AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 149 
Veronica—continued. 
beautiful, r3 ym wan e greenhouse shrub (B. M. 
4512 ; L. J. F ;L.& P. F. 95.) 
v. gentianoides Gergen ji. blue, rather large; pedicels 
at length jin. to jin. long; racemes elongated, loose, many- 
flowered, pubescent. June. J. rather thick, entire or with a few 
crenatures, lin. to Am, long, the lower ones rosulate, obovate or 
oblong, the rest remote, oblong or lanceolate. Stems tufted, 
erect, pu» an to 12in. or more high. Caucasus, 1748. (B. M. 
; "DD There is a very pretty variety, alba, with | 
white Ee | 
V. glauco-cærulea (glaucous-blue).* fi. dee «d blue, changing to 
purple, in short, few-flowered spikes, crowded together near the 
tips of the branchlets ; corolla limb jin. to jin. in diameter; 
peduncles covered with soft, white hairs. J. closely imbricated, 
jin, long, oboyate-oblong, acute, rather concave, on short, broad 
petioles. New Zealand. small , Stout, decumbent or sub- 
erect shrub, much branched, intensely glaucous throughout, 
with slightly hairy branches. . 
V. Grievei (Grieve’s). A garden hybrid near V. sazatilis, re- 
sembling that species, but with brighter coloured-flowers. It is 
more suitable for flower borders. 
V. Guthrieana (Guthrie’s). A garden hybrid of which one of 
the parents is V. na tilis. 
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V. ideas Gegen? A. "er y E much shorter than the 
woolly calyx; racemes often solitary. July. 1. olate, 
oblong or lanceolate, narrowed at base, the E ones obtuse 
and crenate, the upper ones acute and serrated or entire at 
apex, both sides (as well as the eK hoary-tomentose. A. 2ft. 
Russia, 1759. Syn. V. neglecta (S. B. F. G. 55). 
Fig. 165. VERONICA LONGIFOLIA SUBSESSILIS, showing Habit 
and single detached Flower. 
v. , incisa (cut-leaved) jl. blue, on pedicels rather longer than 
s yx; racemes solitary or paniculate, slender. July. 
E Scattered, pinnatifid to the middle or rather org sn lobes 
lanceolate, acute. Stems glabrous or ca 
h, 2ft. Siberia, 1739. (L. B. C. 1397.) 
V. ; Kirkii (Kirk’s). jl. pure white, shortly pedicellate, disposed 
nder racemes in the axils of the Epe oE leaves; corolla 
tube lin. long, the limb lin. in di 4in. to 8in. 
long, dense-flowered. I lin. to lyin. long by iin. wide, lanceolate, 
eq oe imbricate, entire, — acute, sessile by a 
htly concave, recurved. bft. to 12ft. New 
3 tali handsome shrub, with dk brown, polished 
v. mit dipped), A synonym of V. Derwentia. 
V. Jervis (smooth). Jl. white, iin. across; racemes twice as long 
the leaves, usually crowded at the ‘onda of the branches. 
Gi e 
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V. cause eben (Ly cópoditai-Tibox Jl. white, sessil 
V. parviflora, (small Serene) 
Veronica—continued. 
puberulous. ¿Z erect and adpressed, imbricating, rarely ding, 
lin. to lin. long, fin. to lin. broad, b ée tee 
obtuse or acute, extremely coriaceous, entire, concave, sharply 
keeled by the stout, prominent midrib; ge short, very 
tout. h, 2ft. to 4ft. New Zealand. A gia’ ous. shrub. 
V-latifolia (broad-leaved). A form of V. Teucrium. ` 
V. ligustrifolia (Ligustrum-leaved). fl. white, rather large; 
pedicels slender; racemes about twice as PE as the leaves, 
rather slender, Toose-flowered, puberulous, jin. to Sin. long, 
usually very narrow, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, tin. to lin. 
broad, flat or concave and keeled at the "back, uite s ais some- 
times jin. to fin. broad and obtuse. New Z A large, 
glabrous, diffusely-branched, greenhouse bag 
V. Lindleyana (Lindley’s). A form of V. salicifolia, 
V. longifolia (long-leaved). d. lilac; pedicels often shorter 
than the calyx; racemes solitary or few, dense-flowered. 
