150 THAE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Veronica—continued. | E 
corolla lobes nearly rotate, but obscurely bilabiate. August. 
l. amplexicaul and often more or less connate by their broad 
bases, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, entire or 
few-toothed, lin. to Sin. long. Stems simple or slightly branched. 
h. about 3ft. Australia, 1815. Greenhouse perennial or under- 
shrub. (B. M. 1936; B. R. 1930; L. B. C. 781.) i 
v. des (Pimelea-like) fl. deep purple, opposite, in the 
axils of large, leafy, ciliated bracts; spikes short, very pubescent | 
or tomentose, sub-distichous. J. sessile, imbricated, erecto- 
patent, jin. to Jin. long, broadly .obovate-oblong, obtuse, rather 
concave, obtusely keeled, slightly glaucous. Branches erect, 
transversely scarred. h. 4in. to 10in. New Zealand. A sub-erect, 
greenhouse shrub. 
> (fat-leaved).* jl. white ; sepals obtuse, ciliated ; 
very short, pilose and pubescent, crowded in heads at the 
s of the branches, very dense-flowered. June. J. sessile, im- 
bricated, Jin. to jin. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, very 
and cori cave, not keel Branches pubescent 
above, transversely scarred. A. An. to 4ft. New Zealand, 1870. 
. An erect or decumbent, robust shrub. (B. M. 6147; B. M. 6587, 
under name of V. carnosula.) 
V. prostrata (prostrate). A form of V. Teucrium. 
V. salicifolia, (Willow-leaved). . bluish-purple or white, very 
variable in size and length of corolla tube; pedicels slender ; 
racemes much longer than the leaves, simple, very many flowered, 
pubescent or glabrate. June. l. sessile, 2in. to bin. long, linear- 
or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous. ranches 
terete, as thick as a crow-quill. New Zealand. A "CN 
is a 
hardy, glabrous shrub. V. Lindleyana (P. M. B. xii. 
form of this. . 
V. salicornioides (Salicornia-like). The plant grown under this 
name in English gardens is V. cupressoides; the true V. sali- 
ides has apparently not yet been introduced. 
V. satureioides ae ae nf 8 É blue; calyx unequally five- 
IM corolla limb sub-bilabiate ; raceme spicate, jin. long. 
ay. L opposite, decussate, crowded, oblong or obovate, jin. 
long ; tip s. Ss toothed. Stems cæspitose ; base woody. h. Am. 
Dalmatia, 1885. (R. G. 1192, fig. 3.) 
V. saxatilis (rock-loving. Rock Speedwell. fl. bright blue, 
very beautiful; " ; 
‘terminal, few-flowered. July to September. I jin. 
"to ñin. long, the lower ones obovate, the upper oblong, 
es many, 2in, to 4in. long, with leafy barren ` 
shoots, Europe (Britain). Plant decumbent. (L. B. C. 
704; Sy. En. B. 981.) 
V. speciosa (showy). fi. deep blue. le; corolla 
Jin, opge tacemes dense-flowered, 1m. in diameter, 
not longer than the leaves, stout, erect. May. l. 
sessile or on very short, thick petioles, 2in. to 4in. 
ite-oblong, rounded at apex, very cori- 
aceous, shining, entire, downy on the midrib 
V. s. imperialis read A very handsome and 
` free-flowerin, en variety, producing its purple 
flowers in large, dense spikes. 1878. (F. d. S 
V. s. rubra (red). This differs from the t in 
having oben flowers. (F. d. S. 196.) - 
V. spicata (spike-flowered).* fl. bright blue ; corolla 
tube shorter than the yx; stamens very long, 
purple; spike dense, lin. to 3in. long. July and 
August. l. opposite or whorled, lin. to llin. long, 
sub-sessile, narrow-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, ser- 
rated above the middle. Stem 6in. to 18in. long, 
stout, erect from a decumbent base, leafy. Europe 
*(Britain) &c. (F. D. 52; Sy. En. B. 982) V. orchidea 
(B. M. 2210) is a form of this species, with narrow, 
tortuous corolla segments. : 
V. syriaca (S. ) Á. blue; corolla rather 1 ; 
P ue cels filiform, ral times longer than’ fire 
V. taurica (Taurian. A synonym of V. orientalis, 
V. Teucrium (Teucrium). Hungarian $ 
Speedwell. Z. light blue; cal C 7 sagho 
equal; racemes many-fiow July. l. sessile or 
the lower ones shortly petiolate, ovate to lini 
rounded or cordate at base, m hed 
or sub-pinnatifid. Sterile eich pellet Pgs < 
prostrate ; floral 
sa tn meri qm th na 
ous. , 159 variable i j 
| 1; L. B. C. 425.) 1s à prostrate, small.leay. nc 
VerOniea—continued. 
V. Traversii Ge AM f. white; corolla lobes Jin. across; | | 
, | 
, tapering : 
8 ding,’ petiolate, Jin. to żin. long, Jin. to Mm, broad, obovate- 
oblong okuse or ‘apiculate, Ge, KE) on the upper surface, 
entire, flat or a little concave. New Zealand. A small, stout, 
. glabrous shrub. e i 
V. virginica Virginian) * Qulvers Physic; Great Virginian "e 
Speed wel], d ] rs tod bluish T Prol salver-shaped ; 
terminal spike 6in. to 10in. long, with usually several shorter ones 
from the ‘upper axils. July. L in whorls of three to nine, 
lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, sometimes oblong, very closely 
and sharpjy serrated, Zin, to 5in. long. Stems simple, 2ft. to óft. 
high. North America, 1714. (B. M. Pl. 196.) SYN. Leptandra 
vir, 
ginea, 
'VERRUCÆFORM. Shaped like a wart. 
VERRUCOSE. Warted; covered with wart-like, 
sessile elevations. I 
VERSATILE. Turning freely on its support; swing- 
ing to anq fro. 
VERSCHAFFELTIA (named in honour of Ambro- 
sius Verschaffelt, who wrote a work on Camellias in 1848). 
Syn. Regejia (of gardens). ORD. Palme. A monotypic 
genus. ‘The Species is a handsome, stove Palm, requiring ` 
similar culture to Stevensonia (which see). 
V. melanochætes (black-spined). A synonym of Roscheria 
melanoch tes. 
Fig, 166. VERSCHAFFELTIA SPLENDIDA. 
V, splendida (splendia).* Z, spathes three; spadix 3ft. to 6ft- 
long, 9n a Maa gen peduncle 3ft. to 4ft. long ; sewa d 
branches 7in. to in. long. l. 4ft. to Tft. long, 3ft. to 5ft. br 
, Cuneãte-opovate, bright green, bifid, the edges deeply incised, 
