SCROPHULARINEJE. LXVI. Veronica. 
hills. Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 27. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 18. 
Wahl. fl. carp. p. 4. Sims, bot. mag. 2210. V. cristata, 
Bernh. siber, einig. ehrenpreis, p. 14-21. V. Crántzii, Schultes, 
obs. bot. no. 16. V. hybrida, Bieb. cauc. p. 8, exclusive of 
most of the synonymes.—Bauh. bist. 9. p. 283. icone.—Mor. 
hist. 2. sect. 2. t. 22. f. 2. bad. V. spicata latifolia, Bauh. pin. 
p. 246. Habit of V. spicàta and V. hyjbrida. Racemes spicate, 
dense, usually solitary. Corollas purple or blue. This is a 
very singular species, from the long twisted segments of the 
corolla. 
Orchideous-flowered Speedwell. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
40 V. Pówx (Gouan. ill. t. 1. f. 1.) leaves cordate-ovate, 
sessile, acuminated, and are, as well as the stems, which are 
quite simple, pilose; racemes few-flowered; calyxes downy. 
X). H. Native of Mount Baldo, and the Pyrenees. Link, enum. 
l. p. 23. Schrad. ver. p. 34, exclusive of 9. V. sempervirens, 
Lam. fl. fr. ed. 2d. p. 486. V. Govànii, Moretti, giorn. de fis. 
5. p. 41. Lower leaves small, roundish, crenated : the rest an 
inch long, acuminated and coarsely serrated, pale beneath. 
Bracteas length of pedicels. Flowers distant, size of those of 
V. chame‘drys, blue. Calyx 5-parted. Capsule swollen a little. 
Seeds small, very flat. 
Var. B, acutifolia ; leaves acute. 
Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1819. 
X. H. Lapeyr. pl. pyr. 
WO. 
F Var. y, triloba; leaves 3-lobed. %. H. Lapeyr. l. c. 
Var. à, ramosissima ; branches numerous, axillary. 4. H. 
Lapeyr. l. c. 
Var. e, procérior ; taller, with broader leaves, and a long spi- 
cate raceme of flowers. t. H. Lapeyr. l. c. 
Var. &, nàna ; dwarf, with large flowers. 2.H.  Lapeyr. l. 
c. V. pümila, All. pedem. no. 270. t. 22. f. 5. 
Pona's Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. 
foot. 
41 V.SrErLE Rr (Pall. ex Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 50.) stems 
simple, hairy; leaves sessile, cordate, serrately crenated, obtuse; 
raceme short, corymbose; bracteas crenated, shorter than the 
pedicels ; calyx hairy. 4%.H. Native of Kamtschatka. Nearly 
allied to P. Péne, but the stems and racemes are shorter, &c. 
Steller’s Speedwell. Pl. 1 to 3 foot. 
42 V. cnA'wDrs (Fisch. ex Spreng. neu. entd. 2. p. 122.) 
leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse, deeply toothed, somewhat pinna- 
tifid at the base, naked; raceme elongated; capsules nearly 
globose, glabrous. 2. H. Native of Siberia. Stem usually 
simple, downy. Calyx nearly equal, 4-cleft. Corollas white ; 
anthers and pistil flesh-coloured. This species has a habit of 
those species with lateral racemes, but with the characters of 
those of the present section. 
Great Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1826. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Pl. 3 tol 
*** Leaves always opposite, never verticillate, pinnate, and 
pinnatifid. Racemes solitary or numerous. 
43 V. prnna’ra (Ait. hort. kew. ed. Ist. vol. 1. p. 19.) 
leaves somewhat fascicled: lower ones pinnate: superior ones 
pinnatifid and simple: leaflets and segments filiform, divari- 
cate; calyx 5-parted. 2%. H. Native of Siberia. Ait. hort. 
kew. ed. Ist. vol. 1. p. 19. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 28. Vahl, enum. 
l. p. 61. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 32. Hoffm. in comm. gott. 
15. p. 130. t. 10. Laxm. act. petrop. 1770. t. 29. f. 1. V. 
Hispánica, Meerb. t. 11. ex Poir. encycl. 8. p. 513.—Amm. 
ruth. no. 33. Stem ascending, downy, but usually glabrous in 
the cultivated state. Leaves approximate, very narrow, with 
unequal segments. Racemes solitary in the spontaneous plant, 
but many in the cultivated plant. Corollas blue or white. Cap- 
sule oval. : 
Var. B ; leaves simple, filiform. Link, jahrb. 1. 3. p. 39. 
