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Veronica Allenii Greenm. in Bot. Gaz. 25: 263. 1898. "Col- 

 lected by 0. D. Allen along Paradise river on Mt. Rainier [Washing- 

 ton], altitude 1700 m , August 20, 1897, no. 95a." Isotype seen in 

 Herb. New York Botanical Garden. Differs, as stated by Green- 

 man, " in its smaller flowers, the white corolla, and less exserted sta- 

 mens and style." As stated by Macbride and Payson, "typical 

 V. Cusickii is common on Mt. Rainier," so that it seems probable 

 that Allenii is better considered as an albino form, forma Allenii 

 (Greenm.) Pennell, comb. nov. However the single collection 

 known differs from V. Cusickii by the following contrast: corolla 

 3-4 mm. long, white (not 5-6 mm. long, blue), and sepals less unequal. 

 The plant should be re-collected and studied. 



Veronica Cusickii Allenii (Greenm.) Macbr. & Pays, in Contrib. 

 Gray Herb. II. 49: 67. 1917. I should not consider an albino state, 

 occurring with its species, as of rank higher than forma. 



Mountain slopes, Cascade and Olympic mountains of Washington, 

 eastward to Coeur d'Alene Mountains of northern Idaho and Blue 

 Mountains of northeastern Oregon. 



6. Veronica fruticans Jacq. 



Veronica fruticans Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vind. 2,200. 1762. " Cres- 

 cit copiose in herbidis saxosisque montium Schneeberg, Schneealbl, 

 Gans. &c. [Austria]." Description of calyx as covered with a very 

 light pubescence, of the corolla as larger than V. alpina (by which 

 name V. jnimila Allioni is intended) and more blue, indicate that 

 this name belongs to the plant now discussed rather than to V. fruti- 

 culosa L. The Greenland plant has been known by the later 

 name Veronica saxatilis Scop. 



East Greenland (Lange), and on Disco Island, West Greenland. 

 Through the mountains of western Eurasia, Scandinavia, Scottish 

 Highlands and Alps. 



Veronica fruticulosa L., Sp. PI. ed. II. 15. 1762. ("Habitat 

 in Alpibus Austriae, Helvetiae, Pyrenaeis".) From Linne's brief 

 description, the description and plate of Haller cited (Stirp. Helv. 

 1: 532. pi. 9. 1742), the south European range assigned, and the 

 identification by Sir. J. E. Smith (in Rees Cyclop. 37: Art. Veronica, 

 no. 20) who had Linne's specimen before him, this name must be held 

 for the pink-flowered, larger, slightly glandular-pubescent, longer- and 

 at times dentate-leaved plant of the Alps and Pyrenees. LinntVs 

 description of the calyx as glabrous is apparently inaccurate, as this 

 is somewhat glandular-pubescent. Scopoli, in his Flora Carniolae, 

 ed. II. 1: 11 and 19. 1772, well contrasts J'cronica fruticulosa and 

 V. fruticans, although describing both as new species from Carniola. 



