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VERONICA 



VERONICA 



Subsection 1. PENTASEPAL^E. 



22. orientalis, Mill. Perennial, shortly and crisply 

 pubescent, rarely glabrate: sts. from woody rhizomes, 

 decumbent or prostrate: Ivs. sessile, short, lower cune- 

 ate-oblong or lanceolate, dentate-incised, rarely entire; 

 upper usually narrower, lanceolate: racemes 2-4, from 

 the upper axils, secund: fls. flesh-colored or pale blue; 

 calyx-segms. 4 or 5, linear-lanceolate, very unequal: 

 caps, glandular-pubescent, obcordate or truncate. July. 

 Asia Minor and Persia. L.B.C. 5:419. \ r ar. tenuifolia, 

 Boiss. (V. taurica, Willd.), has narrowly linear Ivs., with 

 the margins sometimes somewhat reyolute, entire, 

 rarely acutely few-toothed. S. Armenia and Persia. 

 L.B.C. 10:911. 



23. latifdlia, Linn. (V. urticsefolia, Linn.). Perennial, 

 sparsely and crisply hirsute: sts. erect: Ivs. sessile, ovate, 

 sharply serrate, base often cordate; upper long-acumi- 

 nate : racemes opposite, laxly paniculate : fls. light blue 

 or reddish; calyx-segms. minute, lanceolate, rather 

 acute: caps, orbicular, base rotundate. Eu. Horti- 

 cultural material under this name is apt to be a broad- 

 Ivd. form of V. Teucrium. 



24. Te&crium, Linn. (V. dentdta, F. W. Schmidt, V. 

 nitida, Hort., ex Poir., not Ehrh.). Perennial, pubes- 

 cent: sts. numerous, ascending, up to 20 in. high: Ivs. 

 ovate to linear-lanceolate, nearly entire, crenate to 

 even bluntly dentate-incised, mostly sessile: racemes 

 opposite, elongated: fls. large, blue, rarely rose or white; 

 calyx-segms. oblong-linear to lanceolate: caps, oboyate, 

 base rotundate. Cent, and S. Eu. and Cent. Asia. 

 Variable. Var. latifdlia, Hort. (V. latifblia, Hort., not 

 Linn.), has broader Ivs. Range of the type. Var. pros- 

 trata, Hort. (var. diibia, Hort. V. prostrata, Linn.), 

 has a more prostrate habit, only the tips of the sts. 

 upright. Minor forms of this variety are known in the 

 trade as V. prostrata var. alba, Hort., with white fls.; 

 V. prostrata var. pygmxa, Hort., is a small form. G.W. 

 8, p. 2. V. prostrata var. satur else folia, Hort. (V. 

 satureisefolia, Poit. & Turp.), has light blue fls. B.M. 

 3683. V. rupestris, Hort., is quite possibly referable to 

 var. prostrata. 



25. austriaca, Linn. (V. multifida, Jacq., not Linn. 

 V. orientalis, Willd., not Mill. V. prenja, G. Beck). 

 Perennial, 1-2 ft. high, pubescent: sts. erect, rarely 

 ascending: Ivs. sessile, ovate in outline, pinnatisect, 

 segms. oblong with their base narrowed or linear, entire 

 or incised: racemes 2-4, from the upper axils, elongated, 

 many-fld.: fls. large, blue; calyx-teeth 5, rarely 4, linear, 

 strongly unequal: caps, hirsute, obovate-obcordate. 

 S. E. Eu. and Asia Minor. Var. angustifolia, Benth. 

 (V. angustifolia, Bernh.), is a form with linear-subulate 

 If.-segms. Caucasus region. Material offered in the 

 trade as V. angustifolia should also be compared with 

 V. spuria and V. scutellata. 



26. multifida, Linn. Perennial, shortly and crisply 

 pubescent: sts. decumbent and indurated at base or 

 diffuse: Ivs. sessile, pinnatisect in linear, entire or den- 

 tate segms.: racemes 2-4, axillary: fls. flesh-colored or 

 pale blue; calyx-segms. strongly unequal: caps, gla- 

 brous or short-glandular, transversely broader. June, 

 July. Asia and Asia Minor. B.M. 1679. Probably 

 not common in cult, and some at least of the material 

 so named is probably V. austriaca. 



27. filifdlia, Lipsky. Sts. several, ascending or erect, 

 6-12 in. high, crisply pubescent : Ivs. sessile, bipinnati- 

 fid, divisions long, slender almost filiform: racemes 4-8, 

 opposite, lax-fld.: fls. white, blue- veined, large; calyx- 

 lobes 4, almost equal, nearly linear, acute: caps, shorter 

 than the calyx, strongly flattened, obcordate, trans- 

 versely broader. Caucasus. Near V. multifida. 



