V. carnósula, Lam. ill. 1. p. 47. V. le? vis, Lam. 
fl. fr. ed. 2d. vol. 5. p. 44. V. palléscens, Gater. fl. montaub. 
p.27. Stem simple or branched. Radical leaves obovate, run- 
ning into the petioles. Corollas small, blue or white. Capsule 
obcordate, compressed. 
Var. 3, Xalapénsis ; stems downy ; calycine segments broader. 
©.H. Native of Mexico, near Xalapa, in forests of Liquid- 
ambar. V. Xalapénsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. 
p. 389. 
Foreign Speedwell. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1680. Pl. 1 to 
3 foot 
4 . 
175 V. Curie wsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 390.) 
stem creeping, downy; leaves oblong-spatulate, serrated, gla- 
brous ; flowers nearly sessile, shorter than the leaves, reflexed 
in the fructiferous state; calyx 4-parted, with lanceolate-acute 
segments, which are longer than the capsule. (2. H. Native 
of Quito, near Chillo, at the altitude of 1340 hexapods. Leaves 
sessile, obtuse: floral ones alternate, narrow. Corolla white. 
Capsule compressed, obcordate. Seeds oblong. 
Chillo Speedwell. Pl. creeping. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
176 V. KozrER: (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 127.) stem 
erect, downy ; cauline leaves quite entire, opposite, or 3 in a 
whorl: floral ones alternate, shorter than the peduncles. ©. 
H. Native country unknown. V. nòva, Koeler de veron. in 
recuil. d' mem. soc. Mayence, p. 184. Reem. coll. 1. p. 306. 
Koeler's Speedwell. Pl. erect. 
177 V. RorUwDIFOLIA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 6. Vahl, 
enum. 1. p. 81.) plant hairy ; stems slender, creeping; leaves 
orbicularly reniform, crenated, petiolate, subpeltate ; peduncles 
twice as long as the petioles. 2/. G. Native of Peru, in bogs. 
Stems purplish. Leaves 2 or 3, but usually solitary at the 
joints. Corolla of a rosy purple colour. Stamens 3, length of 
tube. There is a variety of this having a 5-cleft corolla, and 4 
stamens. Certainly not a species of Verónica. 
Round-leaved Speedwell. PI. creeping. 
Tob The following names occur in the gardens, but they are 
probably synonymous with those described above. 
1. V. diversifolia, Moench. 2. V. melancólica, Hort. par. 
3. V. paludósa, Lejeune. 4. V. Pannónica, Mill. 5. V. pin- 
natifida, Willd. 6. V. spadàna, Lejeune. 7. V. Waldstein- 
iàna, Schott. 8. V. preealta, Hort. 
Cult. The hardy, herbaceous, perennial species of Verónica 
are generally grown in flower borders, for which they are well 
fitted on account of their beauty ; they are of the most easy 
culture, and are readily increased by division at the root. 
The annual kinds, having rather a weed-like appearance, are 
only grown in botanical gardens; the seeds of them only re- 
quire to be sown in the open ground. ‘The species natives of 
New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, being 
rather tender, require to be treated as greenhouse plants; the 
shrubby kinds of these are propagated by cuttings ; the others 
by divisions of the root” 
LXVII. DIiPLOPSHYLLUM. 
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LXVII. DIPLOPHY'LLUM (from éimdooe, diploos, double ; 
and $vAXov, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the two-leaved 
calyx.) Lehm. in berl. mag. an. 4. p. 2.— Verónica species, 
Stev. 
