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ensis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 88. Digitalis stricta, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3. p. 99. Gumteolis, Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, 1. c. Co- 

 rollas purplish. 



Hispid Centranthera. PI. | to 1 foot. 



3 C. BRUXONIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 3882. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 50.) erect, hispid ; flowers remote ; calyx oblong, cleft on 

 one side and acute on the other. 0. ? G. Native of the Bir- 

 maun Empire, at Moolmyne and Martaban, Wall. 



Brown's Centranthera. PI. \ foot ? 



4 C. HUMIFU'SA (Wall. cat. no. 3883. Benth. scroph. ind. 

 p. 50.) diffuse, humble, much branched, almost glabrous ; flow- 

 ers distant ; calyx ovate, cleft on one side and acutish or bifid 

 on the other. 0.? G. Native of the Peninsula of India, 

 Wight; at Nathpur, Hamilt. RazumoviaTranquebarica, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 812. ? Calyx hardly 2 lines long. Corolla 4 lines 

 long. 



Trailing Centranthera. PI. diffuse. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Sopubia, p. 560. 



Tribe V. 



VERONI'CEjE (This tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Veronica in the characters indicated below.) D.Don, 

 in edinb. phil. journ. vol. 19. p. 111. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 

 43. Calyx 4-5-parted, imbricate in aestivation. Corolla rotate 

 or funnel-formed, 4-lobed, rarely irregularly bilabiate. Stamens 

 2-4, exserted, distant, nearly equal, all antheriferous. Anthers 

 incumbent; cells parallel, distinct. Stigma capitate or slender. 

 Capsule membranous, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; 

 valves usually bifid or bipartite. Dissepiment narrow, com- 

 posed of 2 separable lamina ; placenta short, inserted into 

 the middle of the dissepiment. Seeds compressed, naked 

 or inclosed in an aril-formed testa. Albumen cartilaginous. 

 Embryo minute, terete, located in the base of the albumen. 

 Herbs or under-shrubs, common in the temperate zones of both 

 hemispheres. Leaves usually opposite. Flowers axillary, ter- 

 minal, or racemose, blue, white, or red. 



LXVI. VERO'NICA (the derivation of this word is uncer- 

 tain. Linnaeus says it is changed or corrupted from Vetonica, 

 from the Vetones, a people of Spain ; but that confounds it 

 with Betonica. Limery derives it from ver, the spring. There 

 is also a Roman female saint of the name of Veronica.) Tourn. 

 inst. t. 60. Lin. gen. no. 25. Schreb. gen. no. 32. Juss. 

 gen. p. 99. Gaertn. fruct. t. 54. R. Br. prod. p. 434. Lam. 

 ill. t. 13. f. 4. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 41. 



LIN. SYST. Diandria, Monogynia. Calyx 4, rarely 5-part- 

 ed, campanulate or compressed. Corolla rotate, with a very 

 short tube, and a 4-parted spreading limb ; segments all entire : 

 upper one the broadest. Stamens 2, situated at the sides of the 

 upper segment of the corolla, diverging, without any vestige of 

 the lower ones. Anthers 2-celled ; cells confluent at top. 

 Stigma hardly thickened. Valves of capsule septiferous in the 

 middle or bipartible. Seeds naked. Herbs, under-shrubs, or 

 shrubs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or verticillate. Inflo- 

 rescence axillary, racemose, or spicate. Flowers blue, white, 

 or red. 



SECT. I. VERONICA (see genus for derivation.) Reichb. 

 Benth. scroph. ind. p. 44. Capsule swollen, emarginate at top. 

 Seeds oblong, compressed a little. 



1. Racemes terminal. 



* Leaves verticillale, and opposite, serrated. Racemes 

 numerous. 



