Veronica, | SCROPHULARIACEAE. 781 
*** Flowers spicate (often racemose in V. decumbens). Spikes usually simple. 
Leaves close-set, imbricate, concave, rounded or keeled at the back. 
Leaves 4-3 x 4-4in., obovate-oblong, closely imbricate, 
keeled, iano ‘or subcordate at the base. Spikes crowded 
at the ends a the branches ; bracts large, coriaceous .. 47. V. buwrfolia. 
Leaves 4-2 x + in. broad, horizontal ly spreading, eee -ovate, 
margins minutely crenulate. Flowers white, }-}in. diam. ; 
tube yaaa g nie calyx Ss a . 48. V. odora, 
Leaves 4—} x 4-4 in., lnear oblong, keeled. Spikes crowded, 
forming a short terminal panicle, Corolia often 3-lobed, the 
anticous lobe aes suppressed or very small - .. 49. V. anomalea. 
‘Leaves i-? x 4-1 in., oblong-obovate, flat or slightly concave, 
margins bright- red. Racemes short, dense. Calyx-seg- 
ments ovate, acute. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx. 
Capsule thie’ acute, glabrous 50. V. decumbens, 
Leaves 3-2 x +in. broad, oblong- obovate to elliptic- obovate. 
Racemes | “14 in. long, dense-flowered. Flowers white, } in. 
diam. Capstile broadly oblong-ovate, acute a3 51. V. Wallcoxir, 
Leaves 41-3? x }-3im., ovate, margins fringed with long soft 
hairs. Racemes slightly longer than the leaves, densely 
villous. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube 
nearly twice es Jong as the calyx ; , 62, V. Gibbsit. 
Leaves 4-3 x 1-2 in., broadly obovate or s suborbicular, deeply 
concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes crowded, short, stout, 
dense. Calyx-segments obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube. 
Capsuie ovate, acute, pial brous Ps: .. 53. V. carnosula, 
Leaves 4-3 in. long, $—-4 in. broad, obovate-obl long or oblong. 
Racemes numerous, 1-4 in. long. Flowers smail, white. 
Corolla short . .. 64. V. Baggarr. 
Leaves 3-1 x 4-3} in. broad, oblong- ovate to broadly oblong, 
sessile, glaucous, concave. Racemes stout, many-flowered. 
Flowers white. Capsule ovoid, glabrous 55. V. albicans. 
Leaves 4 2in., cordate or semiamplexicaul, deeply 
concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes 1—-i}in. long, dense. 
Calyx-segments obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube. ~ Capsule 
oblong, obtuse, pees ak ue . 56. V. amplexicaulis, 
Leaves }-? x 4-}in., obovate-oblong or suborbicular, deeply 
concave, glaucous, nerveless. Spikes short, dense. Calyx- 
segments obtuse, equalling the corolla-tube. Capsule one 
or Brae res) pubescent .. ts 57. V. pinguifolia, 
Leaves 4-3 X 4-4 in., broadly oblong or suborbicular, concave, 
nerveless, very coriaceous. Spikes shcrt, dense, villous. 
Calyx-segments obtuse, exceeding the corolla-tube. Capsule 
oblong, obtuse, pubescent : : 58. V. Buchanani, 
Leaves }-lin., obovate-oblong to la neeolate, usually lax, 
olaucous, obtusely keeled. Spikes 3-1 in., villous. Calyx- 
segments ovate, acute, exceeding the corolla-tube. Capsule 
ovate, acute, glabrous or pubescent bu 4 .. 59. V. pimeleoides. 
Section III. Small shrubs, erect or decumbent or prostrate. Leaves dimorphic ; of mature 
plants small, short and thick, ee ees quadrifariously imbricated or rarely in distant 
pairs; of young plants larger, spreading, entire or irregularly lobulate or permnalina, 
Flowers crowded near the tips of the branches or in subterminal 2-4-flowered abbreviated 
spikes. 
* Prostrate or ‘decumbent, rarely erect. Flowers in 2-4-flowered abbreviated 
spikes near the ends of the branches and distinct from them. 
ey branched, 3-12 in. long; branches 4 in. diam. Leaves 
i_1 in., erecto-patent, linear-oblong , obtuse, margins ae 
ciliate-denticulate .. ; . 60. VY. Gilliesiana. 
Much and closely branched, 3-9 in, diam. ; ; “branches 3 qa—7p In. 
diam., tetragonous with phe faces concave. Leaves most 
densely quacrifarious, ji-f5 in., ovate or narrow-deltoid, 
narrowed to a subacute point .. ies . 61. V. tetresticha. 
Much and closely branched, 3-9 in. diam. : ; branches ds in, 
broad, tetragonous with the faces flat. Leaves most densely 
quadrifarious, ;4.-7 in. long, broadly triangular, act ute -- 62. V. quadrifaria, 
