148 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



A delicate plant, with threadlike stems rooting at the nodes, 

 from which are produced leaves ^ to 1 inch across, on petioles from 

 J to 3 inches long. Peduncles generally under ^ inch. Calyx- 

 Begments lanceolate. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, with 

 5 fohes, two of them smaller and less reflexed than the other three, 

 yellowish with a dull-red transverse band, scarcely perceptible in 

 the 2 smaller segments. Capsule sub-didymous. Plant yellowish- 

 green, with the stems, peduncles, pedicels, sepals, and veins of 

 the leaves, with rather long jointed white hairs. 



I am indebted to Mr. Charles Bailey for fresh specimens from 

 Cornwall. Cornish Moneywort. 



French, Sibthorpie <T Europe. 



Tribe VII.— VERONICE^I. 



Corolla rotate, slightly irregular ; under lip of the corolla 

 covering the upper in the bud. Stamens 2. Inflorescence simple, 

 indefinite. Leaves (or at least the lower ones) opposite. 



GEN US IX— V ERONICA. Towrnef. 



Calyx 4- (rarely 5- or 3-) partite. Corolla rotate or subrotatc- 

 funnelshaped or salvershaped ; tnbe very short or cylindrical ; limb 

 spreading or slightly concave, 4-clcft, rarely 5-cleft, with the lateral 

 segments generally narrower than the upper one, and the lowest 

 one narrowest of all. Stamens 2, exscrted, inserted in the tube of 

 the corolla, opposite the lateral segments of the corolla ; anthers 

 2-celled, not awncd. Stigma sub-capitate, entire. Capsule more or 

 less compressed, 2- celled, generally obcordate or notched at the 

 apex, furrowed on each face, loculicidally 2-valvcd, or these 2 

 valves again splitting septicidally. Seeds commonly numerous, 

 rarely only 2 in each cell. 



Plants of various habit, with the lower (or all) leaves opposite. 

 Flowers rather small, hlue, white, or pink, in terminal or axillary 

 racemes. 



The name of this genus of plants is said to have been given to it in honour <>t the 

 Romish saint of that name. Among other conjectures as to the origin of the name, is 

 one that Bupposes it to be compounded of the Greek words <j>epu> (phero), I bring, and 

 rtkii (nike), victory, alluding to its supposed efficacy in subduing diseases. 



Section I.— ALSINOIDES. Koch. 



Annuals. Flowers in terminal racemes. Pedicels sprcading- 

 recurved or reflexed in fruit, solitary in the axils of haves or 