Subsection 2. STRICTIFLORE. 



28. pectinata, Linn. Prostrate, white -pubescent, 

 hairy, spreading plant rooting at the nodes, the ascend- 



ing branches producing single elongated racemes: Ivs. 

 obovate or spatulate, sometimes pinnatifid, crenate, 

 narrow at the base, sessile, pubescent, J^in. long: 

 racemes elongated, many-fld. : lower bracts like Ivs. : fls. 

 deep blue with a white center: caps, large, longer than 

 broad, notched, pubescent, thick, exceeding the sepals. 

 May, June. Dry, shady hills. Asia Minor. Suitable 

 to dry spots in a rock-garden. Grows in almost any 

 soil and position. Var. rosea, Hort., has numerous 

 small spikes of rose fls. 



29. officinalis, Linn. (V. Allionii, F. W. Schmidt, not 

 VilL). COMMON SPEEDWELL. FLTJELLEN. GROUND- 

 HELE. Prostrate, leafy native with a pubescent st. 

 rooting at the nodes, slender, 6-18 in. long: Ivs. elliptic, 

 oblong or broadly oblong, %-l in. and more long, 

 hairy, serrate at base, evergreen, retaining color where 

 most exposed: racemes slender, densely many-fld.: fls. 

 pale blue, rarely pink, sessile: caps, broader than long, 

 wedge-shaped, broadly notched, hairy, exceeding the 

 hairy sepals. May-July. Forests and mountains of 

 Eu. and N. Amer. Grows under trees and in shade 

 where no grass will grow, covering the ground with a 

 permanent sod. Spreads rapidly and is easily grown. 

 Prop, by cuttings. 



30. Allidnii, Vill. Perennial, glabrous or slightly 

 minutely puberulent: st. prostrate, rooting at the base: 

 Ivs. very short-petioled, obovate-elh'ptic or oblong, 

 obtusely serrulate, base usually cuneate : raceme densely 

 spicate; pedicels very short: fls. violet; calyx-segms. 4, 

 lanceolate-linear, rather acute; corolla-lobes lanceolate: 

 caps, obcordate, acute, puberulent. S. Eu. 



Subsection 3. MTTLTIFLORS. 



31. Chamsedrys, Linn. (V. pedunculata, Vahl. V. 

 pulchella, Salisb.). GERMANDER SPEEDWELL. ANGEL'S 

 EYES. BIRD'S EYES. Slender, compact, pubescent spe- 

 cies 12-18 in. high, densely ascending from a creeping 

 base: Ivs. broadly ovate, sometimes narrower, sub- 

 sessile, crenate or incised, rounded or cordate at base, 

 hairy, thick, 1^4 in- long: racemes 3-6 in. long: fls! 

 large, blue, long-pedicelled : caps, longer than broad, 

 widely notched, exceeded by the sepals. May, June. 

 Woods and roadsides, N. and Cent. Eu., Caucasus, 

 Syria, and Canaries. Adventive in this country. A 

 good border plant. 







Subsection 4. SCTTTELLATJE. 



32. pirolaeformis, Franch. Perennial: sts. short, pilose 

 below: Ivs. nearly all clustered, petiolate, very broadly 

 ovate, obovate or spatulate, crenate: raceme terminal, 

 solitary, laxly many-fld.: fls. rose or pale violet; calyx- 

 lobes glandular, ovate-oblong, obtuse: caps, rhomboid, 

 broader than long. China. 



33. montana, Linn. MOUNTAIN SPEEDWELL. Slender, 

 trailing, hairy plant, 12-18 in. long, rooting from the 

 st.: Ivs. ovate, petioled, coarsely crenate, hairy, sparse: 

 racemes slender, few-fld.: fls. whitish, striped with 

 purple-blue, on long pedicels : caps, large, broader than 

 long, slightly notched, exceeding the hairy sepals. May, 

 June. Moist woods, Temp. Eu. 



34. scutellata, Linn. (V. angustifolia, S. F. Gray, 

 not Bernh.). Perennial, 6-18 in. high, weak, glabrous 

 or rarely puberulent: sts. slender: Ivs. sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, remotely and minutely denticulate: 

 racemes filiform, flexuous, few-fld.: fls. whitish, bluish 

 or flesh-color; calyx-segms. oblong: caps, much wider 

 than long, piano-compressed, 2-lobed. N. temperate 

 regions. Material offered in the trade as V. angusti- 

 folia should also be compared with V. austriaca and 

 V. spuria. 



Subsection 5. PETRJE&. 



35. Baumgartenii, Roem. & Schult. (V. petrasa, 

 Baumg., not Stev.). Perennial, 3-5 in. high, possibly 

 more, glabrous or minutely white-puberulent : sts. 



