VERONICA. 



SCROPHULARINAE. 347 



^. — Caulis bipedalis simplex glabriusculus , sub lenle bifariam pilosiusculus. 

 Folia opposita 3-4-pollicaria sessilia late lanceolala valde attenuata glabra, supra 

 obscure viridia, infra pallidiora obsolete nervosa. Pedunculi axillares opposili 

 folio longiores, flores albi fragranles magni. Bracteae subulatae pediceilorum 

 circiter longitudine. Calycis segmenta lanceolata acuta, geminis parum minori- 

 bus. Corollae rotatae laciniae ovatae. — V. Dericenda Andrws. Bot. Reposit. 

 l. 531. — Crescit in Nova Hollandia australi ct in insula Diemensi. 



63. y. CALVCIXA R. Br. 1. c. I. 435. (edil. N. ab Esenb. 291.) — (Hook. Bot. Magaz. 

 adnot. ad t. 3461.) — Foll. late ovalis subcordatis rugosis inaequaliter serralo- 

 crenatis petiolalis cauleq. hirsulis; calycib. pilosis ciliatis capsula longiorib. ; 

 racemis lateralib. pedunculatis paucifloris strictis, folio multolies longioribus. '2|. 

 — Caulis herbaceus elongatus saepe 5-6-pedalis, in locis graminosis late repens 

 v. decumbens. Folia opposita grosse serrala, subtus discolora, hispida. Caljx 

 quadripartitus capsula longior, laciniis obovatis obtusiusculis nervosis. Capsula 

 rotundala compressa emarginata seu obcordata polysperma, dissepimenlo con- 

 Irario. — Crescit in Novae Zeelandiae insula septentrionali (ad ripas amnis Keri- 

 Keri inter gramina). 



64. V. PERFOLIATA R. Br. 1. c. I. 434. (edit. Nees ab Esenb. 290.) — Sims, Bot. 

 Magaz. t. 1936. — FoH. ovalis acuminatis, basi connatis inlegerrimis glaberrimis; 

 racemis axillarib, longe pedunculatis mullinoris. ^ — Herba perennis pluripe- 

 dalis. Folia sesquipollicaria v. bipollicaria, pollicem circiler lata, cordata ovata 

 acuminata integerrima, lata basi sessilia amplexicauli-connata. Racemi axillares 

 oppositi longe pedunculali, folio ultra quinquies longiores gracillimi mullitlori. 

 Flores breviter pedicellali. Bracteae setaceae pedicclli longitudinis. Corolla bi- 

 labiata coerulea, labio superiore rhombeo-ovali integro, inferiore Iripartito, 

 laciniis ovalibus. Capsula ovalis acuminata calycem duplo excedens. — Crescil in 

 Nova Hollandia. 



65. V. DIFFUSA Hook. fil. in Hook. Icon. plantar. t. 645. — Suffrulicosa: caulib. 

 procumbentib. diffusis: ramis elongalis; foll. per paria remotis patentib. elliptico- 

 ovatis aculis serratis subsessilib. glabris nervoso-coriaceis; racemis axillarib. 

 oppositis longissimis flexuosis; bracteis parvis lineari-subulalisj pedicellis elon- 

 gatis calycibq. glanduloso-pubescentib. ; capsulis orbiculatis segmenta calycina 

 late elliptica paullulum excedentibus. ^ — Racemi longissimi ascendentes, 6-8- 

 pollicares, pedicellis gracillimis fere pollicaribus. Corolla coerulea v. alba. Ha- 

 bitu similis V. prostratae. — Crescit in Nova Zeelandia (Tongariro). 



66. V. I\I1NUTA C. A. Meyer, Verzeichn. der Pflnzn. am Caucas. 105. — Perennis 

 subpilosa: caulib. filiformib. raraosis diffusis; foll. obovato-spathulalis oblusis 

 crenalis v. inlegcrrimis; racemis lateralib. paucifloris; pedicellis capillarib. braclea 

 spathulata longiorib.; calycis quadripartiti laciniis oblongo-spalhulalis oblusis 

 subaequalib., corolla coerulea breviorib.; capsulae obverse reniformis lobis sub- 

 orbiculatis, stylo elongato; seminibus ? — Crescit in Caucaso. 



67. V. LAXA Blh. Scrophul. Indic. 45. — Parce pilosa: foll. subsessilib. ovatis v. 

 ovalo-oblongis inciso-serratis pilosiusculis; racemis alternis; calycib. quadri- 

 partitis; capsulis subrotundis emarginatis hirtis. -1- — Crescil in India orientali 

 ad Kidarkonta. 



68. V. DELTIGERA Wall. Catal. 402. ex Blh. 1. c. — Basi procumbens: caule glabro, 

 sub foliis bifariam lanato; foll. sessilib. ovato-lanceolatis crenato-serratis gla- 

 bris; racemis alternis paucis pubescenlib. ; calycib. quadripartilis ; capsulis (im- 

 maturis) rhombeo-dilatatis emarginalis, 2|, — Jn Nepalia ad Gossain Than, Emodi. 



69. V. MELISSAEFOLIA Poir. Encycl. melh. VIII. 526. — Foll. sessilib. subcordato- 

 ovatis crenalo-incisis, infra pubescentib.; racemis spicatis, lateralib. oppositis. 2|, 

 — Caulis erectus pubescens gracilis. Folia obtusa pollicaria 10 lineas lata, Brac- 

 leae ovatae vix calycem aequantes, Calycis laciniae aequales, Corolla parva 

 pallide coerulea v. alba. Capsula obcordata glabra. Semina rubra. — Crescit ? 



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