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Landau, Palalinalus bavar , inque pinetis prope Mogunliam legi. lii liorluiTi Iranslata, per multos 

 jam annos, conslans pormansil pt semper ab aliis speciebus in liorlo cullis (e. g. V. Teucrium L. 

 et V. proslrala L.) distincla. Corolla speclabilis, intense caerulea. Caulis el folia, pubescentia 

 alba cinerascentia. 



Diagnosis et dillerenlia specierum alfinium. Veronica Teucrium (Linne spec. plant. 16, Clu- 

 sius histor. 1, p. 349. lig. sinislra, Reichenbach, Benlham in De Candolle prodrom. 10, p. 469 

 e.xcl V. prostrala Grenier el Godron flore de France 2, p. 587 excl. var. y; V. pseudo-Chamaedrys 

 Jacq. auslriac. t 6U; V. lalifolia Vahl en 1. 76; Koch synops. flor. Germ. et Helvel. 605, non 

 Linne) caulibus e basi arcuata erectis; foliis subsessilibus, inciso-serratis vel subpinnatifidis, e basi 

 subcordala oblongo-lanceojatis, aculiusculis, supremis lanceolato-linearibus; racemis axiilaribus; pe- 

 (licellis erectis capsulam subaequanlibus, inferioribus longioribus; calycibus quinquefidis, lobis inae- 

 qualibus, lanceolalo-linearibus, corolla dimidio brevioribus, demum a capsula patenlibus; corollae 

 lobis oblusiusculis, superiore lateralibusque ovatis, inferiore ovato - lanceolato, capsula compressa 

 obovata, acule emarginala Perennis. Floret Ma.io, Junio. Habilat in pratis siccioribus et collibus 

 incultis Europae lemperatae et australioris fere ubique. E.xemplaria a me in Bavaria superiore, 

 in Palalinalu, in Dorussia rbenana, Lolharingia et Alsalia lecla non differunt. Amat terram dilu™ 

 el alluvii plus minusve calcarei el argillosi. In hortis constans permanet Flores coerulei in lila- 

 cinum vergenles. Caulis et folia minus pubescentia, viridia, nec cinereo-glaucescentia. 



A binis speciebus differunt: 



Veronica Bastardi (Boreau Flore du centre de la France 2, p. 487) caulibus procumbentibus 

 diffusis, corollae iobis ovato-lanceolalis aculis. 



Veronica lalifolia (Linne species plaot. 18, Cbaubrird in actes de la soc. Linn de Bordeaux tom. 

 19. p. 231, non Vabl nec Koch; V. pralensis omiiium maxiraa Buxb. cent. 1, p. 23. t. 34; V. 

 melissaefolia Desfonl; Poir, dicl. 8, p. 256; Benlh in De Candolle prodrom. 10. p. 472; V. ma- 

 xima Stev in mem. mosq 2, p 179, t. 11, lig. 8) pedicellis calyce brevioribus, calyce multo 

 majore, corollae lobis apice angnlosis, capsula obcordala transverse laliore. 



Veronica mullifida (Linne), planUi orientalis. 



Veronica prostrala (Liiine, cum var. denlala, V. dentatata Schmidl) et 



Veronica prostrala (Linne, ullra mensem prius flonnis quain V. brachysepala el V Teucrium) 

 adeo diversae sunt, ul hodie ubique distinctae el dillerentias ulterius indicire plane inutile. 



Dabam Weissenburgae in Alsalia die XXIX. m. Julii a. MDCCCLIX " 



Id unum alfero, nec cl. Bucbinger, nec me V. brachysepalam habere conslantem speciein. 



Porro cl. Heuffel: in Enumeralio plantarum Banatus Temisiensis in Verhdl. bol. zool. Ver. in 

 Wien. VIH. 169 haec: 



„V. crinila Kii. Foliis subsessihbus e basi cordala ovatis, crenato-serratis, bracteis linearibus, 

 pedicellum calycem longum superantibus ; calycis laciniis exacle linearibus, capsula obovata, acute 

 emarginala, glaberrima longioribus. — In pratis montanis dumosis orienlalis meridionalisque Banna- 

 lus. Mai. Jun . 



Not. V. crinita Kil. me judice bona species a V latifolia Linn. promiscue crescente el habitu 

 el nolis indicalis facile dislinguenda. V. crinila Kit. atroviridis et succulenta, cautissime siccala 

 (lemum nigrescil; V. latifolia Linn. in anno^ colorem suum servat." 



Ad haec ego haec. Habeo specimina duo Heuffeliana cum scheda: „Veronica latifolia L. Var? 

 lisdem cum V. liilifolia locis et tcmpore. Heuflel Dr." Ulrumque bicaule. Utrumque siccando, 



