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SCROPHULARIACEAE 



cent, the pedicels 3-4 mm. long, longer than the calyx and 

 bracts; calyx about 3 mm. long, 4-cleft, the lobes ovate, acute, 

 ciliate; corolla blue-purple, 6-9 mm. across; style 7-10 mm. 

 long. Aug.-Sept. Mountains; Honshu (centr. distr.), Kyu- 

 shu. Korea. 



7. Veronica subincanovelutina Koidz. V. longifolia 

 var. grayi F. Schmidt; V. grayi Miyabe & Kudo, non Armstr.; 



V. longifolia var. villosa Furumi; V. miyabei Nakai Birodo- 



TORA-NO-o, Ezo-RURi-TORA-No-o. Rhizomes short; stems erect, 

 50-80 cm. long, terete, densely white-pubescent in the upper 

 portion; leaves deltoid-lanceolate to deltoid-ovate, 6-12 cm. 

 long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, acuminate to acute, truncate-cordate to 

 truncate at base, serrulate, loosely white-pubescent or glabrous 

 above, densely white-pubescent beneath, the petioles 1-2 cm. 

 long; spikes few, many-flowered, sometimes solitary, 6-12 cm. 

 long, densely white-pubescent; calyx 3-4 mm. long, 4-cleft, the 

 lobes broadly lanceolate, subacute, with minute capitate hairs 

 on margin, usually loosely pubescent on back; corolla about 7 

 mm. across, blue-purple; capsules obcordate, about 4 mm. long; 



seeds elliptic, flat, about 1 mm. long. July-Sept. Hills and 



mountains on Japan Sea side; Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. and 

 n. distr.) . Korea. 



Var. glabrescens (Hara) Yamazaki. V. miyabei var. gla- 



brescens Hara; V. miyabei var. hondoensis Hara Yama- 



RURi-TORA-No-o. Leaves nearly glabrous, the nerves beneath 

 with recurved hairs. Occurs with the typical phase. 



8. Veronica denkichiana Honda. V. holophylla var. 



maritima Nakai Echigo-tora-no-o. Stems erect, terete, 



40-80 cm. long, scattered short-pilose or glabrous; leaves herba- 

 ceous, broadly lanceolate to deltoid-lanceolate or sometimes 

 deltoid-ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, acute or acumi- 

 nate, rounded to shallowly cordate or cuneate at base, short- 

 toothed, glabrous, the midrib beneath loosely incurved-puberu- 

 lent, the petioles 1-3 cm. long; spikes few, sometimes solitary, 

 8-12 cm. long, densely many-flowered, incurved-puberulent, 

 the pedicels shorter to nearly as long as the calyx; calyx about 

 3 mm. long, 4-cleft, the lobes obtuse, ciliate with incurved 

 short hairs; corolla blue-purple, about 8 mm. across; capsules 

 broadly obovate, 4-5 mm. long; seeds elliptic, flat, about 1 mm. 



long. Aug.-Oct. Near seashores; Honshu (Hokuriku and 



n. distr., along the Japan Sea) . 



9. Veronica schmidtiana Regel. V. yezoalpina (Koidz.) 



Takeda; V. senanensis var. yezoalpina Koidz. ^Kikuba- 



kuwagata. Rhizomes rather short; stems 10-25 cm. long, 

 simple, leafy, short-pubescent; rosulate and lower leaves 

 slightly fleshy, long-petiolate, broadly lanceolate to ovate, 

 sometimes ovate-deltoid, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, obtuse, 

 truncate to broadly cuneate at base, glabrous to thinly pubes- 

 cent, pinnately incised or parted, the lobes obtuse, 2- to 4- 

 toothed; racemes loosely 10- to 30-flowered, 5-10 cm. long, 

 soft-pubescent; calyx 4-6 mm. long, 4-parted; corolla pale 

 blue-purple, with deeper striations, 10-12 mm. across; capsules 

 obovate, glabrous, refuse, slightly longer to as long as the 



calyx. June-Aug. Alpine slopes; Hokkaido. Sakhalin 



and s. Kuriles. 



Var. bandaiana Makino. V. bandaiana (Makino) Takeda; 

 V . schm-idtiana var. daisenensis (Makino) Ohwi; V. senanensis 

 Maxim.; V. senanensis var. daisenensis (Makino) Hara; V. 

 daisenensis Makino; V. schmidtiana var. senanensis (Maxim.) 



Ohwi Bandai-kuwagata, Miyama-kuwagata, Daisen- 



kuwagata. Leaf-lobes shallow, subacute. Alpine regions; 



Honshu (n. and centr. distr. and Mount Daisen in Hoki 

 Prov.). 



