No. 94. VERONICA. 109 



Genus Veronica, Calyx 4 parted, unequal persistent. 

 Corolla rotate, 4 lobed, unequal. Stamens 2, equal ex- 

 ert. One pistil, style and stigma. Capsule bilocular 

 polysperm. 



Sp. Veronica becabiinga. L. Stem erect, creeping ; 

 leaves subsessile, ovate oblong, smooth^ racemes axillarv, 

 opposite, multiflore, capsules obcordate, compressed. " 



Var- Americana. Raf. (or Froeumb ens.) Stem pro- 

 cunibent, rooted at the base; leaves elliptical, acute 

 petiolate, subserrate, capsules swelled, obcordate. 



DESCRIPTION of the American variety. Root pe- 

 rennial, fibrose, v^hite. Stem creeping at the base, as- 

 surgent afterwards, about a foot high, with few branches, 

 round and smooth. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, 

 very smooth, oblong base rounded, end acute, subser- 



rate. Racemes on long axillary opposite peduncles, lax, 

 elongate,^ and multiflore; flowers on long pedicels, axil- 

 lary to linear bracts, corolla blue. Capsules bibbed, 

 swelled, although subcompressed. 



HISTORY. The genus Veronica is pery prolific in 

 species, and was fruitful in anomalies. The genera 

 Hebe and Leptandra^ have been divided from it. I have 

 long ago reformed it still further, by establishing some 

 other j^enera and subgenera with it. The genera are : 



1, Panoxis. Raf. Calyx equal, 4 parted. Corolla tu- 

 bular, quadrilid equal. Capsule oblong acute, type V. 

 salicifolia, F. cataracta, and F. macrocarpa, 

 ^ 2- Ponaria. Raf, Calyx 5 parted, equal. Corolla 4 

 lobed, equal. Type F. pona, V, latifolia^ F. lacinia- 

 ta, &c. 



3. JUlophia. Raf. Calyx campanulate, 4-5 cleft. Co- 

 rolla subrogate, unequal,'^ 4-5 parted. Stamens 5 or 4, 

 incurved. Stigma truncate. Capsule obcordate. F. 



rotundifolia, R. & P. 



After these needful subtractions, this genus contains 

 vet 100 species or more, which may be divided into two 



subgenera. 



1. *y. G. Becabunga, Corolla rotate, 4 lobed. Cap- 

 sule obcordate or notched bivalve. Mostly all the 



species. 



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