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bracts undistinguishable from the leaves, except by being alter- 

 nate. Calyx 4-partite. Tube of corolla shorter than wide. Seeds 

 convex on the back, hollowed out beneath. 



SPECIES I.— VERONICA HEDERIFOLI A. linn. 



Piate DCCCCLXX. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXCVIII. Fig8. 3, 4, 5. 

 Billot, FL Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 429. 



Stem weak, much branched from the base ; branches procum- 

 bent or ascending at the apex. Leaves all stalked, reniform or 

 roundish reniform, cordate or abrupt at the base, 5- to 7-lobed, 

 with the lobes ovate, the terminal one roundish-deltoid and usually 

 much larger. Bracts like the leaves. Flowers racemose. Peduncles* 

 usually about as long as the leaves. Sepals broadly ovate-trian- 

 gular, cordate, glabrous, ciliated with long straight jointed hairs 

 (which are not gland-tipped), without elevated ribs or veins in 

 fruit. Capsule of 2 sub-globular lobes without keels or promi- 

 nent veins, glabrous. Style elongated, protruding beyond the notch 

 of the capsule. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell of the capsule. Plant 

 hispid-pubescent, with stiff straight jointed hairs. 



In cultivated ground, hedge-banks, and waste places, &c. 

 Very common, and generally distributed, more rare in the North. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Spring and 

 Early Summer. 



Stem much branched from near the base ; branches 3 to 18 

 inches long, weak, with irregular hairy strips. Lowest leaves 

 opposite ; those from which flowers are produced, i.e. bracts, alter- 

 nate ; all broader than long, \ to 1^ inch across, usually with 5 

 large entire toothlike lobes. Inflorescence at length occupying the 

 greater part of each branch : this elongation takes place by succes- 

 sive internodes, each internode lengthening after flowering, the 

 flowers expanding only at the undeveloped apex of the branch. 

 Sepals very large in fruit, sometimes £ inch long, and nearly as 

 broad at the base. Peduncles downy in Lines, very short at the 

 time of flowering, afterwards lengthening, and at length spreading- 

 recurved. Sepals nearly equal. Corolla \ inch across, pale-lilac, 

 with purple streaks, shorter than the calyx ; anthers purplish-blue. 



* The length given for the peduncles is when they have attained their extreme 

 length after flowering. The veins on the sepals and capsule should be examined iu 

 the dried plaut, as they are scarcely elevated in any of the species wi.eu fresh. 



