856 XOII, SCROPHULAaiAOM (HBMSLEY and SEAN). [< !«pr<rri«. 



and branohes terete. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate. 



ellipsoi 

 x. 429. 



Upper cuinua. Gold Coast: Capo Coast Castle, Vogel, 70! Accru, Srown f 

 ■Ml ! 



Evidently an introduced plant in Africa. It is it native of Tropical America. 



86. VERONICA, Linn.; Benth et Hook. f, Gen, PI. ii. 964. 



Oalyx 4- or 5-partite; segments scarcely imbricate, the fifth posticous 

 segment when present usually smaller. Corolla-tube short, rarely 

 exceeding the calyx ; limb spreading, I or •> lid ; lateral lobes outside 

 (or «>iH> only outside) ; upper and lower lobes often narrower. Stamens 

 "2 inserted on the corolla. -tube at the sides of the upper lobe, exserted ; 

 anther-cells divergent or parallel, obtuse, confluent at the apex. Style 



gubcapitate at the apex. Capsule compressed or turgid, 2-sulcate, locu- 



licidal, Seeds few or many, ovate or orbicular, affixed by the inner flat 

 or concave surface, smooth or rugulose on the back, often with a 

 thickened or wing-like margin ; embryo straight. — Herbs, shrubs or 

 more rarely trees. Leaves opposite, more rarely verticillate or some 

 what, scattered. Klovvers in terminal or axillary bracteate racemes, 

 more rarely solitary in the axils of alternate leaves; pedicels ebracteo- 

 late. Corolla blue, purple, flesh-coloured or white, never yellow. 

 Capsule very often ohtuse or emarginate. 



Species about 200, chiefly in the temperate and cold regions of both hemispheres : 

 very few in tropical countries andAmorica. Shrubby species are numerous in New 

 Zealand. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 

 Stem civet, stout j'leaves sessile, semi amplexicaul . L. V. Anagallis, 

 Stem more or less decumbent, often slender ; leaves 

 petiolnte. 

 Plant glabrous <>r nearly so ; loaves elliptic or 



elliptic-oblong 2. V, Beooabunga, 



I'liuit distinctly pubescent ; leaves ovate to sub- 

 orbicular. 

 Raceme more than 5-flowered ; corolla scarcely 



I lin. long 3. V.janiiiicii. 



Raceme 2 5-flowerodj corolla 8-3-J- lin. long . 4. V, abgssinioa. 

 Flowers axillary and solitary or in crowded terminal 

 racemes. 

 Plant perennial, glandular-hairy ; branches often 9- 

 12 in. long. 

 Leaves shortly petiolato. 



Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, +-1| in. long; 



calyx 4-partite 5. V. glanchtlosa. 





