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bracts undistinguishablc from tlic leaves, except by being alter- 
nate. Calyx 4-partite. Tube of corolla shorter than wide. Seeds 
convex on the back, hollowed out beneath. 
SPECIES I.—V E R O N I C A HE DERIFQLIA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCCLXX. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXCVIII. Figs. 3, 4, 5. 
Billot, FL Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 429. 
Stem weak, much branched from the base ; branches procum- 
bent or ascending at the apex. Leaves all stalked, renifbrm or 
roundish renifbrm, cordate or abrupt at the base, 5- to 7-lobed, 
with the lobes ovate, the terminal one roundish-deltoid and usually 
much larger. Bracts like the leaves. Mowers racemose. Peduncles* 
usually about as long as the leaves. Sepals broadly ovate-trian- 
gular, cordate, glabrous, ciliated with long straight jointed hairs 
(which are not gland-tipped), without elevated ribs or veins in 
fruit. Capsule of 2 sub-globular lobes without keels or promi- 
nent veins, glabrous. Style elongated, protruding beyond the notch 
of the capsule. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell of the capsule. Plant 
hispid-pubescent, with stiff straight jointed hairs. 
In cultivated ground, hedge-banks, and waste places, &c. 
Very common, and generally distributed, more rare in the North. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Spring and 
Early Summer. 
Stem much branched from near the base ; branches 3 to IS 
inches long, weak, with irregular hairy strips. Lowest leaves 
opposite ; those from which flowers are produced, i.e. bracts, alter- 
nate ; all broader than long, \ to 1^ inch across, usually with 5 
large entire toothlike lobes. Inflorescence at length occupying the 
greater part of each branch : this elongation takes place by succes- 
sive internodes, each internode lengthening after flowering, the 
flowers expanding only at the undeveloped apex of the branch. 
Sepals very large in fruit, sometimes J inch long, and nearly as 
broad at the base. Peduncles downy in lines, very short at the 
time of flowering, afterwards lengthening, and at length spreading- 
recurved. Sepals nearly equal. Corolla \ inch across, pale-lilac, 
with purple streaks, shorter than the calyx; anthers purpiish-blue. 
* The length given for the peduncles is when they have attained their extreme 
length after flowering. The veins on the sepals and capsule should he examined in 
the dried plant, as they are scarcely elevated in any of the species when fresh. 
