SCROPHULARINEA. LXVI. Veronica. 
tures approximate, unequal. 2%. H. Native of the South of 
Europe. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 360. Willd. enum. 1. p. 17. 
Link, enum. 1. p. 21. V. longibracteàta, 8, poliocaülis, Link, 
jahrb. 1-3. p. 36. Radical leaves ovate. Racemes spicate, 2-3 
inches long. Bracteas linear-lanceolate, about equal in length 
to the calyx, or exceeding it: lower ones longer. Flowers 
blue, or purple. 
Southern Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. Pl. 13 to 
2 feet. 
19 V. tonetro'xra (Lin. spec. p. 13.) leaves opposite, or 3-4 
in a whorl, cordate-lanceolate, acuminated, doubly serrated, 
and are, as well as the stem, clothed with downy tomentum. 
u4.H. Native throughout Europe and Siberia, in humid mea- 
dows. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 26. t. 2. f. 1. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 
$. V. maritima, Hoffm. comm. goett. 1800. p. 118. exclusive 
of the synonymes. Spreng. fl. hal. t. 1. f. 3, with leaves 3 in a 
whorl. V. ciliàris, Hoffm. comm. gætt. l. c. t. 5. V. marí- 
tima, Schmidt, boh. no. 5, and of many other authors. V. 
spüria, Schkuhr, handb. 1. p. 9. Thuill. fl. par. ed. 2d. p. 6. 
V. acüta, Mart. enum. hort. erl. p. 12.— Besl. eyst. vern. t. 10. 
f. 2. V. urticæfòlia, Amm, ruth. p. 26, with leaves 4 in a 
whorl. V. spicata longifolia altera, Amm. ruth. 34. Calyx 
unequal, equal in length to the capsule. Flowers blue, or 
purple. Lower bracteas longer than the flowers, Leaves op- 
posite in the true specimens of Lin. 
Var. a, angustifólia (Link, enum. 1. p. 22.) leaves narrow, 
lanceolate. 4. V. marítima, Willd. enum. p. 18. Wahl. fl. 
ups. p. 3. Ehrh. in gætt. gel. anz. 1821. 1766. 
Var. È, latifolia (Link, l. c.) leaves broad-lanceolate. 
V. longifolia, Willd. enum. 1. p. 19. 
erl. p. 12. Leaves deeply serrated. 
Var. y, abbreviàta (Link, l. c.) lower leaves generally short- 
acuminated. %. H. V. acüta, Mart. hort. erl. p. 13. V. 
rigens, Mart. l. c. in which the leaves are hardly cordate. V. 
ambigua, Mart. 
` Var. à, subincisa (Link, l. c.) leaves deeply serrated, like 
those of V. elàtior, but smaller. 
y. H. 
V. grossa, Mart. hort, 
Var. £, quadrifolia (Schkuhr.) leaves 4 in a whorl. V. peti- 
olàris, Lapeyr. and V. Schrebéri, Lapeyr. 
Long-leaved Speedwell, Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. Pl. 2 
to 4 feet. 
20 V. ramo'sa (Pall ex Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 39.) stem 
downy; stem leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, remotely 
serrulated: rameal ones opposite, crowded, linear : uppermost 
ones quite entire. 2/. H. Native of Siberia. . This is a very 
showy species. 
Branched Speedwell. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
* * Leaves always opposite, never verticillate, serrated and 
erenated. Racemes numerous or solitary. Plants usually fur- 
nished with sterile surculi, or branches. 
21 V. wecte’cta (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 59.) white from hoary 
tomentum; leaves lanceolate, crenately serrated, acute, cune- 
ated at the base, and quite entire. %. H. Native of Hungary 
and Siberia, on hills. Willd. enum. 1. p. 15. V. canéscens, 
Schrad. comm. ver. no. 3. Link, enum. 1. p. 21. V. incàna, 
Waldst. et Kit. 3. p. 271. t. 244. Besser. fl. gall. p. 28. 
Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. 1. p. 18. Radical leaves oblong, 
obtuse.  Cauline leaves opposite, or alternate, attenuated at 
both ends: uppermost ones quite entire. Bracteas usually 
longer than the flowers. Racemes spicate, usually numerous, 
seldom solitary. Flowers blue, or purple. 
Neglected Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1797. Pl. 1j 
to 2 feet. 
