Veronica SCROPHULARIACEAh Monochasma 



Fls. axillary: plants pubescent 1 • V. arvemis 



Inn. terminal. 

 Plant glabrous: stems stout: lvs. 5-10 cm. long; racemes laxly 



Ad 4. V. undulata 



Plant more or less pubescent: stems slender: lvs. 2-4 cm. 



long: racemes densely nd 5. V. galactites 



1. Veronica arvensis Linn. (G.M.1284). Erect or reclining annual, 7-25 cm. high; fls. 

 violet blue, IV-V. Introduced from Europe; locally in Ki. Roadside. 



2. Veronica didyma Ten. (V. agrcstis of authors, non Linn.; V. polita Fries) Field 

 Speedwell ^$j (P'oP'oNa; Maternal-grandmother's-gift) (G.M.1284; Hegi 6:53). 

 Creeping annual; fls. pink, II-IV; capsules turgid. Eurasia; locally in Che., Hun., 

 Ki., Ku. Roadsides. Fig. 334. 



3. Veronica persica Poir. (V: tournefortii Gmel.) Byzantine Speedwell (G.M.1284). 

 Creeping herb; fls. blue, III-VIII; capsules flattened. Eurasia; locally in Ki., Ku. 

 Roadsides. 



4. Veronica undulata Wall. {V. anagallis Linn.) Water Speedwell tR^H (Shui K'u 

 Mai; Water Lactuca) (B.M.1284; H.F.4:293). Ascending glabrous herb, to lm.; 

 fls. blue, IV-VI; fr. VI-VIII. Western Himalayas, southern China; locally in Che., 

 Hun., Hup., Ku. Wet places. 



5. Veronica galactites Hance {V. spuria F. & H., non Linn.) faMfitft (Lang Wei La 

 Hua; Curved Wolf-tail Flower) (ASNP V. 5:232). Erect pubescent herb, to 0.7 m.; 

 fls. blue, VII-IX. China; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



2. Centranthera R. Br. $Jftj£M (Hu Ma Ts'ao Shu; Herbaceous sesame Genus) 

 Erect scabrid herbs with oblong to linear entire (ours) or toothed opposite lvs. (or 

 the upper alternated and alternate spicate bracteate 2-bracteolate fls. ; calyx spathe like, 

 split on one side; corolla tube inflated above; stamens 4, didynamous; anthers spurred; 

 filaments hairy: capsule ovoid. 5 species, from eastern Asia to Malaya and Australia; 

 3 in China. (Greek meaning "spur", and "flower"; referring to the spurred anthers.) 



1. Centranthera cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (C. brunoniana Wall, ex Benth.; C. 

 hispida R.Br.) (Mak.F.137; F.H.E.2:202). Slender herb, to 1 m. ; fls. yellow, VIII- 

 IX. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



3. Monochasma Maxim, ex Franch. & Savat. f^MM (Lu Erh Ts'ao Shu) 

 Weak perennial herbs with numerous lfy. brs.; lvs. often gray-or white tomentose : 

 calyx 5-cleft or -parted, the lobes enlarging in fr. to about I cm. in length, with a tube 

 about equal to the lobes; corolla tubular, irregular; stamens included, didynamous: 

 ovary incompletely 2-loculed, becoming a capsule with numerous seeds, dehiscent by 

 a single cleft. 3 species in Japan and China; 2 in China. (Latin: mono, one, and 

 chasma, opening; referring to the one-cleft capsule.) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. tomentose beneath: corolla 2-3 x the calyx 1- M. savattem 



Lvs. not tomentose: corolla shorter than the calyx 2. M. shearer > 



1. Monochasma savatieri Franch. ex Maxim. E^j£ (L u E fh Ts'ao; Deer-ear Plant) 

 (St.P.M.VII:29(3):58). Perennial herb, to 3 dm.; fls. pink, V-VII. Southeastern 

 China; locally in Che., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



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