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Veronica orchidea. Orchis-flowered 

 Speedwell. 



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Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. limbo 4-partito: lacinia infima angustiore. Caps. 

 2-Iocularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Veronica orchidea; foliis oblongis crenatis obtusis cauleque 

 pubescente, spica terminali, laciniis corollas linearibus 

 tortuosis antheras superantibus. Wahlenb. FL carpat. 

 p. 4. 



> eronica orchidea ; foliis oppositis cauleque pubescentibus ; 

 radicalibus oblongo-obovatis crenatis in petiolum decur- 

 rentibus; caulinis oblongis crenato-serratie subsessilibus, 

 laciniis corollae lanceolatis acutis tortuoso-conniventibus. 

 Besser Galic. n. 13. Flor. taur.-cauc. 3. p. 9. Roem. 

 et Sch. Syst. veg. 1. p. 94. n. 28. 



Desc. Stem upright, rounded, somewhat rough. Leaves 

 opposite, crossed, in distant pairs, sessile, lanceolate, crenate 

 serrate, veined, fleshy, smooth on the upper and roughish on 

 the under surface. Flowers violet-coloured, ©n long terminal 

 spikes. Bractes linear, longer than the calyx. Calyx of 

 tour ovate, ciliated leaflets, the two lower ones longer than 

 the upper. Corolla irregular, tube gibbous: lacinicc four: 

 upper one broad at the base, acuminated, the other three 

 linear, variously twisted, all emarginate : faux hairy. Stamens 

 on very short filaments: anthers large, purple, didymous 

 u '»th the lobes united at the apex only, just appearing above 

 r| »e orifice of the tube. Germen nearly globular. Style 

 shorter than calyx. Stigma obtu- 



