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VERONICA latifolia.
Broad-leaved Speedwell.
Naturai Order. ScrophularinìE. Brown prodr. A33.
Sect. I. Stamina duo antherifera, Capsula bilocnlaris.
V ER O N IC A . Calyx 4-partitus, raro 5-partitus. Corolla
subrotata. Tulus calyce brevior. Limbus 4-partitus, insequalis,
lobis indivisis. Stamina 2, antherifera, sterilia nulla. Capsula
valvis medio septiferis, v. bipartibilis.
Herbse vel Frútices, Folia opposita, quandoque verticillata
V. alterna, sape dentata v. incisa. Inflorescentia varia. Calyces
ebracteati. Brown prodr. 434.
V. latifolia, racemis lateralibus longissimis, foliis cordato-ovatis
sessilibus rugosis obtuse serratis, caule erecto, segmentis
calycinis quiñis.
Veronica latifolia. Willden. sp. p i. 1. p. 71. Pers. syn. 1.
p . 12. Hort. Keic. ed. 2. v. 1. p . 33. Ram. e t Schult. 1.
p. 111.
Veronica pseudo-cbamsedrys. Jacq. aust. l . p . 37. t. 60.
Veronica Teucrium. Roth neue Beytrage. p. 69. Pers. syn. 1.
Corrigenda et Addenda.
Root perennial, tufted. Stems erect, simple, thickly
clothed with a dense woolly pubescence, from 18 inches
to 2 feet high. Leaves opposite, cordately ovate,
sessile, clasping the stem, rugose or wrinkled, bluntish,
and bluntly serrated, hairy on both sides, of a dark
green colour; upper leaves narrower and more pointed.
Racemes lateral, very long, many flowered, generally
4 on each stalk. Flower-stalks cylindrical, villous.
Bractes subulate ; lower ones about the length of the
peduncle; upper ones about half the length. Calyx
deeply 5-cleft, segments unequal, taper-pointed, back
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