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cent state, when originally brought home by him 

 from their native habitats. 



1. — Veronica setigera. 



Caule repente, racemis lateralibus tenuifloris ; pe- 

 dicellis rectis brevibus ; capsula apice integer- 

 rima ; stylo per sis ten te. 



Tota planta pilis rigidis patentibus tecta ; caules 

 repentes humi patentes radicantes, florigeris ascen- 

 dentibus ; folia opposita brevi-petiolata ovata u- 

 trumque acuta integra medio serrata ; racemi la- 

 terales stricti tenuiflori, pedicelli recti breves 

 bracteis minutis instructi ; flores pallide rosei ner- 

 vis violaceis striati, segmento superiore et infe- 

 riore lineare duobus lateralibus latioribus, foliola 

 calycina elliptica acuta margine ciliata duo, supe- 

 riora breviora ; capsulae subrotundae apice integrae 

 nec emarginatae stylo persistente coronatse. 



This species approaches near to V. officinalis, 

 from which I should have been disinclined to se- 

 parate it, had not the entire capsule crowned with 

 the persistent style warranted it, notwithstanding 

 it has many other points of distinction from that 

 species ; but as distinctions in the fruit are of the 

 utmost importance in so intricate a genus, they are 

 by no means to be disregarded. It is not half the 



