VERONICA ALPINA. ALPINE SPEEDWELL
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ONICA (ca“^ ™ P !lc‘> ovatis glabris subset,atis, spica pauciflorn, Hall. Hch. n. 5 4 4 .
Class a nd Ord e r . DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA
[Natural Ord e r . SCROPHULARIN*, B r . ,H ^ PEDICULARES, ,™ . ' RHINANTHACEÆ,
^ . u i e q u dMl ^ 4» the foar-parbearing
the septa in the middle, or bipartible. ° th ’ t e ooes none- Capsule with the valves
Radix perennis, fibrosa, fibris ramosis.
Cadles digitales, solitarii, vel duo aut très ex eadera-
radiée, et ad basin solummodd subrepentes, prolifer]
deux erecti, flexuosi, glabri, viridi-purpuras-
centes. 1 1
Polia subremota, opposita, sessilin, oyato-elliulica ala-
bra, patenta, obtusa, margine obscure serrMa
lundo-virescentla, siccitole nigricamia; supreme
circa flores parva, bracteæformia.
Flores pauci, terminales, in corymbum pirvum brevem
dem magis elongatum et fructiferum racemosain
dispositi. Pedicelli perbreves.
ALTX purpureo-viridis, quadripartitus, laciniis ovatis.
acutis, erecto-patentibus, marginibus ciliatis.
Corolla submfundibuliformi-rotata : tubo brevi, pal-
lido, lobiéquatuor, inæqualibus, pulcherrime pur-
pureo-cseruleis, : vix calycem longidribus. '
•STAMlNA duo in partem superiorem tubi inserta, brevia.
Antneræ rotundatæ, pallide purpureæ. .
P is t il l u h : Germen ovatum, coinpressuai, utrinque
sulcatum, ad basm glandule crasso carnoso cinc-
tum. Stylus »ermine brevier. Stigma dilatatum.
Capsula calypgpersistente.longior, obovato-rotundata,
compressa, emarginata, stylo brevi terminata
Otrinque marginibus versus apicem dehiscens’
bilocularis, dissepimento valvarum medio ad-
nat0*f Receptacula seminum centralia, septo
Semin a sphoerica, fusca.
Root perennial fibrous, the fibres branched.
Stems about a finger's length in height, solitary, or tiro
or . three springing from the same root, at the
base alone, somewhat creeping and proliferous '
Leaves snbr “ V ' fle,IUOS?> glabrous, greenish.purple!
leaves subremote, opposite, sessile, Ovato-elliptica!
glabrous, patent, obtuse, with the marein oh
seurely serrated, dark green, turning bluet when'
d ry , the uppermost ones about the flowers small
and resembling, bracteie. / * .
F lowers few, terminal, placed in a small short corymb
afterwards more elongated, and when in fruit
racemed. Pedicels, very short.
CALYX purplish-green, quadripartite, with thesegments
~ 0va1te> acute> erecto-patent, the margins ciliated
Corolla between rotate and infundibulifonn; with the
tube short, pale, the lobes four, unequal, of a
most beaut.fu purple-blue colour, scarcely W
ei tnan the calyx. J 6
Stamens two, short, ihserted into the upper part of the
P kttt r ' ■ Allth?rs »unded, pale purple.
r iS T lL . Germen ovate, compressed, furrowed on each
uI»e„'riSUq T d1 d “ d,e base ■ *ick fleshy
dHated shoFter than the germen. Stigma
Capsule longer than the persistent calyx, obovato-
rounded, compressed, emarginate, terminated by
a in « / y e> u°peUIn§ on each side at the mar- & ns to»aids.the apex, two-celled, having the dissepiment
adnate to the middle of the valves.
Receptacles of the seed central, fixed to the dissepiment.
Seeds spherical, brown.
Fig. 1 . Flower. Fig. 2. Corolla. Fig 3 Front " f fl
tacle, and seeds!^ Ftg. ( T s e e d ^ l e s f t a ^ e t ^ ^ ^ PSUle t0 show 'dfssepimlrreeepd
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Which it is often found in company. The alpine variety of Feronica s e l l t lM n h “ EPlloblum affects, with
unfrequentl, been M B * for i t : but the larger sized serrated tev es erea ^ o t h ’ A7 ,1“n ""P™=‘w d eye, not
sile flowers, nestled m a very short and dense corymb amonest llie’i u v p W 1 ' T ‘ *he dark blue almost ses-
distmgmsh.it. As the fruit advances, the corymb is lengthened Into a mo,P V e“'’? o f “ e V will serve to
figure in English Botany, which, although criticized by Wahlenbem i, i l l raceine, «• is represented in the
the plant as it appears on our alps. ^ g> m 1 eality an excellent representation of