798 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



anther-locules distinct; style elongate, the stigma bifid; ovary 2-locular, each locule few-ovuled; capsules 2-locular, globose; 



seeds orbicular, convex on back, attached at the center on ventral face, puberulent, viscid when moistened. One species, in e. 



Asia and India. 



1. Ellisiophyllum pinnatum (Wall.) Makino. Ourisia toothed segments; flowers solitary in axils, 8-10 mm. across, 



pinnata Wall, ex Benth.; Hornemannia pinnata (Wall.) white, the pedicels radical, 3-6 cm. long; calyx 5-7 mm. long, 



'Bsnxh.;E.reptans'iA2X\m..;Moseleyapinnata (Wall.) Hemsley 5-lobed; fruit globose, 4-5 mm. across; seeds few, about 1.5 



KiKUGARA-KusA, HoROGiKU. Plant pubescent; stems mm. across. May-June. Woods in mountains; Honshu (s. 



slender; leaves thin, soft, membranous, distant, broadly ovate- Kinki and Chugoku Distr.), Shikoku. Formosa, China, and 



deltoid to broadly ovate, 2.5-6 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, long- India, 

 petiolate, deeply pinnatiparted with few coarse rounded and 



17. CENTRANTHERA R. Br. Goma-kusa Zoku 



Rather firm usually strigose and scabrous erect herbs; leaves opposite or alternate in upper ones, obtuse, entire or few-toothed; 

 flowers rose or yellowish, solitary in axils, the upper ones forming a terminal spike, the pedicels very short, 2-bracteolate; calyx 

 spathelike, split on one side, acute, entire or with 3-5 short lobes; corolla-lobes 5, subequal, spreading, the tube elongate, am- 

 pliate above, the limb obsoletely bilabiate; stamens 4, didymous, not exserted, in pairs; capsules loculicidal; seeds minute, very 

 many. Several species, in Asia, Malaysia, and Australia. 



1. Centranthera cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. var. long, the bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, shorter than and ap- 



lutea (Hara) Hara. C. hispida sensu auct. Japon., non R. Br.; pressed to the calyx; calyx shallowly split in front, acute, 7-10 



C. brunoniana sensu auct. Japon., non Wall.; Razumovia mm. long at anthesis, 10-15 mm. long in fruit, longer than the 



cochinchinensis var. lutea Hara Goma-kusa. Strigose capsule; seeds truncate at apex, cuneate at base, obliquely lineo- 



and scabrous erect annual; stems often branched, terete, 20-40 late. Aug.-Oct. Wet grassy places in lowlands; Honshu, 



cm. long; leaves opposite, the upper ones alternate, broadly Shikoku, Kyushu. The typical phase occurs in Korea, Ryukyus, 



linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, 3-7 nmi. wide, nearly Formosa, China, and Indochina, 

 entire, sessile; flowers nearly sessile, yellowish, 15-20 mm. 



18. VERONICA L. Kuwagata-so Zoku 



Herbs or shrubs; leaves at least sometimes opposite or verticillate, simple; flowers solitary in axils or in terminal or axillary 

 racemes, without bracteoles; calyx 4- or 5-parted, the outer 2 segments sometimes connate; corolla rotate, the limb spreading, 

 4- or 5-lobed; stamens 2, inserted on the tube, exserted; style entire; ovules many or rarely 2 in each locule; capsules flat or in- 

 flated, 2-grooved, loculicidal or septicidal; seeds few to many, ovate or orbicular, attached at the ventral face, convex on back, 

 smooth or rugose. About 300 species, chiefly in the temperate regions of tlie N. Hemisphere, Australia, and New Zealand. 



lA. Flowers in. terminal spikes or racemes, or solitary and axillary. 

 2A. Perennials; flowers in terminal spikes or racemes; plants of woods or grassy places. 



3A. Herbs 30-150 cm. high, rather many-leaved; inflorescence a dense spike (racemose in No. 3) . 



4A. Calyx and leaves beneath white-tomentose 1. F. ornata 



4B. Calyx green, glabrous to pubescent; leaves usually green on both surfaces. 

 5A. Leaves narrowed at base. 



6A. Leaves slightly dilated and clasping at base; inflorescence and young branches with long-spreading multicellular hairs. 



2. V. sieboldiana 

 6B. Leaves not dilated and clasping at base; inflorescence and stems puberulent or with upwardly directed hairs. 



7A. Lowest lateral nerves of leaves Yz-Yi the length of the blades 3. V. linariaefolia 



7B. Lowest lateral nerves shorter 4. V. rotunda vslS. stibintegra 



5B. Leaves rounded to truncate-cordate at base. 



8A. Leaves sessile, or with petioles 3-5 mm. long, ovate, rounded at base 5. V. subsessilis 



8B. Leaves, at least the median ones, with petioles 1-3 cm. long. 



9A. Leaves with scattered multicellular hairs on both sides, slighdy scabrous above 6. V. kiusiana 



9B. Leaves short-pubescent or thinly tomentose on both sides or sometimes glabrous, not scabrous. 



IDA. Leaves with many prominent acute teeth 7. V. subincanovelutina 



lOB. Leaves with rather loose appressed teeth 8. V. denkichiana 



3B. Herbs less than 30 cm. high, with few pairs of leaves; inflorescence racemose, loosely few- to rather many-flowered. 



11 A. Leaves distinctly petiolate, ovate to broadly lanceolate, pinnately incised to parted 9. V. schmidtiana 



11 B. Leaves sessile or subsessile, ovate or elliptic, toothed or subentire. 



12A. Plants short rhizomatous; leaves distinctly toothed, ovate; inflorescence few-flowered, about 1 cm. long. 



13A. Flowers 7-8 mm. across; styles 3-6 mm. long; plant rather prominently pubescent; leaves 1.5-2.5 cm. long. 



10. V. stelleri var. longistyla 

 13B. Flowers 4-5 mm. across; styles 1—2 mm. long; plant sparingly pubescent; leaves 1-2 (2.5) cm. long. ... II. F. nipponica 

 12B. Plants from a long creeping base; leaves subentire, elliptic, sometimes ovate; inflorescence rather many-flowered, 3-15 cm. 

 long. 



14A. Inflorescence curved-puberulent; leaves 5-10 mm. long 12. V. serpyllifolia 



I4B. Inflorescence subglandular-puberulent; leaves 7—15 mm. long 13. V. tenella 



