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VERONI CA Buxbaumii.
Buxbaumian Speedwell.
D IA N D R IA Monogynia.
G e n . C h a r . Cor. inferior, of 1 petal, 4-cleft, wheelshaped
1 lowest division narrowest. Caps. 2-
celled.
S p e c . C h a r . Flowers solitary,on long stalks. Leaves
stalked, ovate, or roundish, somewhat cordate,
coarsely crenate. Segments of the calyx lanceolate,
acute, shorter than the corolla. Capsule
obcordate; lobes compressed upward, sharply
keeled, divaricated. Seeds cupped, about 8 in
each cell.
Syn. Veronica Buxbaumii. Ten. FI. Neap.v. 1. 7.
t. 1. Bieb.Fl. Taur.-cauc.v.3.}6. Reichenb.
Icongr. cent. 3. 59. f . 430,431. Gaud. FI. Helv.
v. 1. 36. Guss. FI. Sic. Prod. v. 1. 12. Lej.
8f Court. Comp. FI. Belg. 14. Spreng. Syst.
Veget. v. 1. 75.
“ Y. Tournefortii. Gmel. FI. Bad. v. 1. no. 29.”
(not of Villars*.)
V. persica. Stev. Mem. Soc. Mosc. v. 5. 341.
Fries, Nov. Suec. ed. 2. 4. Poir. in Lam. Diet.
Enc. v. 8. 542. ?
V. hospita. Mert. fy Koch, Deut. FI. v. 1. 332.
Bluff Sf Fing. Comp. FI. Germ. v. 1. 25.
* Whose plant, according to DeCandolle, appears to be but a variety of
V. officinalis.