304? 64?. Veronica. 22. RHINANTHACEiE. PL ex. cor* 
A. Corolla rotate , irregular; calyx 4? or 5-parted. 
Stamens 2; corolla 4-lobed Veronica. 64?. 
Stamens 4, didynamous ; cor. 5-lobed . . Sibthorpia. 65. 
B. Corolla ringent , clipped; calyx 1-leaf ed f 4:-cut; 
stamens 4, didynamous. 
Seeds striated ; lower anthers spinose . . Euphrasia. 66. 
Seeds striated ; anthers spinose Odontites. 67. 
angular ; anthers tomentose Bartsia. 68. 
Seeds flat, imbricate; galea compressed Rhinanthus. 69. 
Seeds 2, smooth ; galea compressed Meeampyrum. 71. 
C. Corolla ringent > 2-lipped; calyx 1-leaf ed, 5-cut; 
stamens 4, didynamous. 
Seeds mucronate; galea compressed Pedicularia. 70* 
I. 64. VERONICA. Euchs. Speedwell. 
Calyx 4-parted ; corolla rotate, 4-lobed, unequal ; sta- 
mens 2 ; capsule compressed, ovated, or rather heartshape. 
— Stem herbaceous, rarely shrubby ; leaves opposite or ver- 
ticillate, flowers spiked, terminal or axillary ; or leaves al» 
ternate, flowers solitary, axillary. 
a. Spike terminal; leaves opposite; root perennial . 
1 . Veronica spicata . Spiked speedwell . 
Spike terminal ; leaves opposite, oblong, crenate, blunt, 
not in the least cut at the tip ; stem ascending. 
Veronica spicata recta minor, Ran Syn. 279, 2. 
Veronica recta minima, Ger. em. 627,4. 
Veronica erecta angustifolia, Parle, 550. 
Veronica spicata, Lin. S. P. 14. 
Smallest Jludlin, Smallest Paul's Betony. 
Dry chalky pastures ; perennial ; July to September. 
Stem 9 in. high, rather woody, downy; leaves crenulately 
serrate, hairy ; flowers dark blue, mouth bearded. 
£. linearis. Leaves linear, scarcely cut. 
2. Veronica hyhrida. Mule speedwell. 
Spike terminal ; leaves opposite, elliptical, blunt, une- 
qually crenulately serrated ; stem upright. 
Veronica spicata Cambro-Britannica, bug u la: subhirsuto folio, Rail 
Syn. 278, 1 . 
Veronica hybrida, Lin. S. P. 14. 
Veronica spicata j8, Huds. FI. Angl. 3. 
