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SCROPHULARIACEAE 



the segments broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, longer than the 

 capsule; corolla about 6-8 mm. across, pale rose-purple; cap- 

 sules depressed-obcordate, 4-5 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, flat, 

 broadly and shallowly emarginate, ciliate; style 2.5-3 mm. 



long. May-July. Grassy places in mountain valleys; Hok- 



koido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. China and Himalayas. 



22. Veronica javanica Bl. V. muromm Maxim.; V. 

 cana var. glabrior Miq.; V. murorum var. glabrior (Miq.) 



Maxim.; V. glabrior (Miq.) Koidz. Hama-kuwagata. 



Annual or biennial; stems erect, 15-35 cm. long, branched in 

 lower part, with a line of short hairs; leaves membranous, op- 

 posite, deltoid-ovate or deltoid-cordate, 2-3 cm. long, 1-2.5 

 cm. wide, subobtuse, shallowly cordate at base, obtusely 

 toothed, loosely pubescent on both sides, the petioles 5-10 mm. 

 long; racemes on the upper part of stems, 3-6 cm. long, loosely 

 few-flowered, incurved-puberulent, the pedicels 1-2 mm. long, 

 suberect, the bracts broadly linear, as long as to slightly longer 

 than the calyx; calyx 3-5 mm. long, the segments oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, longer than the capsule; corolla 2-2.5 mm. across; 

 capsules depressed-cordate, 3 mm. long, 4 mm. across, retuse, 

 loosely ciliate; seeds about 0.5 mm. long. Apr.-May. Low- 

 lands near the sea; Honshu (Miyake Isl. in Izu Prov.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, China, Malaysia to In- 

 dia and Africa, and S. America. 



23. Veronica undulata Wall, ex Roxb. Kawajisa. 



Glabrous slightly fleshy annual or biennial; stems terete, erect. 



30-60 cm. long; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 cm. 

 long, 8-15 mm. wide, subacute, rounded to shallowly cordate 

 at base, undulately serrulate, sessile and semiclasping; racemes 

 rather loosely many-flowered, 5-12 cm. long, on short axillary 

 peduncles, the pedicels spreading, 4-6 mm. long, the bracts 

 broadly linear, nearly as long as the pedicels; calyx segments 

 4, narrowly oblong, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, sHghdy longer than 

 to as long as the capsule; corolla about 4 mm. across, pale blue- 

 purple; capsules nearly orbicular, about 3 mm. across; style 



about 1.5 mm. long; seeds about 0.3 mm. long. ^May-June. 



Wet places in lowlands; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryu- 

 kyus, Formosa, China, Korea to Europe, and N. America. 

 24. Veronica americana (Raf.) Schwein. V. becca- 



bunga var. americana Raf. Ezo-no-kawajisa. Glabrous, 



slightly fleshy creeping perennial; stems terete, 30-50 cm. long; 

 leaves opposite, broadly lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 4-6 cm. 

 long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, rounded at base, short-toothed, the peti- 

 oles 2-4 mm. long; racemes 5-10 cm. long, axillary, peduncu- 

 late, loosely 10- to 20-flowered, the pedicels spreading, 7-12 

 mm. long, the bracts shorter than the pedicels; calyx 3-4 mm. 

 long, the segments acute; corolla blue-purple, about 6 mm. 

 across; capsules inflated, orbicular, as long as to slightiy 



shorter than the calyx, 3-4 mm. in diameter. July-Aug. 



Wet places; Hokkaido. Sakhalin, Kuriles, e. Siberia, and 



N. America. 



19. VERONICASTRUM Heister ex Fabricius Kugai-s6 Zoku 



Frequendy declined, rarely erect perennials or subshrubs; leaves alternate or verticillate, simple, toothed; flowers in dense 

 elongate spikes, ebracteolate, subsessile; calyx 5-parted, the segments acuminate; corolla tubular, blue-purple, the lobes 4, nearly 

 equal, or the upper lobe slightly larger; stamens 2, inserted on the tube, exserted; style slender; ovules many; capsules ovoid- 

 conical, loculicidal or septicidal; seeds many, small. About 10 species in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, 



especially abundant in the Himalayas, China, Formosa, Philippines, and Japan; one in e. United States. 



lA. Leaves alternate; stems declined; spikes axillary, 1-3 cm. long. 



2A. Leaves and stems rather densely pale-brown pubescent; spikes 1-L5 cm. long L V. villosulum 



2B. Leaves and stems glabrous or very sparsely puberulent; spikes 2-3 cm. long. 



3A. Stems, petioles, and leaves scattered-puberulent 2. V. tagawae 



3B. Plant glabrous throughout 3. V. axillare 



IB. Leaves verticillate; stems erect; spikes terminal, 20-35 cm. long 4. V. sibiricum 



1. Veronicastrum villosulum (Miq.) Yamazaki. Bo- wide, acuminate, broadly cuneate at base, loosely recurved- 

 tryopleuron villosulum (Miq.) Makino; Calorhabdos villosula puberulent beneath and on nerves, with appressed short teeth 

 (Miq.) Makino; Paederota villosula Miq.; C. axillaris var. vil- on margin, short-petiolate; spikes nearly sessile, 2-3 cm. long, 



losula (Miq.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Makino in syn. Suzu- densely many-flowered, the bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about 



KAKE-so. Plant densely pubescent; rhizomes short; stems 2 mm. long, glabrous; calyx-segments slighdy unequal, linear- 

 terete, leafy, much elongate, declined in upper part, slender; lanceolate, as long as the bracts, acuminate; corolla blue-pur- 

 leaves rather thick, ovate, 5-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, long- pie, about 6 mm. long, the tube pilose inside, the lobes 4, 

 acuminate, broadly cuneate at base, with obliquely deltoid deltoid, acute; anthers about 1 mm. long; style persistent, 

 acute teeth, short-petiolate; spikes nearly globose, 1-1.5 cm. about 8 mm. long; capsules broadly ovoid, about 2.5 mm. in 

 long, densely many-flowered, sessile, the bracts lanceolate, diameter. Aug.-Sept. Honshu (Kii Prov.) ; rare. 



about 6 mm. long, acuminate; calyx-segments linear-lanceo- 3. Veronicastrum axillare (Sieb. & Zucc.) Yamazaki. 



late, 2.5-4 mm. long; corolla deep violet-purple, the tube 6-7 Botryopleuron axillare (Sieb. & Zucc.) HemsL; Calorhabdos 



mm. long, spreading-pilose inside except at base, the limb axillaris (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex S. Moore; 



about 5 mm. across, the lobes acute; anthers about 1.5 mm. Paederota axillaris Sieb. & Zucc; P. bracteata Sieb. & Zucc. 



long; ovary broadly ovoid; style more than 10 mm. long. Tora-no-o-suzu-kake. Glabrous perennial 1-2 m. high; 



Aug.-Oct. Thickets; Honshu (Mino Prov.); very rare. stems terete, slender, often declined in upper part; leaves 



2. Veronicastrum tagawae (Ohwi) Yamazaki. Botry- herbaceous, oblong or ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. wide, 

 opleuron tagawae Ohwi; Calorhabdos tagawae (Ohwi) Ma- acuminate, rounded to broadly cuneate at base, with obliquely 



sam. KiNOKUNi-suzu-KAKE. Perennial herb 1-2 m. deltoid teeth, short-petiolate; spikes axillary, 1.5-3 cm. long, 



high; stems terete, arcuate and declined, loosely recurved- densely many-flowered; flowers blue-purple, nearly sessile, the 



puberulent; leaves ovate or oblong, 8-15 cm. long, 3-5 cm. bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly longer than the 



