VERONICA 



VERONICA 



3451 



filiform, elongated, prostrate and rooting: Ivs. small, 

 ovate or orbiculate, obtuse, subcrenate, subcordate, 

 somewhat petioled: fls. on filiform axillary pedicels, 

 blue; calyx-segms. elliptic: caps, ciliate, orbicular- 

 obcordate, acute angled, 2-lobed to the middle. Asia 

 Minor. G. 37:99. 



Section V. BECCABUNGA. 



21. Michauxii, Lam. Perennial, 4-5 ft. tall, every- 

 where pubescent: sts. erect, or ascending from rooting 

 bases: Ivs. ovate, crenate-dentate, lower and those of 

 the sterile branches petioled, the others clasping: 

 racemes few, rather dense, from the upper axils: fls. pale 

 blue (drying reddish) ; calyx-segms. oblong, acute: caps, 

 ovate-orbicular, turgid and glandular. Persia. 



Section VI. CHAALEDRYS. 



A. Calyx 5-parted. (See also No. 40.) 

 The species of this group are closely 

 allied and often hard to distinguish. 



see var. mriegata. Var. pallida, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade as a variety with pale porcelain-blue fls. Var. 

 pallid iflor a, Hort., is a trade name, perhaps the same as 

 var. pallida. Var. stenophylla, Hort., is a narrow-lvd. 

 form. Var. variegata, Hort., is offered in the trade as 

 having Ivs. variegated with creamy white. G.M. 54 :575. 



14. alpina, Linn. A slender delicate plant growing 

 from a creeping stock, branching at the base, becoming 

 ascending or upright, the fl.-st. often solitary, 2-6 in. 

 high: Ivs. opposite, occasionally alternate, subsessile, 

 elliptic or oblong, entire or dentate, about J^-l in. 

 long, of varying size, the lowest small, orbicular: raceme 

 short, spiciform, dense: fls. small, blue or violet: caps. 

 J^in. long, oblong, longer than broad, hairy, exceeding 

 the t calyx. Mountains of Eu., Cent, and N. Asia, and 

 alpine and arctic regions in Amer. B.M. 2975. 

 Adapted to the rock-garden. It blackens when dried. 



15. serpyllifdlia, Linn. (V. alpestris, Hort.). ST. 

 PAUL'S SPEEDWELL. Slender, ascending, nearly smooth 

 plant, growing irregularly in clumps 2-4 ft. high, the 

 base prostrate and rating : Ivs. ovate or oblong, crenate, 



H-tyn. long, smooth, vanable: racemes loose, with c. Base of caps, rotundate 27. filifolla 



conspicuous bracts: fls. pedicelled, whitish or pale blue C c. Base of caps, cuneate 26. multifida 



with deeper stripes: caps, wider than long, obtusely BB. LTS. at most lobed, pinnatisect or 



notched, exceeding or equal to the sepals. May-July. even pinnatifid. 



Roadsides and fields, Asia, Eu., N. Afr., N. and S. o. Caps, cuneate at base. 



Amer . Blade pinnatifid 26. multifida 



DD. Blade at most incised-dentate. . . 22. orientalis 



16. repens, DC. Prostrate, slender, compact plant cc. Caps, rotundate at base. 

 growing in dense masses: Ivs. J^-Min. long, ovate, D. The Ivs. often pinnatifid, when 

 slightly crenate, shining green and moss-like: racemes not 80 narrowly elongate- 

 slender, few-fld. : fls. rose or nearly white, with a trace lanceolate. 25. austriaca 



of blue : caps, broader than long, deeplv notched, exceed- DD - T * lS - 



ing the sepals. May. Corsicl'-Hardy in Mass, and 



intro. in Calif. Allied to V. serpyllifolia but dwarf er and ra te . .23. latifolia 



more prostrate. Grows in the sun. Will cover the EB. Margin of blade crenate or 



ground where grass does not grow, forming a sod in a bluntly dentate 24. Teucrium 



short time; prefers moist corners but thrives on a AA. Calyx 4-parted (occasionally 5-parted 



moderately dry soil. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. No - &\ ., 



f orm B. Racemes few-fld.: pedicels twice to 



Q , ,- . _ many times longer than the calyx. 



