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VERONICA PERFOLIATA. PERFOLIATE 
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| “Class and Order. 
Dranpria Monoeynra, 
‘Generic Character. 
Cor. limbo A-partito: lacinia infima angustiore. - Caps. 2- 
locularis. : 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Veronica perfoliata ; racemis lateralibus pedunculatis multi- 
floris, foliis integerrimis glaberrimis ovatis acuminatis 
basi connatis, capsulis bipartilibus. Brown Prod. Flore 
Nov. Holl. p. 434, 
Descr. Stem about two feet high, with few branches, 
simple, upright. Leaves ovate-acuminate, decussate, con- 
nate at their base, of a glaucous green. Raceme lateral, 
Jong, many-flowered ; flowers looking one way; pedicles 
alternate ; scarcely the length of the calyx. Calyx four- 
parted, unequal, one segment being considerably longer than- 
the rest, persistent. Corolla violet-purple : upper lacinia 
largest, streaked : faux villous. Stamens shorter than corolla, 
spreading. Style declined. Capsule oblong-oval, two-celled, 
many-seeded. . 
Jussteu places the genus Veronica in his order of Pedi- 
culares ; Brown in that of Scrophularing ; who observes, 
* that the relation of the dissepiment, with respect tothe valves _ 
of the capsule, as being contrary to or parallel therewith, is a 
character always esteemed by Jussizu, of great value in the 
formation of natural orders; and he has, upon this ground, 
separated his order of Rhododendra from his Erice, and 
Pediculares from Scrophularig ; but, by so doing, he has 
Bi frequently 
