54 FLORA TELLUR. 



DICOTYLES. 



(Peripelalic.) 

 955. Veronica L. I begin the revision of this 

 fine series of plants by a Genus that I had divi- 

 ded into ten groups before 1815: few Botanists 

 have seen the necessity of this, and except 

 Hebe hardly any have been attempted ever 

 since, except Leptandra of Nuttal which was 

 my Calistachjfa of 1808. Yet this G. contains 

 over 100 sp. offering the greatest anomahes of 

 good characters. 1 shall now reform it into 14 

 Genera and 8 subgenera quite distinct, that 

 form quite a peculiar family my VERONICIA 

 of 1815, with Pederota, Solomonia and all the 

 diandrous G. wrongly united to Pediculares by 

 Jussieu or Scrophularides by others. They are 

 easily known by corolla subregular, 2 stamens, 

 one stigma, capsule bilocular, partition contrary 

 to valves «J'C. The real G. Veronica will be 

 yet very prolific and known by calix 4partito 

 ineq. 2minor. corolla subrotata, Aloha subeq. 

 1 minor, stam. "2 glabris filif. slylo filif. cap- 

 sula compressa. 2 locuL sub 4valv. oligosper^ 

 ma. — It contains 7 subg. at least. 



1 . Becabunga 11, caps, obcord. compressa, 

 cal. ineq. — Types almost all the sp. Ver. beca- 

 bunga, anagallls, arvensis, digitata, precox, 

 reniformis, pectinata, and many other sp. but 

 the Authors seldom notice the differential char- 

 acters. 



2. Isonica Raf. capsula obcord. vel. biscu- 

 lata, compr. cal. 4part. equalis. — Types V. c/ia-^ 

 medrifs, peduncularis, urticifolia, biloba, ver^ 

 na, pinnata, scutellata, complicata &c. 



3. Fimhrida R. caps, biscutata, cal. ineq. 