567 
Pinnate-leaved Speedwell. PI. 
1 foot. 
44 V. sEssiLIFLORA (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 126. 
fl. alt. 1. p. 32.) leaves oblong, cuneated at the base, tapering 
into the petioles, pectinately pinnatifid, with entire bluntish seg- 
ments; superior leaves linear, quite entire, and are, as well as 
the stem, downy; spike usually solitary, dense; flowers exactly 
sessile. )J. H. Native of Altaia, in sterile places at the x;vers 
Kurai and Tschuja. The whole plant villously pubescent. 
Bracteas exceeding the calyxes. Calyx 4-parted, rather une- 
qual. Corolias blue. 
Sessile-flomered Speedwell. Pl. $ foot. 
45 V. INcisA (Ait. l. c.) leaves somewhat fascicled, petiolate, 
lanceolate, pinnatifid: segments almost entire; calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate. 244. H. Native of Siberia. Vahl, enum. 1. 
p. 61. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 33. Lodd. bot. cab. 1397. 
Stem downy.  Racemes numerous, never solitary. Leaves 
cuneated at the base. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Corollas blue or 
white. 
Cut-leaved Speedwell. 
2 feet. 
46 V. rAciNIA TA (Ait. l. c.) leaves somewhat fascicled, on 
short petioles, lanceolate, pinnatifid : segments quite entire, un- 
equal, linear, or lanceolate; calycine segments oblong-ovate. 
X.H. Native of Siberia. Vahl, enum, 1. p. 60. Willd. 
enum. 1. p. 19. V. spüria, Junghans, icon. rar. C. L. f. 2. 
Veronicástrum laciniatum, Moench. Stem downy. Leaves 
spreadingly deflexed. Racemes usually solitary, about a foot 
long, loose. Bracteas equal in length, or exceeding the calyxes. 
Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Flowers blue, or purple. Capsule 
equalling the calyx in length. 
Jagged-leaved Speedwell. 
2 feet. 
47 V. SUBLACINIA'TA ; rather downy; leaves opposite or 3-4 
in a whorl, subfascicled, ovate-lanceolate, shining above, so 
deeply and doubly toothed as to be almost pinnatifid; calyx 4- 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clit. 1397. Pl. 1 to 
Fl. June, Aug. Cit. 1780. PI. 
cleft, unequal. 2. H. Native country unknown. Corolla 
purplish-blue. V. marítima, Lin. herb. 
Somewhat-jagged-leaved Speedwell. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. ? 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
Secr. II. Gentisnoipes (from gentiana, gentian ; and idea, 
form ; in reference to the appearance of the plants.) Capsule 
swollen, emarginate. Seeds large, flat, oblique, somewhat 
saucer-shaped. Leaves opposite, connate, or sheathing at the 
base, smooth and glossy, Racemes usually solitary, terminal, 
elongated, loose. 
48 V. centianoipes (Vahl, symb. 1. p. 1. enum. 1. p. 62.) 
radical leaves oblong, crenated : cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
with cartilaginous edges, crenated at top, and narrowed at the 
base: uppermost leaves acute, quite entire; stems simple, as- 
cending ; upper segment of corolla smaller than the lateral 
ones. 2. H. Native of Tauria, Cappadocia, and Armenia. 
Vent. malm. t. 86. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1002. Sibth. et Smith, 
fl. graec. 1. p. 5. t. 5. V. Buxbaumiàna, Pall. ind. taur. ex 
Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 9.—Buxb. cent. 1. t. 35. Stem glabrous 
at bottom. Leaves rather downy, obscurely 3-nerved. Brac- 
teas villous. Calycine segments unequal. Flowers pale blue. 
Gentian-like Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Cit. 1748. Pl. 1 
to 3 feet. 
49 V. rA'LLIDA (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 17.) leaves lanceo- 
late, obtuse, subserrated ; superior segment of corolla larger than 
the lateral ones; stem ascending. 2t. H. Native country un- 
known, V. olympicum, Pall.? Very like the preceding; but 
the leaves are much thinner and narrower, length of internodes, 
not twice their length, as in that species. Flowers distant, pale 
blue. 
