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lxii. scrophulariace.35. [ Veronica. 
pointing to the hilum. — Herbs, sometimes Shrubs usually with 
opposite leaves. In this order are many medicinal plants, as 
the hedge-hyssop ( Gratiola ), the foxglove , &c. 
1. Veronica. 
A. Stamens 2. 
B. Stamens 4, didynamous or equal. 
* Calyx with 4 teeth or divisions. 
2. Bartsia. Upper lip of cor. entire or emarginate, arched, not com- 
pressed laterally. 
3. Euphrasia. Upper lip of cor. broad bifid, not compressed laterally. 
4. Khlnanthus. Upper lip of cor. compressed laterally. Anthers 
obtuse. Calyx inflated. 
5. Melampyrum. Upper lip of cor. compressed laterally. Anthers 
obtuse. Calyx tubular. 
** Cal. with 5 teeth or divisions, or 2 — 3 -lobed. 
6. Pedicularis. Cal. inflated, 5-toothed (or 2 — 3-lobed), teeth some- 
times leafy. Cor. ringent, open at the throat. Upper lip com- 
pressed. 
6 a . Mimclus. Cal. prismatieal, 5-toothed. Cor. ringent, upper lip 
folded back at the sides, not compressed. 
7. Scrophularla. Cal. 5-lobed or 5-cleft. Cor. nearly globose, 
unequal. 
8. Digitalis. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. campanulate, unequal. 
9. Antirrhinum. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. personate, gibbous at the base. 
10. Linaria. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. personate, spurred at the base. 
11. Limosella. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. campanulate equal. Caps. 1-celled. 
12. Sibthorpia. Cal. 5-sepaled. Cor. rotate, segments unequal. Caps. 
2-celled, loculicidal. 
C. Stamens 5. 
13. Verbascum. Cal. 5-sepaled. Cor. rotate, segments unequal. Caps. 
2-celled, septicidal. 
A. Stamens 2. (Gen. 1.) 
1. Veronica Linn. Speedwell. 
Cor. 4-cleft, rotate, lower segment narrower. Stam. 2. Caps. 
2-celled. — Name first introduced into botany in the middle 
ages, supposed by some to be the same as bernice or beronice ; 
and by others to be derived from hpa hk ojv, the sacred picture, 
the flowers (like St. Veronica’s handkerchief) being imagined 
to bear a representation of the countenance of our Saviour : 
scarcely from the Persic 1 , viru, remembrance, and niku, good. 
* Root perennial. Spikes or racemes terminal. 
f Tube of the corolla longer than its own diameter. 
1 . V. spicata L. ( spiked S .) ; raceme spicate elongate dense, 
leaves pubescent ovate or lanceolate crenato-serrate entire 
towards the apex, the lower ones broader obtuse stalked, stem 
1 Certainly not Arabic, as stated in Notes and Queries, vol. ix. p. 537. 
