360 xcn. scrophulariace^: (hemsley and skan). [Veronica. 



ascending or erect, about 9 in! high, branched ; branches bifariously 

 pilose, often very densely leafy above. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 lin. long, 1^-3^ lin. broad, obtuse, somewhat 

 narrowed at the base, sparingly glandular-pilose or glabrous, serrulate 

 or sometimes nearly entire, rather coriaceous. Flowers in short crowded 

 terminal racemes ; pedicels about f lin. long ; bracts elliptic-lanceolate 

 to oblong, shorter than the flowers. Calyx 4-partite, densely glandular- 

 pilose, 3 lin. long ; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla blue, 4-4f lin. 

 long ; tube 1J- 1 f lin. long ; lobes obovate-ovate or suborbicular. Style 

 1^ lin. long. Capsule obcordate, compressed especially at the apex, 

 shortly glandular-pilose, J-f lin. shorter than the calyx. — Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 380. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 9000-13500 ft., Mann, 

 1312 ! 2030 ! Johnston, 52 ! Fernando Po : Clarence Peak, Mann, 604 ! 



7. V. myrsinoides, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1509. A perennial 

 herb; stems creeping, slender, 6-12 in. long, simple in the specimen 

 seen, rather densely leafy, bifariously shortly pilose. Leaves very 

 shortly 'petiolate, elliptic or obovate, 3-4 lin. long, 1J-1 J lin. long, obtuse, 

 minutely 2-4-toothed near the apex on each side, glabrous, more or less 

 coriaceous ; petiole 1 lin. long or less. Flowers solitary in the axils of 

 the uppermost leaves ; pedicels glandular-pilose, 14; lin. long. Calyx 

 about 2 lin. long, 5-partite ; posticous segment minute, the other 4 

 oblong or oblong-spathulate, about 1£ lin. long, obtuse, glandular, 

 pilose. Corolla pale blue, 3-4 lin. long ; lobes obovate, the posticous 

 broader than the others. Style If lin. long. Capsule obcordate, about 

 \ lin. shorter than the calyx, sparingly glandular-ciliate. — Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 343 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 380 ; Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 11000 ft., Johnston, 

 144 ! Meyer, 143. 



8. V. violaefolia, Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prod,r. x. 488, excl. syn. 

 A small slender diffusely branched prostrate pilose annual ; branches 

 §■- 3 in. long. Leaves petiolate, ovate to broadly obovate-cuneate, 

 1|— 2 lin. long and broad, fleshy, crenate-serrate, obtuse, the lower 

 opposite, the upper alternate; petiole 1J-2 lin. long, broadest at the 

 top. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles slender, 1 1— 3 lin. long. 

 Calyx 2 lin. long, 4-partite ; segments spathulate-oblong to obovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla about 1 lin. long ; segments suborbicular, the lowest 

 much smaller than the others. Style scarcely \ lin. long. Capsule 

 obcordate, compressed, shortly pilose, very slightly shorter than the 

 calyx.— A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 126; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. 

 Afr. 380 ; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 141. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : Amasen ; Ginda Baresa, 3300 ft., Terracciano Sf Pappi, 

 63. Abyssinia : Samen ; upper region of Mount Bachit, Schimper, 984 ! 



9. V. simensis, Fresen. in Bot. Zeit. 1844, 356. A sparingly 

 grey-pilose slender annual 2J-4 in. high, branched from the base ; 



