568 
Pale Speedwell. 
foot. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Pl. 1 to 1j 
Szcr. IlI. Serpyzuréz1a (from Serpjllium, Wild Thyme; 
and folium, a leaf; in reference to the small leaves of the spe- 
cies.) Capsules ovate or obovate, usually emarginate, com- 
pressed. Seeds compressed. Leaves small, opposite. Racemes 
terminal, elongated, or corymbose, few-flowered. Small, alpine, 
erect, creeping, or trailing plants. 
50 V. BELLIDIOT DES (Lin. spec. p. 15.) leaves obovate, cre- 
nated, and are, as well as the stems, which are simple and 
ascending, hairy ; cauline leaves remote, few; racemes corym- 
bose, hairy, few-flowered ; capsules obovate, hairy. %. H. 
Native of Switzerland and the Pyrenees, on the alps. Vahl, 
enum. 1. p. 61. Lapeyr. pl. pyr. p. 6. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 2414. 
— Hall. helv. no. 543. t. 15. f. 1. The whole plant is clothed 
with articulated hairs. Leaves crenated from the middle to the 
apex, half stem-clasping at the base. Calyxes nearly equal. 
Corollas blue, with a white throat. Radical leaves rosulate. 
Daisy-leaved Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1775. Pl.i 
to 1 foot. 
51 V. BauucaRTE Nn (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 100.) 
erect, glabrous ; lower leaves opposite, sessile, oval, or ovate- 
lanceolate, serrated : upper ones alternate, half stem-clasping, 
linear-lanceolate ; corymbs dichotomous; pedicels filiform, 
erectly spreading, 1-flowered ; segments of the calyx equal; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx, pale blue. 2/. H. Native 
of Transylvania, in the fissures of rocks on the alps. V. petrae'a, 
Baumg. trans. 1. p. 21. no. 27. 
Baumgarten’s Speedwell. Pl. 4 foot. 
52 V. NUMMULA`RIA (Gouan, ill. 1. t. 1. f. 2. exclusive of the 
synonymes) stem downy or smoorhish ; leaves obovate-orbicu- 
lar, tapering into the petioles, crowded, entire, or obsoletely 
crenated ; racemes short, few-flowered, crowded ; calycine seg- 
ments obtuse, ciliated; stem prostrate, fruticulose. h. H 
Native of the Pyrenees. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2413. V. saxátilis, 
B, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 63. Willd. spec. 1. p. 62. V. strictiflóra, 
Lapeyr. abr. p. 6. no. 8. fl. pyr. t. 51. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes and figure, but not the diagnosis. Flowers nearly ses- 
sile, pale blue. Lower segments of corolla cuneiform, obtuse, 
the other 3 linear. Leaves decussate, imbricated. 
Money-wort-leaved Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. prostrate. 
53 V. Java'nica (Blum. bijdr. p. 742.) procumbent ; leaves 
almost sessile, opposite, ovate, bluntly serrated, downy ; spikes 
axillay and terminal; calycine segments obtuse.— Native of 
Java, on Mount Gede, and elsewhere. 
Java Speedwell. Pl. procumbent. 
54 V. nu`rans (Bongard. mem. acad. imp. st. petersb. 2. p. 
157.) stems simple, nutant at apex ; leaves sessile, ovate, ser- 
rated, acutish ; capsule nearly glabrous, about equal in length 
to the calyx ; corymbs terminal. 2%. H. Native of the Island 
of Sitcha. Stem downy. Leaves opposite, half stem-clasping, 
downy, about 4 on a stem., Bracteas and calyxes pilose; seg- 
ments of calyx nearly equal. Corolla small, blue, unequal. 
Capsule ovate, emarginate. Nearly allied to V. Stelléri; but 
differs in the flowers being smaller; in the stems being nutant ; 
and in the capsule being nearly glabrous, not pilose; and in the 
corolla being glabrous inside. 
Nodding-stemmed Speedwell. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
55 V. DENSIFLÒRA (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 125. fl. alt. 1. 
p- 34.) stem fruticulose, bifariously pilose ; leaves sessile, ellip- 
tie, densely serrated, obtuse, smoothish, ciliated at the base ; 
racemes terminal, crowded, subcapitate ; bracteas and calyxes 
articulately pilose ; calyx 5-parted: the fifth segment very 
short. ^t. H. Native of Altaia, on the tops of the alps, at the 
river Koksun (Ledeb.); and at the rivers Aigulac, Kurai, and 
SCROPHULARINEJE. LXVI. Veronica. 
Tschuja (Bunge); and on the mountains of Farbagatai (Sievers). 