Subsection 4. ANNULS. (Subsection 5. Petrxx.) 



17. syriaca, Roem. & Schult. (F. peduncul&ta, Labill., c. Fls. solitary 40. canescens 



not Vahl). Ascending, diffusely branched pubescent cc - Fls. racemose. 



annual, 6-12 in. high: Ivs. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, v. Color of fls. white. 



incised or dentate, smooth; lower petiolate, upper sub- ^ 4'%' lon ' "Sfci y 



sessile Jgjn. long: raceme termhS **&?%* in. EE ' ^ *St^^. 39. Bidwillii 



long: ns. blue, with thread-like pedicels y$&. long: caps. DD _ Color of fls. blue. 



broader than long, notched two-thirds of its length, E. Sts. crisply pubescent: caps. 



exceeding the sepals. June. S. W. Asia. R.H. 1897, p. 311. glandular-hirsute 36. petraea 



F.S. 12:1259. Var. fldre-ilbo, Hort., is a white-fld. form. BE. Sts. glabrous or minutely 



18. glatica, Sibth. & Smith. Annual, suberect, S^," 6 '''"''' "***' 

 branched; branches opposite, pubescent: Ivs. J^-^in. F . Calyx-segms. broadly Ian- 

 long, short-petioled, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenate- ceolate 35. Baumgartenii 



dentate; floral Ivs. bract-like, 2-3-lobed: fls. %in. FF. Calyx-segms. elliptic ob- 



across, bright blue, throat white; calyx pubescent, long 37. telephiifolia 



segms. unequal, in pairs, elliptical: caps, suborbicular, BB - Racemes many-fid.: pedicels shorter 



retusely truncate. Greece. B.M. 7759. " only *** lon er than the 



calyx. 



o x- TTT /^ c - Infl- strict, almost spike-like. 



Section IV. OMPHALOSPORA. (Subsection 2. Strictiflorx.) 



A. Calyx-segms. ovate-lanceolate 19. Tournef ortii D " ^ raceme alternate 30. Allionii 



AA. Calyx-segms. oblong-elliptic.. . .20. filifonnis > T ^^^-spatulate, 



c, , A- * rather narrow, often pin- 

 natifid, y 2 -Hin. long 28. pectinata 



19. Tournef6rtii, C. C. Gmel. (V. Buxbaumii, Tenore). BE. Cauline Ivs. elliptic-oblong, 

 Prostrate annual, with elongated slender pubescent sts., rather broad, never pinnati- 



the lower branching and often rooting: Ivs. ovate, sub- #<*< gf* about * m - <"" _ . ,. 



cordate coarsely crenate-serrate, pubescent, shortly ^ 7 la^^eadi^. ^ ^^^ 



petioled Mm. long, the lower opposite, the upper alter- D Caps longer than broad (Sub _ 



nate and similar: racemes axillary: fls. small, blue, scat- section 3. Multiflorse.) 31. Chanuedrys 



tering, on long pedicels, of long duration : caps, broader DD. Caps, broader than long. (Sub- 



than long, very widely notched, exceeded by the sepals. section 4. Scutellatae.) 



April-Sept. Fields, Cent, and S. Eu., Asia and natu- E. Raceme solitary (said to be 



ralized in N. Amer. F. 1846, p. 112. terminal). . . 32. pirolafonms 



... EE. Racemes several. 



20. filil6nnis, Smith. Annual or perennial, cespitose, F . LVS. broadly ovate 33. montana 



dwarf, slightly papillose-pubescent : branches numerous, FF. Lvs. linear-lanceolate 34. scutellata 



