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38. SCROlM-rrLAin ACE.i:. 



Norton's f?ummit ; Kanjiafoo Island. Oct. - Doc— 

 .Moditerraneau region. 



6. Vekonica, L. 



Calyx deeply 4-lobe<I ; corolla wheelshaped with 4 un- 

 equal lobes, the upper one the largest; stamens 2, in.sert«d 

 at the base of the upper lobe; capsule 2-valved. 

 Poreimial; flowers in racemes which 



rise 



r. 



Anaf/tillis 1 

 hi (1 era: folia 2 



from the leaf-axils 



Annual ; flowers solitary in the loaf-axils 



1. Veronica Ana.g:allis, L. Wafer Spcfdwell. 

 (Ilabrous pei-ennial ; rootstock creeping; stems ihick. hollow, 

 erect: leaves opposite, stem-clasping, ox al-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate, toothed ; Hower.s small, pale-blue, in loose, oppo- 

 site, axillary racemes; calyx with 4 oblong-lanceolate lobes, 

 a little shorter than the corolla; capsule somewhat com- 

 pressed, subcircular, notched at 

 the summit, about as long as the 

 calyx. 



Swamps near ]Nfillicent. — Oct.- 

 Jan. — Europe ; Asia ; North 

 America. 



2. V. hedersefolia, L. 



Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Downy 

 annual, with weak prostrate 



opposite, 



stalked, 



terminal 



rounded ; 



solitary 



stems ; lower leaves 

 upper alternate, all 

 circular, 5-7-lobed, the 

 lobe the largest and 

 flowers small, pale-blue. 



Veronica hederacfolia. 



on axillary peduncles about as 

 ]f)ng as the leaf, and finally re- 

 curved ; calyx quadrangular, Avith 

 4 triangular, ciliate lobes, cor- 

 date at ba^e ; capsule subglobu- 

 lar, 4 lobed, containing 2-4 large 

 seeds. 



Cultivated ground, AVaterfall 

 Gully ; Fulham. Aug. - Jan. — 

 Europe; western Asia. 



7. lV\ItTSIA, li. 



(After Dr. J. Hartsch, a friend of Linniieus.) 

 1. BartSia latifoliai Sibth. Small glandular- 

 hairy annual, with erwt, leddish stem, simple or branched; 

 lea\es opposite, sessile; lower ones oval, incised, the \ipper 

 ones palniatihd Avith 3-7 acute lobes; flowers small, purplish 

 red, in a spike at first dense and ovoid, afterwards 

 lengthening and interrupted at ba.se; calyx tubular. Avith 

 4 lanceolate, subequal teeth; corolla persistant, upper lip 

 helmet-.shaped, nearly as long as the lower, which has 2 