V. alpina, Siev. in Pall. fl. nord. beytr. 7. Bracteas twice as 
long as the pedicels, Corolla large for the size of the plant, 
pale blue. Nearly allied to V. nummulària and V. capitàta. 
Dense-flowered Speedwell. Pl. } to 3 foot. 
56 V. carita‘ra (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 45.) 
pilose; stem simple; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, a little 
toothed ; raceme terminal, crowded, capitate, articulately pilose; 
stamens a little exserted. %. H. Native of Kanaour, Royle. 
Flowers double the size of those of V. alpina, Capsules not 
seen. 
Capitate-flowered Speedwell. PI. small. 
57 V. arrixa (Lin. spec. p. 15.) glabrous; leaves sessile, 
elliptic-ovate, obtuse, quite entire or subserrated ; corymbs ter- 
minal, subspicate, articulately pilose; calyxes hairy ; stamens 
shorter than the corolla; capsules oval, emarginate; stems 
tufted, simple. %. H. Native of the alps of Europe; in 
Scotland, on the margins of rivulets on the highest mountains; 
in the Himalaya, at Peer Pungal, Royle. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 
18. engl. bot. 484. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 64.  Lapeyr, abr. p. f. 
—Oed. fl. dan. 16.—Hall. helv. no. 544. t. 15. f. 2. Stem 
sometimes furnished with articulated hairs. Corollas blue. 
Capsule ovate, emarginate, downy. The Asiatic plant is rather 
more villous than the European, but otherwise similar. 
Var. a, alpina ; leaves elliptic, ovate, obtuse, quite entire. 
X. H. Native of the North of Europe, on the alps; as of 
Lapland, Denmark, Britain, and Switzerland. V. alpina, Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 484. fl. dan. t. 16. Lin. fl. suec. no. 13. fl. lapp. 
p. 7. t. 9. f. 4.—Hoall. helv. t. 15. f. 2. 
Var. B, pümila ; leaves elliptic-ovate, acutish, serrated. J+ 
H. Native of Piedmont. V. pumila, All. pedem. 1. p. 75. t. 
22. f. 5. spec. 1. p. 19. t. 13. f. 3. V. Pónae, var. £, Lapeyr.? 
—Hall. helv. 1. p. 235. t. 15. f. 2. V. Teücrium Etscheriànum, 
Crantz, p. 337. i ^ 
Var. y, integrifolia ; leaves elliptic-ovate, obtuse, quite entire. 
At. H. Native of Transylvania, Silesia, and Salisburgh, on the 
alps. V. integrifdlia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 63. Pers. ench, 1. p 
12. Braune, salisb. no. 12. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 2l. 
alpina, Krock. fl. siles. t. 3. 
Var. à, Schultésii; leaves almost quite entire: lower ones 
roundish: superior ones ovate. %. H. V. alpina, var. & 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 101. 
Var. e, rotundifolia; leaves serrated: lower ones ovate» 
roundish : superior ones ovate. 2%.H. Native of Salisburgh. 
V. rotundifòlia, Braune, salisb. no. 15. t. 2. V. pygmea 
Braune, l. c. no. 11. f. 1. V. saxátilis, 6, nummulària, Poir. 
dict. 
Var.&; smaller, very hairy; leaves alternate, acute, nearly 
linear. 1. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. abr. p. 4, 
: Alpine Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Scotland. Pl. À toi 
oot. 
58 V. cranpiroua (Vest. in litt. ex Roem. et Schultes, l 
mant. 1. p. 103.) stems firm, villous, prostrate; leaves sessile; 
ovate-oblong, smoothish : superior ones toothed : middle ones 
nearly one half the length of the stem ; spike oblong-cylindrical 
corolla exceeding the calyx a little; bracteas about equal in 
length to the calyx. ^. H. Native of the Tyrol, on the alps 
of Zillerthal. Leaves 1i inch long, and more. From the axils 
of tbe upper leaves rise short few-flowered racemes. 
Great-leaved Speedwell. PI. i to 1 foot. : 
_ 59 V. eurnRasizroria (Link, jahrb. 3. p. 41.) stems creep- 
ing, downy at top; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, serrately cre* 
nated, glabrous; racemes few-Howered: pedicels elongated ; 
calycine segments ovate, glabrous. %. H. Native of Persia; 
on Mount Ghilan. V. thymifdlia, Willd. herb. Plant slender: 
Euphrasia-leaved Speedwell. Pl. creeping. 
60 V. ruymiréxia (Sibth, et Smith, fl. grec, 1. t. 6. prod. 1. 
