VERONICA SPECIOSA, 
Scrophulariace:  Veroniceæ. — Diandria-Monogynià. _ 
CHARACT. GENERIS. — Veronica Linn. Ca- | b. COCHLIDIOSPERMUM Reichenb. Calyx varied 
lyx 4- هی‎ Y. شور‎ Seet Corolla hypo- fructifer saepe compressus. Semiya coneavo-cupul 
gyna tata, tubo alyce breviore, limbi — Cochlidióspermum mme Flor. Germ. 5. Onpha- 
quadiiparti laciniis inte pod planis, pos lospora Besser Volhyn. 85. (Flor. dan. t. 428, 627. E. B. t. 
tica m ajor m laciniae dr 8 ge 2 orp P ad graec. t. 8 一 10. R و‎ 4 Joint. 
res püstitdo paie divergentia antherae ui f. 404. 405. 430. 431. 440. 867.) 
culares, loculis a ice ‚coniluentibus. Ovari um | e VERONIC a Calyz us ren Se- 
biloculare, placentis dissepimento utrinque in mina plano-co Hebe Juss. gen. 105. — T 
tis, pauciovulatis. Stylus simplex; stigma in- Cur. post. go (E. B. t. 2. my 623. 655. 673 765. 
ivisum , vix incrassatum. sula ovata v. ob- 766. 781. 782. 1027. 10 . Flor. dan. t We: 
cordata, bilocularis, nunc loculicide bivalvis, 209. 248. 252. 342. 448. 492. 511. ب‎ ove 1201. 1961. 
valvis medio septa placentifera gerentibus, inte- Waldst. et Se aes. ung. 245. Lede- 
is v. demum bifidis bipartitisve, nun i- bour. Je. t. 126. 127. 208—211. 217. Ke in Woo), Wie- 
ga, valvulis dissepimento placentifero demum a Ms T. t ec du Mag. t. 2210, 2975. 3683. Bot. 
libero paralleli a pauca, p onvexa v Reg. t. 1930. Reichenb. Op. cit. 644. 645. 782. 783. 
concavo-cupuliformia, umbilico prope basim la- —905. 
terali. — Herba uffrutices v. frutices, in regio- Endlich. Gen. pl. 3979. 
ny, ds 
cis 
- ۳ : 58 CHARACT. SPECIEI. — V. speciosa. ۷ 
que hemisphaerii crescentes; folis oppositis v. : 
terti, rarius ge dentatis | DE MAE. Ns A ana 
incisis; inflorescentia axillari, racemosa v. spi- ee as WI 7 
cata; u sis, obovatis, fere retusis cum mucrone calloso, 
flori bus saepius cœruleis v. albis. integerrimis, subsessilibus ; pedunculis azillari- 
Veronica Linn. gen. n. 25. Gärtner I. 257. t. 54. H. Bro bus, solitariis , folio longioribus; floribus den- 
Prodr. 434. Duvau e Annal. se. nat. Viti. ed Jen. sissime racemoso-spicatis; pedicellis longitudine 
Serophularin. ind. 44. Nees, jun. Gen. plant. XVI. t. calycis; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, pedicello di- 
a. eier ang —— Bo ais m foliola p in | midio brevioribus 3 segmentis calycinis ovato-lan- 
fr compress eularia. — Diplophyllum Hs یو‎ er ; corolla subrotata, bilabia- 
sees in Ber lin ner Militi: "yt. 0 Sen crista | Ta, ta superiore ovato, inferiore tripartito, 
gelt Seven in. Linn. Train. VI. ۰ lobo ی‎ 4 minore. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4057. 
Texte du Magazine of Botany de M. Paxton. 
SHOWY SPEEDWELL. 
VERONICA SPECIOSA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER | see above. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
With much of the aspeet of Lisianthus Russellianus, the fine Speedwell constitutes a robust- 
ie ing shrub, decidedly evergreen, with an abundance of neat leaves, and an extraordinary number 
well as succession of densely-clothed flower-spikes, which are about three inches in length, and 
#۷ deep blue blossoms, that fade away to white before they fall. 
r. Knight, nurseryman, of the King's Road, Chelsea, received this beautiful species from 
Mr. Edgerly, who brought it over from New Zealand in 184. It flowered at the — 
in August last, at which time we saw the plant developing numberless young prd or bloo- 
ming ; one appearing at the axil of nearly every leaf. From that time to the present, r D remained 
finely in blossom, and promises to maintain this state throughout the greater part 和 t À w Ge" 
It is a particularly clean, healthy و‎ and compact object, not rising, apparently, above a toot 
or a foot and a half in height, and having a profusion of bright green and shining foliage. When 
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