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Paniculae terminales, 20 cm. longae, racemis multis elongatis 
angustis laxis divergentibus; bracteae lineares, 5 mm. longae, 
caducae, ut calyces, pedicelli pedunculique tomento brevi rufo 
vestitae. Calyx 2 mm. longus, e sepalis 5 imbricatis lanceolatis 
basi paullo unitis compositus. Petala obovata, basi breviter 
coalita, 3 mm. longa. Stamina inclusa. Ovarium ovatum, 
1 mm. longum; stylo brevi bilobo. 
Puree Istanps. Benguet; Tonglou, A. Loher 3790; 
Elmer 6283 (May 1904): Rizal, A. Loher 6193 (Aug. 1905); 
6177 (19 Sept. 1905). 
1057. Veronica rigida, T'urrill [Scrophulariaceae-Digitaleae] ; 
affinis V. Chamaedrys, L., sed caulibus rigidioribus ramosioribus, 
foliis petiolatis, infructescentiis saepe longioribus, pedicellis 
brevioribus, corollis minoribus differt 
Plania perennis (vel interdum biennis), caulibus cylindricis 
adscendentibus ramosis rigidis inferne pilis in lineis duabus 
dispositis instructis superne undique hirsutis. Folia oblongo- 
ovata vel ovata, apice subobtusa, ee subcordata deinde in 
_ petiolum angustata, usque ad 3-8 cm. longa et 2-7 cm. lata 
alah excluso), saepissime minora et circiter 2 cm. longa et 
, margine inciso-dentata, in“pagina superiore leviter 
hispida vel glabra nervis impressis, in pagina inferiore nervis 
prominentibus valde hispidis; petiolus 6-7 mm. longus, hispido- 
hirsutus. Inflorescentia 3-12 cm. longa, glanduloso-hirsuta; 
bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 4-5 mm. longae, 1 mm. latae, 
glanduloso-hirsutae ; pedicelli floriferi 2 mm. longi. Infruct- 
escentia usque ad 3-4 dm. longa; pedicelli fructiferi 4 mm. longi. 
Calyx 5mm. longus, sepalis costis extra prominentibus instructis. 
Corolla 8-10 mm. diametro, intense caerulea, lobis lateralibus 
Soe 3-5 mm. latis, abaxiali circiter 2mm. lato. Stamina 
m. longa, caerulea. Ovarium biconvexum, ambitu circulare, 
0: 75 mm. altum, marginibus apiceque albo-hirsutum ; stylus 
3:5 mm. longus, inferne albus, medio purpureus, oe ‘intense 
caeruleus. Capsula obcordata, 3-5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 
margine albo-hirsuta, saepissime pubescens; semina oblongo- 
orbicularia, pallide flava. 
GREEK Maceponi4. Southern slopes of Krusa Balkan; north 
of Karamudli, T'urrill (seed-number) 49, seeds collected 18-6.’17, 
in flower and fruit at Kew from May to September. 
This plant was originally described (in oss Bull. 1920, p. 192) 
as a variety of Veronica Chamaedrys, L. After cultivating it for 
five successive years and finding that its important differential 
characters remain constant it has been thought advisable to 
raise it to specific rank. In cultivation it has behaved both as 
a biennial and as Seis flowering the second and suc 
years after being sown. 
A specimen collected by A. Baldacci, Iter Albanicum 
Septimum, in silvaticis Greéa sub m. Kun j Ko stic, distr. Kuci, 
24 Julio 1900, No. 350, is probably spociBically identical with 
