very distinctly separated Ijy llie fact that in Veronica pseiidolonyifolia they are practi- 

 cally sessile, or only very short-petioled. the petiole to about 1 — 2 mm. long. This charac- 

 ter especially distinguishes our plant. The lo\\er leaves are ovate-lanceolate, the upper 

 ones gradually narrower, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, generally 5 — 6 times as long as 

 broad, acuminate at the apex: the base is rounded or subcordate, whereby the leaves 

 become frequently nearly clasping the stem, never cuneately tapering towards the base, 

 as is the case in V. spuria L.. which il recalls by the short bracts and the suljacute 

 calyx-lobes. The margin of the leaves is sharply and coarsely serrate, with appressed 



Fig. lOG. Veronica psendoloiuiifolia nov. spec. DilTerenl types of leaves, with complete petioles, 

 the two on the riglit hand side conduplicatc (Vi). 



teeth; only rarely the margin may be slightly duplicate-serrate. There occur sometimes 

 specimens in wliich the apex of the leaf is entire or nearly so. The leaves are com- 

 monly opposite, or verticillate in 3"s; more than 3 leaves in each node have not been 

 found by me in any of the specimens collected. The middle stem-leaves are 1,5—2 cm. 

 broad, and 7 — 10 cm. long wlien full-grown; of more rare occurrence ai'e narrow-leaved 

 specimens, the leaves of which are only about 1 cm. broad. There occur frequently spe- 

 cimens with nearly rectangularly spreading leaves, distinctly conduplicale, so as to exhibit 

 a form parallel to f. voinplicata. of the nearly allied species V. longifolia. Some of the 



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