Veronica,| XCII. SCROPHULARIACEZ (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 357 
Leaves elliptic or obovate, }~1 in. long; calyx 
5-partite (the posticous segment minute) . 7. V. myrsinoides. 
Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate - 6. V. Mannii, 
Plant annual, not glandular-hairy, small. 
Stems prostrate; calyx subequally 4-partite, with 
narrow segments . : . : . 8. VP, violefolia. 
Stems ascending ; calyx bipartite, with broad lobes 9. V. simensis. 
1. V. Anagallis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed.i.12. A succulent glabrous or 
glandular-pubescent herb, 1-2 ft. high; stem creeping and rooting at 
the base, then erect, stout, hollow, branched. Leaves sessile, lanceo- 
late, lanceolate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 1-34 in. long, }-1} in. broad, 
usually acute, semi-amplexicaul, more or less remotely serrate or entire. 
Racemes 2-3} in. long, in the axils of all or nearly all the upper leaves ; 
bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1-24 lin. long; pedicels spread- 
ing, 1-2 lin. long. Calyx 1} lin. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, | 
lin. long, subacute. Corolla blue, pale blue or flesh-coloured, about 2 
lin. in diam.; upper segment broadly ovate, 1 lin. long, nearly J lin. 
broad; lateral segments broadly elliptic, nearly 1 lin. long, # lin. broad ; 
lower segment 3? lin. long, scarcely 4 lin. broad. Capsule orbicular, 
slightly emarginate, 1-14 lin. long.—Fresen. in Bot. Zeit. 1844, 356 ; 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 467; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 125; 
Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 141; Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 
iv. ii, 367 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 293; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 
1702; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 121; Schweinf. Beitr. FI. 
Aethiop. 101 (var. aquatica). V. aquatica, Bernhardi, Ueber den 
Begriff der Pilanzenart, 66; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 379 ; 
Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 358, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 26. 
Wile Land, Ethiopia, Kotschy, 165! Nubia: New Dongola, Ehrenberg. 
Nile banks between Old Dongola and Korti, Bromfield, 108! Eritrea ; Hamasen, 
Steudner, 817. Abyssinia: Tigre ; Adowa, Quartin-Dillon, Schimper, 224 : Dehli 
Dikeno, Schimper, 262 ; Memsach Region, 7200 ft., Schimper, 520; Samen, Riippell-; 
Ghaba, Steudner, 7830! Hawash and Maki Rivers and Zaquala District, Wellby ! 
Galla Country, Stewdner, 776; and without precise locality, Schimper, 591! 
Uganda : Kidung Ndogo (Kedong River), 6800 ft., Scott. Elliot, 6501! British 
East Africa: Machakos, 4000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6681! Kikuyu and on the 
road to Eldama Ravine, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! 
Lower Guinea. (ierman South-west Africa: Great Namaqualand ; between 
Rehoboth and Otyizeva, Schinz, 5! and without precise locality, Schinz, 22 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston ! 
Usagara ; Robeho Mountains, 4700 ft., Speke & Grant ! 
Also in nearly all warm and temperate regions. : 
Ihave seen no African specimen of V. anagalloides, Guss. Pl. Rar. 5, t. 3, whieh 
Almagia includes in his Flora of Eritrea (Ann. Istit. Bot, Roma, viii, 141). 1 
suspect that the Eritrean specimens belong to V. Anagallis. 
2. V. Beccabunga, Linn., forma minima, Hngl. Hochgebirgs/. 
Lrop. Afr. 379, A glabrous or sparingly puberulous herb ; stems about 
3 in. long, rather stout and succulent, decumbent and rooting ae the 
lower part. Leaves shortly stalked, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2-7 in. 
long, 23 lin. broad, subacute, narrowed at the base, rather fleshy, 
