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VERONICA LABIATA. LABIATED, 
SPEEDWELL. 
BESET Re ae ea eR eae ae 
Clafs and Order. 
Drianpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 4-partitus, raro 5-partitus. Cor. fubrotata. Tubus calyce 
brevior. Cap/ula valvis medio feptiferis v. bipartibilis. Brown. 
Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 
VERONICA Jabiata ; racemis axillaribus longiffimis, foliis 
elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis inequaliter ferratis. Brown 
. Prod. Nov. Holl. p. 434. 
VERONICA Derwentia ; foliis lanceolatis, oppofitis, alternis, 
dentatis: floribus {picatis axillaribus: corollis parvis, pal- 
lide violaceis, fragrantiffimis. Littlejohn in Bot. Repof. 531. 
Desc. Root perennial. Stems fimple, ere, fmooth, rounded, 
herbaceous. Leaves croffwife-oppofite, feflile, lanceolate, con- 
cave, fawed with unequal flefhy pointed teeth. Calyx {mooth, 
4-cleft : /egments acute, nearly equal, ere€t. Corolla one petal : 
tube very fhort : faux hairy : limb 4-cleft: Jlacinie fomewhat un- © 
equal, bilabiately arranged: upper one upright, emarginate, 
larger than the other three which form the lower lip. Colour 
of the corolla pale blue. Stamens 2: filaments the length of the 
corolla inferted into the tube. Azthers heart-fhaped, deep blue : 
pollen white. Germen oval, emarginate: Style purple: Stigma 
fimple. 
We did not remark the fragrance of the flowers recorded in 
the Botanift’s Repofitory. 
It is confidered as a greenhoufe plant ; but, being a native of 
Van Diemen’s Ifland and of the South Coaft of New-Holland, 
is probably fufficiently hardy to bear our ordinary winters without 
| ion. Propagated by parting its roots. Flowers moft 
part of the fummer, 