10. Veronica stelleri Pall. var. longistyla Kitag. V. 

 yesoensis Nakai Ezo-hime-kuwagata. Rhizomes short- 

 creeping; stems somewhat tufted, slender, erect, 7-15 cm. long, 

 white-pubescent, with 5-8 pairs of leaves; leaves ovate to 

 broadly so, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 8-15 mm. wide, subobtuse, 

 rounded at base, few-toothed, slightly pubescent, sessile; ra- 

 cemes loosely few-flowered, long-pubescent, the upper bracts 

 small, oblanceolate, shorter than the pedicels, the lower bracts 

 leaflike; calyx 4-parted, 4-6 mm. long, the segments oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse; corolla pale blue-purple, 7-8 mm. across; style 



slender, 3-6 mm. long, longer than the calyx. July-Aug. 



Alpine slopes; Hokkaido. Sakhalin, s. Kuriles, and n. Ko- 

 rea. The typical phase occurs in Kamchatka, Kuriles, Aleu- 

 tians, and Alaska. 



11. Veronica nipponica Makino. V. stelleri sensu auct. 



Japon., non Pall. Hime-kuwagata. Rhizomes slender, 



short, branched; stems 7-12 cm. long, simple, with 4-6 pairs 

 of leaves, short-pubescent; leaves ovate or narrowly so, some- 

 times oblong, 1-2 (-2.5) cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, obtuse, 

 rounded to obtuse at base, slightly pubescent, short-toothed, 

 sessile or nearly so; racemes few-flowered, usually short-pubes- 

 cent, the lower bracts leaflike; calyx 4-parted, 4-6 mm. long, 

 the segments oblanceolate, obtuse; corolla pale blue-purple, 4-5 

 mm. across; style l(-2) mm. long, shorter than the calyx; 

 capsules flat, broadly obovate, retuse, loosely short-pilose; 



seeds elliptic, flat, about 1 mm. long. July-Aug. Alpine 



slopes in mountains of Japan Sea side; Honshu (centr. and n. 

 distr.). 



Var. shinanoalpina Hara. V. stelleri sensu auct. Japon., 



pro parte, non Pall. Shinano-hime-kuwagata. Capsules 



entire, obtuse, not retuse. Alpine slopes in mountains; 



Pacific side of Honshu (centr. and n. distr.). 



12. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Ko-tengu-kuwagata. 

 Delicate creeping perennial herb; stems to 10 cm. long, puber- 

 ulent; leaves elliptic, 5-10 mm. long, 4-7 mm. wide, obtuse to 

 rounded, obscurely few-toothed, nearly glabrous, sessile or 

 very short-petiolate; racemes terminal, 2-5 cm. long, loosely 

 many-flowered, the bracts lanceolate, longer than the pedicels; 

 calyx about 3 mm. long, as long as the pedicels, the lobes ob- 

 long, obtuse, nearly as long as the capsules; corolla about 3 

 mm. across, pale blue-purple; capsules retuse, about 3 mm. 

 long, about 4 mm. across; style about 2 mm. long, slender; 



seeds elliptic, flat, about 1 mm. long. July. Namralized in 



Honshu (mountains of Kozuke Prov.) . ^Europe. 



13. Veronica tenella All. V. humifusa Dicks.; V. ser- 

 pyllifolia var. humifusa (Dicks.) Vahl; V. serpyllifolia sensu 



auct. Japon., non L. Tengu-kuwagata. Resembles the 



preceding but slightly larger and the stems longer creeping, 

 loosely puberulent, 10-20 cm. long; leaves ovate to broadly 

 so, 7-15 mm. long, 6-13 mm. wide, obtuse, rounded to very 

 obtuse at base, nearly glabrous, obscurely toothed, sessile or 

 very short-petiolate; racemes terminal, 5-10 cm. long, loosely 

 10- to 20-flowered, often glandular-puberulent, the bracts 

 lanceolate, shorter than the ascending pedicels; calyx lobes 4, 

 about 3 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the cap- 

 sules; corolla pale blue, 5-7 mm. across; capsuels 4-5 mm. 



across; style about 3 mm. long. June-Aug. Woods and 



grassy places in coniferous woods; Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. 



and n. distr.). Korea, Sakhahn, Kuriles, Siberia, Europe, 



and N. America. 



14. Veronica peregrina L. Mushi-kusa. Glabrous 

 to glandular-puberulent slightly fleshy biennial herb; stems 

 tufted, branched from base, 5-20 cm. long; leaves linear to 



