VERONICA MICHAUXII, Lam.
VE RON ICA, Tourn. M B enth., in D. G., Prodr., vol. 10, p. 458.
Sectio BECCABUNGA, Griseb., FI. Rumel., vol. 2, p. it .#—Benth., I. c., p. 467.
VERONICA MICHAUXII, Lam., III., vol. 1, p. 44j n° 168; Enc., v o l,8, p. 532. — Vahl, Enum., vol. 1, p. 77.— Benth.
1. c., p. 467.
Veronica oxycarpa, Boiss.! in sched. plant, exs. Kotschyi Persise austr., N° 63g. — D. C. fil., Prodr., vol. 10, p. 49°-
Planta 1/2-1-pedalis, perennis, pilis copiosis brevissimis mollibus simplicibus flexuosjs glanduliferis paten lib us viscoso-
puberula. Radix gracilis, repens. Caules erecti v. ascendentes, fistulosi, graciles,.stricti,-virgati, foliosi, obtuse tetragoni,
cjuadrisulci, dense puberuli, simplicesv. inferne ramulosi, gemma foliari indéfini ta; v. demum racemo simplici terminât!, basi
radicantes. Ramoli axillares, oppositi, subpatentes, plerumque simplicissimi; inferiores stériles; superiores florigeni ; infimi
•stoloniformes prostrati. Folia viridia, tenuia, mollia, decussata, sessilia, parcius quam caul is puberula. Folia radicalia nulla
v. ad squamas parvas redacta. Folia caulina inferiora spathulato-oblonga, obtusa, remote obsoleteque crenata. Folia-caulina
media inferioribus majora, obtusa v. acutiuscula, ovata v. oblonga y. ovato-aut oblongo-lanceolata, repando-denticulata v.
crenata, basi plus minusve cordata semi-amplexatilia. Folia superiora acuta v. acutiuscula, serrulata, gradatim minora, plerumque
ovato-v. oblongo-lanceolata. Folia ramularia basi subcordata. Flores minuti, racemosi, porrecti. Racemi axillares,
oppositi; longe pedunculati, multiflori, laxiusculi, erecto-patentes, stricti, virgati, demum 1-2 pollices longi. Pedicelli filiformes,
calyce longiores, bractea solitaria stipati, simulac rhachis dense villosuli; inferiores oppositi v. subverticillati; superiores
al terni v. suboppositi; frucliferi 2-3 lineas longi, stricti v. flexuosi, erecti v. ascendentes, rigiduli. Bractkæ hërbaceæ,
lanceolatæ v. lineari-lanceolatæ, pedicellis breviores v. vix æquilongæ. Calyx dense villosulus, profunde quadripartitus, sub
anthesi vix 1 lineam longus, perinde dimidio accrescens. Segmenta acuta v. acutiuscula, ovata, subæqualia, ciliata, sub an-
thesi patentia, in fructu conniventia. Corolla dilute violacea, glaberrima, calyce duplo major, rotata, quadripartita. Segmenta
obtusa; 3 inferiora ovato-subrotunda, summo ovato-oblongo latiora. Stamina exserta, corolla paulo longiora. bila—
menta filiformia. Anther® suborbiculares, retusæ, profunde cordatæ. Ovarium subsphæricum. Stylus filiformis, elongatus,
exsertus, stamina paulo superans. Stigma terminale, minutum, capitellatum. Capsula calyce dimidio longior,. chartacea,
puberula, ovata v. ovato-subrotunda, obtusa v. acutiuscula, plerumque retusa. Semina minima, brunnea. [Exam. s. sp. et
v. cuit.)
Grescit Persia (ad rivulos alpines montis Elwend : Michaux! in Herb. Mus. P a r .— Aucher-Eloy\
— Ad fontes montis Kou Daena : Kotscky!) et Cappadocia [Aucher-Êloy! Plant, exs. n. 2963, in
Herb. Mus. Par.)