SCROPHULARIACEAE 



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lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, obtuse to subacute, 

 few-toothed or subentire, sessile; racemes loosely flowered, 

 leafy bracteate, the pedicels about 1 mm. long; calyx 3.5-4.5 

 mm. long, the segments narrowly lanceolate, subobtuse; 

 corolla pale rose, 2-3 mm. across; style about 0.3 mm. long; 

 capsules depressed-orbicular, retuse, shorter than to as long as 



the calyx; seeds minute. Apr.-May. Wet places especially 



common along riverbanks in lowlands. Honshu, Shikoku, 



Kyushu. Eurasia and N. America. 



Var. xalapensis (H.B.K.) St. John & Warren. V. pere- 



grina var. pubescens Honda; V. xalapensis H.B.K. Ke- 



MUSHi-KusA. Stems and capsules puberulent. Occurs 



with the typical phase. 



15. Veronica arvensis L. Tachi-inu-no-fuguri. An- 

 nual or biennial short-pubescent herb; stems terete, slender, 

 erect, 10-30 cm. long, often branched at base; leaves opposite, 

 ovate to broadly so, or ovate-orbicular, 1-2 cm. long, 7-15 mm. 

 wide, obtuse, rounded and sessile at base, with few obtuse 

 teeth, nerved from the base; floral leaves alternate, gradually 

 smaller above, broadly lanceolate, obtuse, longer or some- 

 times in the upper ones slightly shorter than the calyx, the 

 pedicels less dian 1 mm. long; calyx segments 4, broadly 

 lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, longer than to as long as the cap- 

 sules; corolla blue, about 4 mm. across; capsules obcordate, 



deeply notched at apex, about 4 mm. across. Apr.-Oct. 



Naturalized in our area. Europe, Africa, and Asia. 



16. Veronica persica Poir. V. tottrnefortii Gmel., non 



Vill.; V. buxbaumii Tenore, non F. W. Schmidt 0-inu-no- 



FUGURi. Soft-pubescent annual or biennial; stems 10-30 cm. 

 long, loosely leafy, from a creeping or ascending branched 

 base; leaves opposite, deltoid or broadly ovate-deltoid, 1-2 

 cm. long and as wide, rounded at the base, coarsely toodied, 

 short-petiolate; upper leaves alternate, broadly ovate, subsessile; 

 flowers solitary in axils, the pedicels 1.5—4 cm. long, slender, 

 longer than the leaves; calyx 6-10 mm, long, the segments 

 narrowly ovate, obtuse, slightly longer than and appressed to 

 the capsule; corolla 7-10 mm. across, blue, with darker stria- 

 tions; capsules depressed-obcordate, 5 mm. long, about 1 cm. 

 across, shallowly and broadly 2-lobed, with prominent raised 

 reticulations; style about 3 mm. long; seeds ellipdc, about 1.5 

 mm. long, finely rugose, rather thick, concave on the ventral 

 face. Apr.-May. Widely naturalized in our area. Eura- 

 sia and Africa. 



17. Veronica hederaefolia L. Furasaba-s6. Pubescent 

 annual or biennial; stems 5-15 cm. long, ascending to erect 

 from a decumbent branched base; lower leaves opposite, petio- 

 late, die upper ones alternate, subsessile, depressed-cordate or 

 depressed-orbicular, 7-10 mm. long, 8-12 mm. wide, shallowly 

 5 (3 or 7)-lobed, the lobes entire, the terminal lobe larger; 

 pedicels longer than to as long as the leaves; calyx 4-5 mm. 

 long, the segments membranous, ovate or ovate-deltoid, promi- 

 nendy ciliate; corolla 2-2.5 mm. across, pale blue; capsules 

 depressed-globose, with 4 shallow grooves, glabrous; style 

 nearly 1 mm. long; seeds elliptic, 2.5 mm. long, black-brown, 

 rather thick, convex and transversely rugose on the back, 



deeply concave on the ventral face. Mar.-May. Sparingly 



naturalized in our area. Eurasia and Africa. 



