VerohlcaJ] Lxxxiii, scrophularine^. - 505 



Sect. T. Hebe. — Evergreen shrubs or densely tufted or tall and erect herbs. Leaves 

 O'U opposite. Flowers in axiUary racemes^ very rarefy reduced to single flowers, Caiisule 

 more or less turgid and septlcidally dividing when ripe^ at least at the top. 



Densely tufted dwarf perennial, with small decussate leaves. Flowers 



sessile, solitary, with 2 bracteoles 1. F, densifoUa. 



Erect much-branched shrubs. Racemes short, loose^ in terminal co- 

 rymbose leafy panicles. 

 Leaves rather crowded, ovate to lanceolate, under \ in. long • . 2. V.fonnosa. 



Leaves linear, f to H in. long, nsudly distant 3. F, decorosa. 



Stems from a perennial base tall, simple or nearly so. Eacemes 

 elongated, many-flowered. 

 Leaves ovate, stem -clasping and mostly connate, entire or rarely 



toothed, glaucous . 4. F", perfoliata. 



Leaves broadly lanceolate, serrate 5. T . Derwentia. 



Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or serrate ..... 6. F. arenaria. 



Sect. IL Chamsedrys, — Herbs from a -perennial usually creeping rootstock, diffuse^ 

 ascending or erect. Leaves alt opposite. Flowers in axillary racemes. Capsule com- 

 freued^ the valves not separaiiyig from the placental columns. 



Leaves deeply divided into linear segments. Stems tall .... 7- F. nivea. 

 Leaves toothed or entire. 

 Leaves narrow-lanceolate, entire or rarely toothed, mostly sessile . 8. V. gracilis. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutely toothed", sessile or scarcely petio- 



late. Stems glabrous or minutely pubescent. Flowers small . 9. F. arguta. 

 Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, toothed, shortly petiolate. Stems 



glabrous pubescent or hirsute. Flowers large 10. /". distans. 



Leaves more petiolate, rounded truncate or cordate at the base. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, mostly 4 to 1 in. long. 



Stems hirsute with long hairs, long and procumbent or short 



and erect. Calyx-segments large, obtuse, ciliate . ... 11. F.calycina, 

 Stems slender, shortly pubescent, long and procumbent, rarely xr ; i • 



short and erect. Calyx-segments rather acute .... 12. V. plebeia. 

 Leaves ovate-Ianeeolate, 1 to 3 in. long. Stems erect, often 



tall, loosely pubescent or hirsute .....-•■• 13. F. notabilts. 



Sect. III. Veronicastrum. —Annt^al or perennial herbs, usually decumbent or small. 

 ^tera4eaves opposite, passing into the alternate floral leaves or bracts. Racemes or spikes 

 ^^naiml^ simple^ the lower bracts like the stem-leaves. Capsule as in Cham^drys. 



^^uts perennial, decumbent, and rooting at the base. Flowers dis- 



/^netly pedicellate . \\- \; ^^rp ylh folia. 



^^"ual. Flowers sessile or nearly so ^5. V.peregrma, 



AU the Australian species, except F. densifolia, have the corolla rotate or nearly so, with 

 ^;ery short tube, and none have bracteoles except the same V. densfoha; the bracts sub- 

 ^^^dingthe pedicels are small and narrow in all except the section F^^^/.i^^^/^/^ Ihc 

 ^;eral species of the section Chamadrys, with the exception of F mvea, ^^^'^^^^^^^ 

 ^^ so many intermediate forms that their delimitation is, as here given, very unsatisfactorv . 



S^CT. L IlEBE.—EverKreen slirubs or densely tufted or tall and erect 

 P^^ennialherbs. Leaves all opposite. Tlowers in axillary racemes reduced 

 f f. demfolia to single flowers. Capsule more or less turgid and septici- 

 % dividing when ripe, at lea.t at the top, where it is then more or less 4- 

 waived, 



.A "^^ '^e^sifoHa, F. Muell. Fragm. il 137 and Lithcgr. L 63. A 

 '"^all densely tufted much-branched prostrate or shortly creeping pereniunl, 