LXVIII. LzPrANDRA. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogýnia. Calyx of 2 sepals, com- 
pressedly closed; sepals cordate, serrated, 2-lobed. Corolla 
subrotate, 4-cleft; the 2 opposite lobes the smallest. Stamens 
2, shorter than the corolla, without any rudiments of sterile 
ones; anthers didymous. Stigma simple. Capsule roundish, 
compressed, obcordate, 2-celled, 4-valved, 4-seeded.—An an- 
nual plant, with the habit of the species of Verónica belonging 
to section Cochlidiospérma. ‘Stems many, subdichotomously 
branched, decumbent, nearly terete, furnished with 2 rows of 
spreading hairs. Leaves cordate-ovate, bluntly serrated, pale 
green, hairy. Pedicels solitary, axillary, declinate while bear- 
ing the fruit, about equal in length to the leaves, or exceeding 
them a little. Calyx downy, finely ciliated. Corolla pale blue, . 
much shorter than the calyx. Capsule inclosed, ex Bieb. ; 
glabrous, ex Lehm. Seeds large, wrinkled, black. Navicular, 
1 D. veronicarérme (Lehm. l. c) ©. H. Native of 
shady woods about the Cuban. Verónica, Cristagálli. Stev. in 
mem. soc. gorenki, icon. ined. Lin. trans. 11. p. 408. t. 31. 
Bieb. suppl. p. 19. Link, enum. 1. p. 27. 
Speedwell-formed Diplophyllum. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1813. 
Pl. trailing. 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in 
early spring, in the open ground. A dry light soil suits it best. 
LXVIII. LEPTA'NDRA (from Aezroc, leptos, slender ; and 
avno avOpoc, aner andros, a male; in reference to the slender 
stamens.) Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 7. Verónica species, Lin. 
and others. Veronicástrum species, Heist. helmst. 205. Moench. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, bibrac- 
“teate; segments acuminated. Corolla tubularly campanulate ; 
limb 4-lobed, sub-ringent: lower segment the narrowest. Ge- 
nitals exserted ; filaments and base of the tube of the corolla 
downy. Capsule ovate, acuminated, 2-celled, many-seeded.— 
Robust plants, with broad, rather wrinkled, verticillate, ser- 
rated leaves, and terminal, solitary spikes of flowers, and some- 
times there are short spikes from the axils of the upper leaves. 
1 L. Vinciwicus (Nutt. 1. c.) leaves 4-5 in a whorl, ovate- 
lanceolate, petiolate, acuminated. 2/. H. Native of Virginia 
and Japan. ? Verónica Virgínica, Lin. spec. p. 13. Vahl, enum. 
1. p. 56. Hoffm. in comm. gott. 15. p. 112. t. 1. phyt. bl. p. 
89. t. 9. f. 1. Thunb. jap. p. 20.?  Veronicástrum álbum, 
Moench.—Knip. cent. 10. p. 97.—Plukn. phyt. t. 70. f. 2. 
Stem beset with rufous hairs. Lower leaves 5 in a whorl: 
upper ones 4, rarely 3, dirty green, downy. Corollas white. 
Capsule tetragonal, 4-valved. Seeds wrinkled. 
Var. B, incarndtus ; flowers purple, or flesh-coloured. %. 
H. Verónica Virginica, 3, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 10. 
Virginian Leptandra. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1714. Pl. 4 to 
5 feet. 
2 L. S1isí/ nicus. (Nutt. l. c.) leaves 5-6-9 in a whorl, lanceo- 
late, sessile, acuminated. 2%. H. Native of Dauria. Veró- 
nica Sibírica, Lin. spec. p. 12. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 55.— Amm. 
ruth. p. 20. t. 4. Veronicdstrum rubéllum, Moench. Stem 
hairy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, much broader than those of L. 
Virginicus. Corollas blue. 
Siberian Leptandra. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1779. PI. 4 feet. 
3 L. Meye'rt, glabrous; leaves scattered, nearly linear acute, 
sharply serrulated ; raceme terminal, dense; corolla tubular. 
A4. H. Native of Dahuria, in humid meadows. Verónica 
tubiflóra, Fisch et Meyer, rem. hort. petrop. 1836. p. 53. Calyx 
unequal. Corolla blue; segments oblong, bluntish. Capsule 
small oblong. Seeds minute, elliptic. 
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