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VERONICA GENTIANOIDES. VEINED- 
FLOWERED SPEEDWELL. 
(“ERS HE HHS 
Cla/s and Order. 
DrianDRIA MonocGyYNIAa. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Cor. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima anguftiore. Cap/. 2- 
locularis, 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
VERONICA gentianoides ; caule afcendente, racemo ter- 
minali, calycibus 4-partitis inaqualibus, folits 
radicalibus angulatis bafi elongatis. y 
VERONICA gentianoides ; corymbo terminalt hirfuto, foliis — 
radicalibus lanceolatis acutis fubcrenatis nudis. 
Sinith in AZ. Soc. Linn. 1. Pp. 194+ ; 
VERONICA gentianoides ; corymbo terminali, foltis lanceo- 
-‘Jatis. margine cartilagineis: inferioribus con-— 
natis vaginantibus; caule adfcendente. | Vabl 
Symb. 1. p.1. Enum.1.p. 62. 
VERONICA orientalis; ere€ta, gentianelle foliis. Tours, 
Cor. 7. ; 
VERONICA pea blattarie facie. Buxd. Cent. 1. p. 23- 
t. 355 
Descr. Root creeping. Stem afcending, round, hairy. 
Radical leaves half a foot long, tongue-fhaped, decurrent 
down the footftalk, obfoletely toothed, imperfeétly three- 
nerved, fomewhat villous and foft to the touch on both fides: 
cauline leaves hairy, elliptic, attenuated at both extremities, 
Ower ones oppofite, upper alternate, gradually diminifhing ia 
fize, with margins more entire, till they become mixed with 
€ flowers, and form lanceolate quite entire raéZes. Flowers 
Crowded in a terminal raceme, pale with deep blue veins. 
Pedicles ere@ hairy. Calyx 4-cleft: fegments unequal, eee 
: airy. 