22 V.iNcA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 14. Vahl. enum: 1. p. 59.) 
white from hoary tomentum; leaves lanceolate, oblong, cre- 
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nated, and nearly entire, obtuse. %. H. Native of the Ukraine 
and Samara, and Altaia. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 7. suppl. p. 9. 
Hoffm. in comm. gott. 15. p. 123. t. 6. Steven, mem. mosc. 
5. p. 339. V. canéscens, Pall. itin. 2. p. 522.—Amm. ruth. 
no. 30. Stem simple. Radical leaves a foot long, ovate-oblong, 
very blunt. Raceme spicate, terminal, solitary. Flowers blue, 
or purple. "There is a variety of this having all the cauline 
leaves, or only the upper ones, quite entire. 
Hoary Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. 
1 foot. 
23 V. caRTILAGYNEA (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 210. fl. alt. 
1. p. 28.) stem downy: leaves glabrous: lower ones opposite, 
spatulate, serrated towards the apex: superior ones alternate, 
linear, serrulated ; lower bracteas exceeding the calyxes ; calyx 
4-parted, with ovate, 3-nerved, glabrous, ciliated segments. J. 
H. Native of Dauria, near Nertschinsk. Surculose at the 
base. Raceme usually solitary. Corolla blue. 
Cartilaginous Speedwell. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
24 V. nuBicU'NDA (Ledeb fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 208. fl. alt. 1. p. 
28.) villously downy ; leaves tapering into the petioles, oblong, 
or lanceolate, serrated; bracteas all longer than the pedicels, 
and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with glandular hairs. 2. 
H. Native of Dauria. Superior leaves sub-alternate, coarsely 
serrated. Racemes several. Calyx 4-parted, unequal, obtuse. 
Corollas showy, rose-coloured. Perhaps the same as P. rubélla, 
Pall. Said to be nearly allied to V. serruláta, Pall. and V. 
élegans, D. C., but differs from the first in the leaves being 
opposite, and from both in the leaves not being petiolate, but 
tapering to their insertion. 
Reddish-flowered Speedwell. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
25 V. x'Lecans (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p.154. Link, 
enum. 1. p. 21.) leaves serrated, quite entire at top, petiolate, 
ovate-oblong, or oblong, attenuated, acute, and are, as well as 
the stems downy; racemes numerous; lower bracteas longer 
than the pedicels: upper ones shorter. 2t. H. Native about 
Verviers, in humid meadows. Flowers rose-coloured. V. in- 
carnàta, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 6. ? 
Elegant Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. 
2 feet. 
26 V.sPrcA'rA (Lin. spec. p. 14.) downy, canescent, rather 
clammy; leaves crenated: radical ones oblong, or obovate, 
running into the petioles: cauline leaves lanceolate, or oblong- 
lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, sessile, toothed, entire at top; 
bracteas and calyxes pilose. %4. H. Native of Switzerland, 
Germany, France, Siberia; in England in high dry chalky pas- 
tures, especially on Newmarket Heath, and about Bury St. 
Edmund’s. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 15. engl. bot. t. 2. Schmidt, 
fl. boh. no. 7. Oed. fl. dan. 52. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 
19. t. 19. Schrad. fl. germ. exclusive of the synonymes of 
Poll. Crantz, Vaillant and Fl. dan. Wahl. fl. ups. p. 3. 
Svensk, fl. suec. t. 2. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 8. V. hybrida, 
Bieb. 1. p. 8, and 3. p. 9. V. spicàta, and V. orchídea, Besser, 
enum. pl. volh. p. 2. no. 8 and 9.—Clus. hist. p. 347.—HAall. 
helv. no. 452.— Mor. hist. 2. p. 318. sect. 3. t. 22. f. 4. Root 
hard, creeping. Stems usually simple. Leaves sessile, firm, 
entire at top.  Racemes spicate, dense, usually solitary. Flow- 
ers blue, or purple, or white; tube of corolla thicker than in 
its congeners, longer and white, and the segments of the limb 
narrower. Capsules downy. 
Var. 9, spicata alpina (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 93.) 
X. H. Native of the Pyrenees. V. Sterbergiàna, Bernh. 
Lapeyr, pl. des. pyr. p. 5. Leaves glabrous. 
Spicate-flowered Speedwell. Fl, July, Sept. 
1 to 1 foot. 
27 V. Crv'sir (Schott. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 94.) 
tomentose from pedicellate glands; leaves toothed; radical ones 
Pl. 3 to 
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