Tap. 7759. 
VERONICA atavca. 
Native of Greece. 
Nat, Ord. ScropHULARINEZ.—Tribe DiGiITALER. 
Genus Veronica, Linn.; (Benth. § Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 964.) 
Veronica (Veronicastrum) glauca; annua, suberecta, ramosa, caule ramisque 
oppositis gracilibus subbifariam laxe pubescentibus, foliis breviter 
petiolatis late ovatis obtusis crenato-dentatis basi rotundatis vel subcor- 
datis supra glabris subtus pilosulis, floralibus bracteiformibus parvis 
angustis 2-3-lobatis supremis integris, racemis laxifloris, pedicellis filifor- 
mibus calyce 3-5-plo longioribus fructiferis patulis apice recurvis, calycis 
segmentis ellipticis obtusis pubescentibus paribus valde inzequalibus 
longioribus corolla brevioribus, corolla lobis subequalibus ceruleis basi 
albis, capsula orbiculata trancato-subretusa glabra v. parce pilosa, loculis 
6-7-spermis, seminibus cyathiformibus concavo-convexis, 
V. glauca, Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Gree. i. p. 6,t. 7. Benth. in DO. Prodr. vol, x. 
p. 484. Boiss, Fl. Orient. vol. iv. p. 461. 
V. greeca, Sprun. Pl. Greec. exsice. ew Boiss, l.c. 
V.ameena, Heldr. Herb. Norm, ex Nym. Consp. p. 548, non Stev. 
Bentham, in De Candolle’s ‘‘ Prodromus,” doubts JV. 
glauca being specifically distinct from V. amena, Bieb. 
This arises from imperfect knowledge of the latter plant, 
which he confounds with V. greca, Sprun., and hence 
erroneously describes it as having pedicels twice or thrice 
as long as the calyx. The fact is that V. greca is 
a synonym of V. glauca. V. amena has very short 
pedicels, and further differs from V. glauca in its small 
size (two to three inches high), glandular hairs, lanceolate 
sepals, and native country (Armenia). V. peduncularis, 
Bory & Chaub. (non Bieb.), also cited in the ‘* Prodromus ” 
under V. amena, differs both from that plant and from 
V. glauca in the glabrous capsule two-lobed to the middle. 
Veronica glauca is a native of sandy fields in Attica, 
where it was discovered by Sibthorp, on Mount Hymettus, 
near Athens, and it has also been collected in Crete. The 
specimen figured here was raised from seeds presented to 
the Royal Gardens, Kew, by the Hon. Charles Ellis, of 
Frensham Hall. It flowered in June in the Herbaceous 
ground, and is an annual. The flowers are smaller than 
Fepruary Ist, 1901. 