1 V. FOLIOSA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 106. t. 102.) leaves 



3-4 in a whorl, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, deeply and unequally 

 serrated. 1. H. Native of Hungary ; Galicia ; about Halle, 

 in Saxony, in humid meadows. Schrad. spic. p. 35. Willd. 

 enum. p. 18. Spreng. fl. hal. p. 6. no. 9. t. 1. f. 2. V. 

 brevifblia, Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 6. ? V. triquetra, Kit. Root 

 creeping, scaly. Leaves cuneated at the base, glabrous, shining. 

 Racemes long, and loose. Flowers blue, or purple. Bracteas 

 one half shorter than the pedicels. Calycine segments obtuse, 

 shorter than the capsule. 



Var. j3, nitida ; taller and more glabrous, y. . H. V. nitida, 

 Ehrh. pi. exsicc. no. 21. V. maritima, ft, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 55. 



Var. y, spuria. If. . H. V. spuria, Spreng. fl. hal. t. 1. f. 1. 



Leafy Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 to 4 

 feet. 



2 V. CRENULA'TA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 57. Hoffm. phyt. blat. 

 p. 95. t. E. f. 3.) leaves 3 in a whorl, and opposite, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, subcordate ; calycine segments acute ; segments of 

 corolla undulated and crenulated. If.. H. Native country 

 unknown. V. villosa, Schrad. Stem downy at top. Racemes 

 downy. Leaves villous, or downy. Capsule glabrous. 



Crenulaled-fioviered Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1814. 

 PI. 11 foot. 



3 V. MARITIMA (Lin. spec. p. 13. fl. suec. no. 8. fl. lapp. p. 

 4.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, cordate at the base, 

 deeply and doubly serrated, and are, as well as the stems gla- 

 brous ; calycine segments shorter than the capsule. 11 . H. 

 Native of the North of Europe. Retz. obs. 1. p. 9. Hoffm. 

 phyt. blat. t. E. f. 2. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 29. t. 1. f. 1. 

 Vahl, enum. 1. p. 57.? Vahl, fl. dan. t. 374. Racemes dense. 

 Flowers blue, purple, or white. Leaves in some varieties 

 opposite, and in others the flowers are white. This is a very 

 variable plant. 



Sea-side Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1570. PI. 1 to 

 3 feet. 



4 V. TICINE'NSIS (Poll. fl. veron. 3. append, p. 768.) leaves 

 3-4 in a whorl, and opposite, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, and are, as well as the calyxes and capsules, glabrous. 

 I/ . H. Native about Ticin, in humid meadows. V. mari- 

 tima, Noc. et Balb. fl. tic. 1. p. 6, but not of Lin. V. Hostii, 

 Moretti, in bibl. ital. 12. p. 369. Tab. kreut. 2. p. 99. f. 4. 

 Racemes terminal, numerous. Flowers azure blue. 



Ticin Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



5 V. SPU'RIA (Lin. spec. p. 13.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, or 

 opposite, lanceolate, cuneated at the base, simply serrated, 

 downy; serratures equal. 1. H. Native of the South of 

 Europe, Siberia, &c. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 57, exclusive of the 

 syn. of Pollich. Schrad. ver. no. 19. t. 2. f. 4. V. amethystina, 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 17. V. rubella, Pall. Barrel, icon. t. 891. 

 Gmel. itin. 1. p. 169. t. 89. This differs from V.folibsa in the 

 more slender habit, in the lanceolate, more acute, simply and 

 equally serrated leaves, in the bracteas being about equal in 

 length to the pedicels, not much shorter. 



Spurious Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



6 V. SERRULA'TA (Pall, in herb. Willd. Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 

 38.) stem slender, tomentose ; leaves opposite, or 3 in a whorl, 

 petiolate : lower ones oblong : superior ones alternate, lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at the base, serrulated ; lower bracteas longer 

 than the pedicels ; calyx downy. 1 . H. Native of Siberia. 

 Flowers blue, or purple. 



Serrulated-leaved Speedwell. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



7 V. STEPHANIANA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. p. 96.) stem 

 slender, tomentose ; leaves opposite, and 3 in a whorl, lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at the base, acute, serrated, white from fine 



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