496 SCROPHULARINES. [ Veronica. 
Leaves 4-1} x 4-#in., cordate or semiamplexicaul, deeply 
concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes 1-14in. long, 
dense. Calyx-segments obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube. 
Capsule oblong, obtuse, pubescent = 42. V.amplexicaulis. 
Leaves 4-3 x 4-4in., obovate-oblong or suborbicular, 
deeply concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes short, dense. 
Calyx - segments obtuse, equalling the corolla -tube. 
Capsule oblong or obovate, obtuse, pubescent .. 43. V. pinguifolia. 
Leaves 4-4 x 4-4in., broadly oblong or suborbicular, 
concave, nerveless, very coriaceous. Spikes short, dense, 
villous. Calyx-segments obtuse, exceeding the corolla- 
tube. Capsule oblong, obtuse, pubescent Be, . 44. V. Buchanani. 
Leaves 4-41in., obovate-oblong to lanceolate, usually lax, 
glaucous, obtusely keeled. Spikes 4- -1 in. , villous. 
Calyx-segments ovate, acute, exceeding the corolla-tube. 
Capsule ovate, acute, glabrous or pubescent .. .. 45. V. pimeleoides. 
Section III. Small shrubs, erect or decumbent or prostrate. Leaves dimorphic ; 
of mature plants small, short and thick, densely quadrifariously imbricated 
or rarely in distant pairs; of young plants larger, spreading, entire or 
irregularly lobulate or pinnatifid. Flowers crowded near the tips of the 
branches or in subterminal 2-4-flowered abbreviated spikes. 
* Prostrate or decumbent, rarely erect. Flowers in 2-4-flowered abbreviated 
spikes near the ends of the branches and distinct from them. 
Laxly branched, 3-12 in. long; branches }4in. diam. 
Leaves 4-4in., erecto-patent, ads Sonne obtuse, 
margins strongly ciliate-denticulate .. 46. V. Gilliesiana. 
Much and closely branched, 3-9in. diam. ; " branches 
qa-zy in. diam., tetragonous with the faces concave. 
Leaves most densely quadrifarious, ~,-7,in., ovate or 
narrow-deltoid, narrowed to a subacute point .. .. 47. V. tetrasticha. 
Much and closely branched, 3-9 in. diam. ; branches ;; in. 
broad, tetragonous with the faces flat. Leaves most 
densely quadrifarious, ;4,--;1, in. long, broadly ml, bh 
acute sie ote 46 Ss . 48. V. quadrifaria. 
** Erect or spreading or rarely decumbent. Flowers 3-8 near the ends of 
the branches, forming small terminal’heads; bracts similar to the leaves or 
broader. 
+ Leaves densely imbricate with the opposite pairs connate and ap- 
pressed, concealing the branch and giving it somewhat of the appearance 
of whipcord. 
Prostrate, forming patches 6-18in. across; branches 
7y-iy in. diam., obtusely tetragonous. Leaves densely 
quadrifarious, ema: in. long, broadly ovate-deltoid, 
obtuse, tumid 49. V. tumida, 
Stout, erect ; branches tetragonous, wo- tin. diam. Leaves 
tow in. long, deltoid-ovate, obtuse .. . 50. V. tetragona. 
Stout, erect; branches tetragonous, qo—4 in. diam. Leaves 
ta- “3, in. long, broadly deltoid-ovate, suddenly narrowed 
into a short obtuse cusp . . 51. V. lycopodioides. 
Stout, erect; branchlets terete or obscurely tetragonous, 
4-4 in. diam., blackish-brown when dry. Leaves connate 
into a closely appressed ring 7, in. long, orbicular-oblong, 
obtuse oe oe +e ve 5 -. 52. V. Hectorv. 
