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VERONICA MULTIFIDA. FINeE-cur 
SPEEDWELL. 
Seg Sede eee 
Clafs and Order. 
Dianprra Monocyrnia. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Gr. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima anguftiore, Capf 2-le- 
cularis, 
Specific Charatter and Synonyms, 
VERONICA multifida ; racemis lateralibus, foliis multipartitim- 
pinnatifidis: laciniis linearibus, foliolis calycis trifidis, 
VERONICA multifida ; foliis multipartitis, laciniis pinnatifidis, 
Jobis decurrentibus, pedunculis brevibus, calyce glaber- 
rimo, caule villofo. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 69. excl. Smith. 
AG Soc. Linn. 1. p. 109. Vabl Enum. 1. p. 73. : 
VERONICA multifda ; racemis lateralibus, folits multipartitis 
laciniatis, caulibus ere€lis. Sp. Pl. p.17. Sy/. Veg. Go. | 
VERONICA abrotanifolio, frutefcens, floribus carneis. mm. 
Ruth. 25. 2. 33. 
VERONICA foliis multifidis linearibus. Gmel. Sid. 3. p. 222. 
: exclufo fynonymo Tournefortii. 
Descr. The whole plant is covered with a fine pubefcence, 
fhorter and thinner on the calyxes than elfewhere ; but thefe are 
by no means free from it. Stem fuffruticofe. Lower leaves 
maultipartite, with pinnatifid lacinia, upper ones irregularly 
pinnate with linear, fimple, and pinnatifid lacinie. Aacemes 
realy lateral, though from the drawing they might be taken for 
terminal. Braéves 3—4-cleft: lacinie fimple. Calyw 4-cleft: 
two upper leaflets much longer than the lower, trifid. Coralla 
pale blue, ftreaked with purple: upper lacinia larger than the 
reft: lower one fmaller. Anthers violet-coloured before. they 
burft, 
