Veronica. ] SCROPHULARINES. 497 
Stout, erect or decumbent; branches terete or obscurely 
tetragonous, Zy—zp in. diam.., blackish-brown when dry. 
Leaves connate into a closely atin ring ;, in. long, 
tips obtuse or subacute : 53. V. coarctata. 
Strict, erect; branchlets terete, See in. diam. ce yellow- 
green when dry. Leaves connate into a closely ap- 
pressed ring ;4—7; in. long, subacute or truncate at the 
tip . 54. V. salicornioides. 
Spreading, much branched ; ‘branches often ‘flabellate : 
branchlets terete, slender, #;-;; in. diam. Leaves con- 
nate into an obconic sheath or ring ;y in. long loosely 
investing the branch, and which is open at the top and 
truncate or nearly so - 55. V. Armstrongii. 
me! or decumbent ; branchlets terete, very slender, 
dyin. diam. Leaves connate into a narrow sheath 
7y-h in. long, lower part adnate to the branch, upper part 
free and slightly expanded .. 5c Sc .. 56. V. propinqua. 
+} Leaves in remote decussate pairs. 
Branchlets slender, 3 in. diam, Leaves minute, so aaa 
or patent, #.—-7 in. long oe Be . 57. V. cupressoides. 
Section IV. Small decumbent or prostrate shrubs ; branches short, ascending. 
Leaves small, $-2in. long. Flowers in ter minal oblong or ovoid heads 
continuous with the branch. Corolla-tube long and narrow; limb small. 
Leaves densely imbricated, fleshy when fresh, erect or 
spreading, not keeled ; .. 58. V. Haastit. 
Leaves densely imbricated, spreading and recurved, coria- 
ceous, sharply keeled 59. V. epacridea. 
Leaves not imbricated, spreading, oblong, flat. Bracts 
very numerous, crowded, linear ; .. 60. V. Petriez. 
Section V. Small prostrate woody plants 2-6in. long. Leaves closely quadri- 
fariously imbricate, rigidly coriaceous, py- in. long. Flowers large, +-4 in. 
diam., solitary and terminal, pentamerous. 
Branches fin. diam. Leaves oblong-obovate, 4-3 in. long. 
Calyx hispid below 61. V. dasyphylla. 
Branches fin. diam. Leaves oblong, Per in, long. 
Calyx hispid throughout. Ovary villous at the tip .. 62. V. uniflora. 
Suppivision B. Leaves crenate-toothed or serrate (obscurely 
toothed or entire in V. erecta). 
* Flowers racemose. 
Rigid, sparingly branched. Leaves 4-lin., narrow- 
obovate. Racemes short, 5-8-flowered. Flowers 4- 
merous, large, white, 3 in. diam. é . 63. V. macrantha. 
Much branched. Leaves 3-14 in. , linear- oblong, margined 
with white down. Racemes long, many-flowered. 
Flowers 5-merous, bright-blue, 4-4in. diam. .. . 64. V. Benthami. 
Sparingly branched, erect. Leaves #-lin., oblong- lanceo- 
late, entire or obscurely toothed. Racemes long, 3-4 in., 
strict. Flowers small, din. diam. .. ays . 65. V. erecta. 
