SCROPHULARIACEAE 



799 



2B. Annuals or biennials; flowers solitary in leaf-axils or forming a large bracteate spike; plants of waste grounds and cultivated fields 

 or of riverbanks. 

 15A. Pedicels absent or ver>' short, much shorter than the calyx; seeds flat, less than I mm. across. 



16A. Glabrous or glandular-puberulent herb; leaves linear to lanceolate, subentire or with few short teeth; indigenous plant of 



wet places and riverbanks 14. F. peregrina 



16B. Short-pubescent herb; leaves ovate to ovate-orbicular, distinctly toothed; introduced plant of waste grounds and cultivated 



fields 15. V. arvensis 



15B. Pedicels elongate, much longer than the calyx; seeds convex, rugose on back, deeply depressed on ventral face, 1.3-3 mm. across. 



17A. Corolla 7-10 mm. across; leaves longer than wide; pedicels (1— )1.5-4 cm. long; .seeds about 10 16. V. persica 



17B. Corolla 2-4 mm. across; leaves of equal proportions or shorter than wide; pedicels about 1 cm. long. 



18A. Flowers blue-purple; leaves shallowly 5(3-7)-lobed, the terminal lobe much broader and entire; calyx membranous, 



prominently ciliate; capsules prominently inflated, about 4-seeded 17. V. hederaefolia 



18B. Flowers rose-purple; leaves 5- to 7-lobed, the terminal lobe only slightly broader than the others; calyx herbaceous, sparsely 



ciliolate; capsules inflated, about 16-seeded 18. V. didyma var. lilacina 



IB. Flowers in axillary spikes or racemes. 



19.\. Plants pubescent, the pedicels erect or suberect; woods or grassy places. 

 20.A. Capsules obovate, distinctly longer than wide, longer than the calyx; stems long-creeping; inflorescence from leaf-axils; leaves 



broadly elliptic or broadly ovate-elliptic, serrulate 19. V. onoei 



20B. Capsules obcordate, depressed-deltoid, or reniform, wider than long, as long as or shorter than the calyx; stems erect or creep- 

 ing; inflorescence terminal or mainly toward the upper part of the stems; leaves ovate to deltoid-ovate, coarsely acute-toothed. 



21A. Capsules depressed-deltoid, angled on both sides, 7-10 mm. wide; racemes 3- to 10-flowered 20. V. cana 



21B. Capsules obcordate to reniform, with rounded margins, 3-5 mm. wide; racemes 10- to 30-flowcred. 



22A. Perennial herb with short rhizomes; corolla 6-8 mm. across; cauline leaves about 10 pairs 21. V. laxa 



22B. Biennial herb without rhizomes; corolla 2-2.5 mm. across; cauline leaves few-paired 22. V. javanica 



19B. Plants usually glabrous, rarely minutely glandular-pubescent; pedicels spreading; wet places. 



23A. Leaves sessile, at least the upper ones more or less clasping 23. V. undiilata 



23B. Leaves at least the lower ones short-petiolate 24. V. americana 



1. Veronica omala Monjus. V. incana sensu auct. minute. Aug.-Oct. Honshu (s. Kinki Distr. and vvestw.), 



Japon., non L. Totei-ran. Erect rhizomatous perennial, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Formosa, and temperate e. Asia. 



white-tomentose on stems, lower side of leaves, and inflores- Var. dilatata (Nakai & Kitag.) Nakai & Kitag. V. angusti- 



cence; stems terete, 40-60 cm. long, usually simple; leaves folia var. dilatata Nakai & Kitag. O-hosoba-tora-no-o. 



opposite, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, L5-2 cm. Leaves broadly lanceolate to obovate-oblong. Occurs with 



wide, subobtuse to acute, short-toothed toward liie tip, the the typical phase. 



midrib raised beneath; spikes usually simple, solitary, erect, 4. Veronica rotunda Nakai var. subintegra (Nakai) 



