VERONICA.] SCROPHULAEINE^J. 303 



in., stout, erect from a decumbent base, leafy. Leaves 1-lf in., coriaceous, 

 sessile or petioled ; lower ovate, obtuse, narrowed below, crenate-serrate. 

 Spike If -3 in. ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the obtuse ciliate sepals. 

 Corolla | in. diam., bright blue, tube as long as broad, throat bearded ; lobes 

 narrow, acute. Stamens very long; anthers large, purple. Style long. 

 Capsule equalling the sepals, ovoid, pubescent. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 N. Asia. 



F". spica'ta proper ; leaves subsessile narrow-oblong or oblong-lanceolate 

 serrated above the middle. E. counties, very rare. VAJR. F. hyb'rida, L. ; 

 larger, stouter, leaves petioled broader serrate throughout. W. counties, 

 from Wales and Westmoreland to Bristol. 



9. BART'SIA, L. 



Erect herbs, parasitic on roots. Leaves opposite or upper alternate, 

 crenate or serrate. Flowers in bracteate spikes ; bracts leafy. Calyx 

 tubular or campanulate, 4-fid. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped ; upper lip 

 arched, entire or notched, its sides not reflexed ; lower as long or shorter, 

 tip 3-fid. Stamens 4, didynamous, hidden by the upper lip ; anther-cells 

 mucronate. Stigma obtuse, or 2-lobed, posticous lobe very small. Cap- 

 sule ovoid or oblong, compressed, loculicidally 2-valved, septa and pla- 

 centas persistent. Seeds transversely o.void. DISTRIB. N. temp, regions ; 

 species 60. ETYM. John Barlsch, a Prussian botanist. 



SECTION 1. B art's! a proper. Capsule ovoid, acuminate. Seedsmany, 

 large, ribbed or winged on the back ; hilum lateral. 



1. B. alpi'na, L. ; perennial, glandular-pubescent, leaves sessile ovate 

 obtusely serrate, upper cordate amplexicaul. 



Subalpine meadows and wet banks, York, Durham, Westmoreland ; Mts. of 

 Perth, Inverness, and Ross ; ascends to near 3,000 ft. in Scotland ; fl. June- 

 Aug. Black when dry. Rootstock woody. Stem 4-8 in., erect, simple, 

 terete, leafy. Leaves f- in., rather coriaceous, obtuse. Spikes short, t'ew- 

 fld. ; bracts purplish. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Flowers proterogynous. 

 Corolla i|- in., dull blue-purple, glandular, lips small. Anthers exserted, 

 bearded. Capsule longer than the sepals. DISTEIB. Europe (Arctic), from 

 Gothland northd., Alps, Greenland, Labrador. 



SECTION 2. Eufra'gia, Griseb. (gen.). Capsule oblong, acute. Seeds 

 very minute, faintly granulate ; hilum basal. 



2. B. visco'sa, L. ; annual, viscid, leaves sessile ovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late coarsely serrate. 



Meadows, &c., S. England, Sussex to Cornwall ; Wales ; Chester to Argyll ; 

 W. Ireland; Channel Islands ; fl. June-Oct. Stem 6-18 in., terete, usually 

 simple, often flowering throughout much of its length. Leaves |-1 in., 

 rather scabrid, nerves prominent beneath. Calyx-tube curved ; lobes trian- 

 gular-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla in., yellow, glandular; tower lip 



