40 Rhodora [February 



Veronica decussata [Soland. in] Ait., Hort. Kew. 1 : 20, 1789. " Nat. 

 of Falkland Islands. Introd. 1776, by John Fothergill." Described 

 as with bracteoles on pedicels, an appearance probably caused by 

 the terminal bractlets of the raceme appearing, while the bud of the 

 rachis is suppressed. 



Hebe magellanica J. F. Gmel., Syst. Nat. 2: 27. 1791. Based 

 upon Hebe Juss., Gen. PI. 105. 1789, where the name is attributed 

 to Commerson and the plant said to be from Magellan. Evidently 

 collected by Commerson at the Straits of Magellan in 1767-8. 



Veronica Simpsonii Phil, in Anal. Univ. Chile 1873: 26. 1873. 

 " Enrique Simpson trajo de las orillas del rio Aysen, en Patagonia. " 

 The careful description of the branch, leaves, fruiting inflorescence, 

 capsules and seeds appears to denote the species now considered. 



Southern Patagonia and Falkland Islands. Also in the Auckland 

 Islands and South Island of New Zealand. 



Nomina Excludenda. 



Veronica caroliniana Poir., Encyc. Meth., Bot. 8: 520. 1808. 

 "Communiquee par M. Bosc, qui l'a recueillie dans la Caroline." 

 This is Cynoctonum Mitreola (L.) Britton, of the Loganiaceae. Not 

 V. caroliniana Walt., 1788. 



Veronica cinerea Raf ., New Fl. Am. 4 : 39. 1838. " From Origon. " 

 Description of plant as " cinereous villose, leaves alternate .... 

 flowers spicate very dense sessile .... stamens very long" 

 appears to denote some species of Synthyris. 



Veronica fluminensis Veil., Fl. Flum. 11. 1825; Icones 1: pi. 25. 

 1827. "Abunde provenit locis umbrosis ad vias maritimas Regii 

 Praedii Sanctae Crucis [Brazil]." Description and illustration show 

 a plant of the Acanthaceae. 



Veronica litoralis Veil., Fl. Flum. 10. 1825; Icones 1: pi. 24- 

 1827. " Silvis maritimis Regii Praedii Sanctae Crucis [Brazil] prope 

 litus, ad loca arenosa habitat." Description and illustration show a 

 plant of the Acanthaceae. 



Veronica marilandica L., Sp. PI. 14. 1753. "Habitat in Vir- 

 ginia. " According to B. D. Jackson (in Proc. Linn. Soc. 14. Suppl. : 

 150. 1912), Linne transferred his specimen bearing this name to 

 Polypremum procumbens L. Both his description and that in Gro- 

 novius' Fl. Virg. 4. 1739, indicate this plant of the Loganiaceae. 

 I cannot locate the reference which is erroneously cited as : " Veronica 

 marilandica Murr. Comm. Gotting. 11: t. 3. 1782." 



Veronica missurica Raf. in Am. Monthly Mag. 3: 175. 1818. 

 New name for Veronica reniformis Pursh, which was a species of 

 Synthyris. See below. 



Veronica Purshii G. Don, Gen. Hist. Dichl. PI. 4: 573. 1838. 

 " Native on the banks of the Missouri. V. reniformis Pursh . . ., 

 but not of Rafin. " A species of Synthyris. See below. 