18. Veronica didyma Tenore var. lilacina Yamazaki. 

 V. caninotcsticulata Makino; V. agrestis 3uct. Japon., non L.; V. 



polita auct. Japon., non Fries Inu-no-fuguri. Rather short 



pubescent annual or biennial; stems 5-15 cm. long, erect from 

 a short-decumbent or ascending branched base; leaves opposite 

 in lower ones, alternate in the inflorescence, ovate-orbicular or 



depressed-cordate, 6-10 mm. long and as wide, rounded at the 

 base, 5- to 7-lobed, short-petiolate or sessile in the upper ones, 

 the pedicels nearly as long as the leaves; calyx herbaceous, 3-6 

 mm. long, the segments ovate, few-nerved, obtuse; corolla 3-4 

 mm. across, rose-purple; capsules reniform, inflated, about 6 

 mm. across, prominently puberulent; style about 1 mm. long; 

 seeds ovate, about 1.2 mm. long, obsoletcly rugose. Mar.- 

 May. Sunny places and waste grounds in lowlands; Hok- 

 kaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, 



China, and Korea. 



19. Veronica onoei Fr. & Sav. Maruba-kuwagata, 

 GoMBAizuRU. Stems rather slender, long-creeping, leafy 

 with long spreading hairs; leaves broadly elliptic, broadly 

 ovate-orbicular, or broadly ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. 

 wide, rounded to obtuse, rounded at base, serrulate, glabrous, 

 sparingly ciliate, the petioles 2-5 mm. long; racemes rather 

 densely many-flowered, from leaf-axils, minutely glandular- 

 hairy, the peduncles 3-6 cm. long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, the 

 segments oblanceolate, obtuse; corolla blue, about 8 mm. 

 across; capsules obovate, flat, retuse, loosely glandular-pilose, 



5-6 mm. long. July. Mountains; Honshu (ne. Shinano 



and Kozuke Prov.). 



20. Veronica cana Wall. var. miqueliana (Nakai) 

 Ohwi. V. miqueliana Nakai; V. cana sensu auct. Japon., non 

 Wall, ex Benth. Kuwagata-s6. Short-pubescent peren- 

 nial; stems 15-30 cm. long, decumbent at the base; leaves nar- 

 rowly to broadly ovate, 3-6(-8) cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, 

 acute, toothed, rounded, sometimes shallowly cordate or 

 broadly cuneate at base, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; racemes 

 3-8 cm. long, pedunculate or subsessile, loosely 3- to 10-flow- 

 ered, terminal and lateral, short-pubescent, the pedicels sub- 

 erect, nearly as long as the calyx and the broadly linear bract; 

 calyx 4-6 mm. long, the segments oblanceolate, usually ciliate, 

 acute; corolla pale rose, deeply striate, 8-13 mm. across; cap- 

 sules depressed-deltoid, flat, loosely ciliolate, nearly as long as 

 the calyx, 5-6 mm. long, 7-10 mm. wide, with a shallow notch 

 at apex; style 3-4 mm. long. May- June. Woods in moun- 

 tains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Var. takedana Makino. V. miqueliana var. ta\edana (Ma- 

 kino) Nemoto; V. ta\edana (Makino) Nakai. Ko-kuwa- 



G.1TA. Plant dwarf, 5-15 cm. high; leaves 1-2.5 cm. long; 



racemes 1- to 3-flowered, not exceeding the leaves. Honshu 



(centr. and w. distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Formosa. 



Var. decumbens Makino. V. japonensis Makino Yama- 



KuwAGATA, TsuRU-KUWAGATA. Stems 5-15 cm. long, from 

 a long-creeping rooting base, pubescent; leaves usually broadly 

 ovate, sometimes ovate, short-toothed; calyx-segments not cili- 

 ate; capsules subrhombic-deltoid. July. Woods in high 



mountains; Honshu (centr. distr.). 



Var. occidentalis (Murata) Ohwi. V. japonensis var. oc- 

 cidentalis Murata. Nishino-yama-kitwagata. Similar to 

 the preceding variety; stems appressed-pubescent; calyx-seg- 

 ments acuminate. Honshu (w. distr.). The typical 



phase occurs in the Himalayas and sw. China. 



21. Veronica laxa Benth. V. mclissaejotia auct. Japon., 

 non Poir.; V. thunbcrgii A. Gray Hiyoku-s6. Peren- 

 nial, rhizomatous, creeping herb, prominently white-pubescent; 

 stems erect, 30-50 cm. long, simple; leaves about 10 pair.s, ses- 

 sile, membranous, ovate, 2.5^ cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, ob- 

 tuse, toothed, rounded at base; racemes in the upper leaf 

 axils loosely 10- to 30-flowered, 10-20(-30) cm. long, short- 

 pedunculate, the pedicels as long as to slighdy shorter than the 

 calyx and the linear-oblanceolate bract; calyx 3-5 mm. long, 



