Veronica. | SOROPHULARINE. 
Leaves 4-$in., elliptic-ovate, margins red. Racemes 
2-3in. long. Flowers large, pale violet-blue, 4-2 in. 
diam. Calyx- ene acute, equalling the short co- 
rolla-tube . . 29, 
Leaves 4-$ x i din., " ovate-lanceolate to narrow elliptic. 
oblong, acute, flat, glaucous. Racemes #-14in. long. 
Flowers white, tin. diam. Calyx-segments broadly 
ovate, almost as long as the corolla-tube ee 30. 
Leaves 4-1 x 4-tin., elliptic-oblong or elliptic- lanceolate, 
acute, keeled or flat, often close-set. Racemes 1-3 in. long. 
Flowers white, jin. diam. Calyx-segments broadly ob- 
long, obtuse, corolla-tube nearly twice as long as the 
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V. Balfouriana. 
V. Darwiniana. 
calyx (longer in var. elegans) . 31. V. Traversii. 
Leaves $-1} x 4-4in., lanceolate, acute or subacute, flat. 
Racemes 1-2 in. long. Calyx-segments ovate- lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla-tube scarcely longer than the aalyR 3 
limb longer than the tube .. . 32. V. subalpina. 
Leaves +-3 x 4-4in., obovate-oblong, flat, obtuse or apicu- 
late, often distichous. Racemes 4-I} in. Calyx-seg- 
ments oblong, obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube. Cap- 
sule twice as long as the calyx or more .. 33. V. vernicosa. 
Leaves 7-1 x +-4in., narrow - obovate, obtuse, flat or 
nearly so. Racemes 1-2 in., lax. Calyx-segments ovate- 
oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube aiigntly, longer than the 
calyx 34. 
Leaves 3-1 x pay in., " obovate- ‘oblong or elliptic- oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, slightly concave, usually close-set. 
Racemes 1-14 in. long. Calyx-segments oblong-ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla-tube scarcely longer than the calyx .. 35. 
Leaves 4-2 x }+-4in., oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, 
fiat, glaucous beneath, black when dry ; branchlets pubes- 
cent. Racemes 4-lin. Flowers #-4in., white. Calyx- 
segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as 
the calyx .. ae fe dic o¢ Yo Bley 
*** Blowers spicate (often racemose in V. decumbens). 
V. obovata. 
V. monticola. 
V. Cockayniana. 
Spikes usually 
simple. Leaves close-set, imbricate, concave, rounded or keeled at the back. 
Leaves 4-$ x +-1in., obovate-oblong, closely imbricate, 
keeled, truncate or subcordate at the base. Spikes 
crowded at the ends of the branches; bracts large, 
coriaceous Ss is a ae eile 
Leaves 4-3 x 1-tin., linear - oblong, keeled. Spikes 
crowded, forming a short terminal panicle. Corolla 
often 3- lobed, the auticous lobe either suppressed or Nery 
small 5 = Bish 
Leaves 4-3 x i in. , oblong- obovate, flat or slightly con- 
cave, Margins bright- -red. Racemes short, dense. Calyx- 
segments ovate, acute. Corolla-tube twice as long as 
the calyx. Capsule ovate, acute, glabrous... 39. 
Leaves 4-3 x }-4in., ovate, margins fringed with long 
soft hairs. Racemes slightly longer than the leaves, 
densely villous. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla-tube nearly twice as long as the calyx .. 40. 
Leaves 4-3 x }-2in., broadly obovate or suborbicular, 
deeply concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes crowded, 
short, stout, dense. Calyx-segments obtuse, equalling 
the corolla-tube. Capsule ovate, acute, glabrous aes 
V. buxifolia, 
V. anomala, 
V. decumbens. 
V. Gibbsit. 
V. carnosula. 
