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VERONICA LABIATA. FRAGRANT WHITE- 
FLOWERED SPEEDWELL. 
SERS KKK EEE KEE EKER 
Class and Order. 
DianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuu ring. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 4-partitus, rard 3-partitus. Corolla subrotata. 
Tubus calyce brevior. Limbus 4-partitus, inequalis, lobis 
indivisis. Stamina 2 autherifera, sterilia nulla. Capsula 
valvis medio septiferis, v. bipartibilis—Herbe vel frutices. 
Folia opposita, quandoque verticillata vel alterna, sepe 
dentata vel incisa. Inflorescentia varia. Calyces ebrac- 
teatt. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
VERONICA labiata ; erecta, foliis lato-lanceolatis longe acu- 
minatis sessijibus arguté ineequaliter serratis, racemis 
axillaribus oppositis elongatis, corollis bilabiatis pa- 
tentibus labio superiore indiviso, inferiore tripartito 
lobo medio minore. | 
Venoxice labiata. Br. Prodr. p. 434. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
v. 1. p. TA. 
Veronica Derwentia. Andr. Rep. t. 531. 
A very pretty species of VERONICA, with leaves much 
acuminated at the extremity, and long axillary racemes of 
fragrant white flowers. It is a native of the Southern 
shores of New Holland and also of Van Diemen’s Land, 
from which latter country it has been transmitted to the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it grows in the greenhouse, 
by Ronatp Gunn, Esq. 
Descr. Stem two feet high, simple, nearly glabrous, 
under a lens are seen two opposite lines of hairs. Leaves 
Opposite, three to four inches long, sessile, broadly lanceo- 
late, 
