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20. Veronica javanica Blume. 



Veronica javanica Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 742. 1826. 

 "Crescit in cacumine Sederato et ad cataractas fluvii Tjikundul 

 montis Gede [Java]." The brief original description, especially in 

 the phrase "spicis axillaribus, " would seem to denote the plant here 

 considered. I have followed Sir J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 296. 

 1884, in adopting this name, as the only named specimen which I 

 have for comparison, Griffith 3921 from East Himalaya distributed 

 by Kew Gardens as "Veronica Maddenii Edg.," is evidently this 

 species. There is also a previously unnamed specimen, in Herb. 

 New York Botanical Garden, from the Liu Kiu Islands. 



Petropolis, Brazil, collected by J. Ball in 1882. Introduced from 

 the Oriental Region. 



21. Veronica grandiflora J. Gaertn. 



Veronica grandiflora J. Gaertn. in Novi Comm. Acad. Petrop. 14: 

 531. pi. 18, f. 1. 1770. " Kamtschatkam pro patria sua . . . . 

 in pratis alpinis . . . ., referente Stellero, copiose nascitur." 

 A full description, and a carefully drawn illustration, make the 

 application of this name unmistakable, although the capsule is 

 described as smooth (the word "laevis" however, not. the word 

 "glaber"). Apparently this was accidentally renamed by the 

 younger Linne (Suppl. 83. 1781), who says of it: " Veronica kamt- 

 chatica Gaertner Act. petropol. Habitat in Kamtschatka." Speci- 

 mens, L. Stejneger 106, etc., seen from Bering Island, along the coast 

 of Kamchatka. 



Western Aleutian Islands (Kiska and Attu Islands). Also in 

 Kamchatka. 



Similar to, but much larger than, Veronica aphylla L., Sp. PI. 11. 

 1753, of the Alps of Europe; differs by having its stems frequently 

 1 dm. long, its peduncles longer, its leaves 2.5-4 cm. long (not 1-2 

 cm. long), obovate and more acute, its corollas 8-9 mm. long (not 

 5 mm. long), and its style 8-9 mm. long, exserted, probably as long 

 as the capsule (not 4 mm. long and only one-half to two-thirds length 

 of capsule). 



22. Veronica officinalis L. 



Veronica officinalis L., Sp. PI. 11. 1753. "Habitat in Europae 

 sylvestribus sterilibus." Refers to Linne, Mat. Med. 4, no. 11. 

 1749; then to Linne, Fl. Suec. 4, no. 8. 1745, where the plant is 

 said to occur in Sweden "frequens in sylvis praesertim exustis," 

 and its medical uses are mentioned. The Linnean specimens are 

 more fully described by Sir. J. E. Smith in Rees Cyclop. 37: Art. 

 Veronica, no. 53. 1819. Specimen in Herb. New York Botanical 

 Garden, collected at Upsala, Sweden, July, 1902, by Dr. W. A. 

 Murrill, is probably a topotype. 