8-12 cm. long, densely many-flowered, the pedicels 2-3 mm. Yamazaki. V. spuria var. subintegra Nakai; V. liomarovii 



long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, 4-cleft; corolla blue-purple, 7-8 mm. Monjus.; V. spuria var. paniculata sensu auct. Japon., non 



across; st>'le 6-7 mm. long. Aug.-Oct. Pine woods near Ma-xim. Hime-tora-no-o, Yama-tora-no-o. Rhizomes 



seashores; Honshu (n. Kinki Distr. on Japan Sea side); rare. short; stems erect, 40-80 cm. long, terete, with scattered 



2. Veronica sieboldiana Miq. V. sieboldiana var. in- upwardly curved short soft hairs; leaves opposite, narrowly 



tegrijolia Maxim, ex Matsum. Hama-tora-no-o. Peren- ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, 



nial with short rhizomes; stems erect, 20-30 cm. long, long acuminate, acute to acuminate at base, irregularly acute- 



spreading-pubcscent while young; leaves on innovation shoots toothed, nearly glabrous, the nerves beneath ascending-puberu- 



long-petiolate, ovate, broadly cuneate at base, toothed, soft- lent, sessile or short-petiolcd; spikes 1 or few, erect, 10-20 cm. 



pubescent, the cauline leaves rather coriaceous, oblong, 3-5 long, short-pubescent; calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute with an 



cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, lustrous above, obtuse, slightly obtuse tip; corolla blue-purple, about 8 mm. across; capsules 



dilated and clasping at base, obscurely short-toothed, lustrous depressed-orbicular or broadly obovate, longer than the calyx. 



above, the margins slightly recurved; racemes usually solitary, Aug.-Oct. Mountains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. 



7-12 cm. long, erect, densely many-flowered, long-pubescent, Korea, Manchuria, and e. Siberia. 



the pedicels 4-7 mm. long, longer than to as long as the linear 5. Veronica subsessilis (Miq.) Carr. V. longijolia var. 



bracts; calyx narrowly ovate, ciliate; corolla blue-purple, 6-8 subsessilis Miq. Ruri-tora-no-o. Stems 40-80 cm. long, 



mm. across; capsules deltoid-obcordate, 4-5 mm. long, longer with scattered, ascending, soft, short hairs; leaves narrowly 



than the calyx; style 5-6 mm. long. Sept.-Oct. Seashores; ovate or deltoid-ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, acute 



Kyushu (Isis. of western coast). Ryukyus (Kerama Isl.). to very acute, rounded at base, finely toodied, soft-pubescent 



3. Veronica linariaefolia Pall, ex Link. V. paniculata especially on nerves beneath, sessile or the petioles 3-5 mm. 

 var. angustijolia Bentli.; V. spuria var. angustifolia Benth. ex long; spikes 1-4, 10-20 cm. long, pubescent; calyx about 3 



Makino Hosoba-hime-tor.\-no-o. Rhizomes short; stems mm. long, 4-clcft, the lobes narrowly ovate, prominently ciliate, 



erect, 40-70 cm. long, often branched in upper part; leaves acute; corolla 8-10 mm. across. July-Aug. Honshu 



rather thick, oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, (Mount Ibuki in Oomi) ; also planted in gardens. 



5-8 mm. wide, acute, loosely few-toothed near tip, with as- 6. Veronica kiusiana Furumi. Hiro-ha-tora-no-o. 



cending hairs especially on midrib beneath; spikes erect, termi- Stems erect, 50-70 cm. long, soft-hairy while young; leaves del- 



nal, densely many-flowered, 10-30 cm. long; calyx about 2 mm. toid-ovatc or narrowly deltoid, 5-8 cm. long, 3-6 cm. wide, 



long, 4-cleft, the lobes obtuse, ciliate; corolla about 6 mm. subacute, truncate to shallowly cordate at base, mucronate- 



across, blue-purple; capsules slightly longer than the calyx, toothed, scabrous above, the petioles 1-2.5 cm. long; spikes 10- 



depressed-orbicular, inflated, retuse; style 6-7 mm. long; seeds 25 cm. long, simple, erect, densely many-flowered, sliort-pubcs- 



