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Sibiria"), is really adopted from Linne's Hortus Upsalensis, where 

 the plant is more fully described, contrasted with V. maritima, and 

 stated to be from Sibiria. A plant with steins and under surface of 

 leaves glabrous, the latter with acute (not acuminate) serratures, 

 from Siberia, would appear to be the same as certain specimens seen 

 in Herb. New York Botanical Garden from Altai and Manchuria. 

 These all have very short petioles, a feature especially stressed by 

 Sir J. E. Smith in his re-description of the Linnean plant, and so 

 appear to be in contrast with any form seen of V. maritima L. It 

 will be noticed that this interpretation of Veronica spuria L., is not 

 that of Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 3: 231. 1846, and others, who hold 

 the name for a plant with leaves narrowed at base. 



2. Veronica spicata L. 



Veronica spicata L., Sp. PI. 10. 1753. "Habitat in Europae 

 borealis campis." A specimen was in the Linnean Herbarium in 

 1 753, and the plant is included in Flora Suecica from Sweden. Sev- 

 eral specimens from Sweden seen in Herb. New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



Roadside, Stockholm, northern New York. Introduced from 

 northern Eurasia. 



3. Veronica mexicana S. Wats. 



Veronica mexicana S. Wats, in Proc. Am. Acad. 23: 2S1. 1888. 

 "On cool damp bluffs of streams in the Sierra Madre, Chihuahua, 

 C. G. Pringle (n. 1349), Sept., 1887." Isotype 2 seen in Herb. Col- 

 umbia University at New York Botanical Garden. 



Mountain slopes, at altitudes of 1950 to 2400 meters; Sierra Madre 

 of southern Chihuahua and Durango. 



4. Veronica Copelandii Eastw. 



1 'eronica Copelandii Eastw. in Bot. Gaz. 41 : 288. /. 2. 1906. " Col- 

 lected on Mount Eddy [California] at an elevation of 2500 m by 

 Dr. Edwin Bingham Copeland, August 18, 1903, distribution of C. 

 E. Baker, 1903, no. 3931." Isotype, collected on Mount Eddy, 

 Siskiyou County, and distributed by C. F. Baker, seen in Herb. 

 New York Botanical Garden. 



Alpine slopes, known only from the mountains of Siskiyou, and 

 perhaps adjoining counties in northern California. 



5. Veronica Cusickii A. Gray 



Veronica Cusickii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. 2 1 : 288. 1878. "Al- 

 pine region of the Blue Mountains, W. Oregon. W. C. Cusick." 



3 The word "Isotype" is used to designate a specimen of the original collection, 

 other than the type itself. See Torreya 19: 13. 1919. 