August. Z. shortly petiolate, opposite or ternately whorled, 
ovate or cordate at base, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, A 
. argutely serrated. Stems glabrous or puberulous. . 2ft. 
Central Europe, 1731. 
V.l.subsessilis (nearly sessile). fl. of a beautiful amethystine 
blue; rachis of the raceme adpressedly-pubescent. Jl. very 
shortly petiolate, 2in. to 4in. long, simply serrated, adpressed: D 
puberulous beneath. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Ja Pen 1878. ‘See Fig. 1 
(B. M. 6407; G. C. n. SC , p- 189; R. 1881, p. 270.) 
e, disposed 
in small, dense, oblong heads at the ends of the branches: 
sepals linear- oblong, obtuse, ciliated ; corolla tube 
very short, the limb lin. in diameter. 1. very densely 
and closely imbricate, thickly coriaceous, very broadly 
reniform-ovate, much broader than long, abruptly 
narrowed into an acute tip, about Ain, broad; oppo- 
Site pairs connate at the base. New Zealand. An 
erect, much-branched, stout shrub. 
V. multifida (much-cleft). fl. light blue; icels 
scarcely exceeding the calyx ; racemes dense-Bowered. 
June. J, rarely more than "jin. long, once or twice 
Bandes: segments linear or subulate, rarely ob- 
long, narrowed at base. Stems decumbent or diffuse. 
woody at base, cano-pubescent, 6in. long. Central 
tern Asia, 1748. (B. M. 1679; J. F. A. 329.) 
V. neglecta (neglected). A synonym of V. incana. 
. officinalis (offiinal. Common  Medicinal-tea 
dwell; Fluellen ; Ground-hele. fl. pale blue or 
c, on very short: pedicels; coro lin. across; 
racemes slender, many-flowered. May to July. i. all 
opposite, shortly petiolate, obovate-oblong or or- 
bicular, jin. to lin. long, serrated. Stem hairy, de- 
. to 18in. long, ascending. 
. 984-5.) 
cumbent ; branches 2in. 
Europe (Britain). (F. D. 248; Sy. En. B. 
V. orchidea (Orchis-like). A form of V. spicata. 
V. teg — veni a —— | small, Lus 
shortly or blue, er, and longer-pedi- 
cellate ; raceme loose. July. T lanceolate, or 
cuneate-oblong, entire, toothed, or with a few pin- 
natifid lacini:e, narrowed lied base. Stems decumbent 
ja diffuse, e oi Fg cano-pubescent or gla- 
brous. Levant, 1748. Lu B. C. S S19) SYN. V. taurica 
(L. B. C. 911). 
V. paniculata ( jl. blue; pedicels longer 
than the calyx: racemes numerous, many- 
flowered, paniculate. June. l mostly opposite or 
ternately whorled, lanceolate, acute, -serrate, 
mented at base, petiolate or rarely sub-sessile, rather 
k, pale, brous or scarcely puberulous. Stems 
Se? to 3ft. high, glabrous or canescent-puberulous, 
South-Eastern Europe, 1797. SYN. V. amethystina. 
ut blue, small; corolla jin. to 
iin. across; racemes generall Ben gag © about , fice s long as 
the leaves, dense-flowered, pu Deng May. 0 
ing, lin. to 3in. long, lanceolate to linear- EE 
cave and eg uite entire, acute or acuminate. 
New Zealand, Half-hardy shrub. V. augusto (B. M. 
5965) is a poe es form, with lilac 
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panicled). 
pectinata nëmen fl. blue; corolla ample ; 
scarcely longer than the calyx; racemes at 1 as much as — — 
lft. long. May. l Seng small, obovate to oblong-linear, crenate — 
base. Stems prostrate, 
or scarcely incised, narrowed ‘at 
pubescent or villous. Syria, &c., 1819. 
V. p. rubra (red) A fine variety, with reddish-pink flowers. 
perfoliata (perfolia! 
s Speedwell. Z. bluish- 
ak wi pel in Tong nr noms wi Ls Meri 
, Cano- 
