572 
Tournefort's Speedwell. Cit. 1821. Pl. 
creeping. 
97 V. ArLiówi (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 8.) glabrous, creeping, 
procumbent; leaves oblong, stiff, shining, slightly crenated ; 
racemes spicate, crowded ; calyx 4-parted. 2t. H. Native of 
Switzerland, South of France, Italy, on the Alps. Vahl, enum. 
1. p. 74, Smith, in Lin. trans. 1. p. 190. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 
463. V. pyrenàica, All. ped. 1. p. 73. no. 265. V. répens, 
AM. spec. l. t. 4. f. 3. V. officinalis, 6, Lin. This species 
differs from V. officinalis in the rigidity and smoothness of the 
Fl. May, June. 
parts. Flowers blue, crowded into a short ovate spike. 
. Allioni’s Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1748. Pl. creep- 
ing 
98 V. sETí'cERA (D. Don, rar. pl. scot. p. 4.) very hairy ; 
hairs stiff, glandular; stems ascending ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 
late, serrated, subcrenated ; racemes elongated ; calyx 4-parted ; 
capsule abrupt, undivided. 2. H. Native of Scotland, in 
Ayrshire, in heathy parts of Garick. V. hirsüta, Hopk. fl. 
glott. p. 9. Link, enum. 1. p: 24. Leaves small. Bracteas 
longer than the flowers. Corolla very pale blue. Capsule 
ovate, compressed, glabrous. Perhaps only a small hispid va- 
riety of V. officinàlis. 
Setigerous Speedwell. 
foot. 
99 V. MuzrrniA'sA (Vest. in litt. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 108.) leaves elliptic, quite entire, obtuse, 
hairy, ciliated, on short petioles; stems short, prostrate, root- 
ing; racemes lateral; flowers and capsules erect. 21. H. Na- 
tive of Upper Styria. Pedicels length of bracteas. Calyx 4- 
cleft. Nearly allied to V. officindlis, V. Allidni, and V. Tourne- 
fortii, but the flowers are larger. 
Muller’s Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 
strate. 
100 V. APHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 14.) villous; stems creeping; 
leaves radical, roundish or oblong, slightly crenated ; peduncles 
scape-formed, usually 3-flowered. 2t. H. Native of the southern 
alps of Europe. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 68. V. subacaülis, Lam. 
ill. no. 171.—Seguier, pl. veron. 1. p. 241. t. 3. f. 2.—Bocc. 
mus. t. 10. t. 9.—Pluck. alm. t. 114. f. 3. Plant hairy. Scapes 
1-2 inches long, bearing e° .: 2-4 large blue flowers. Capsule 
large, violaceous, thrice as long as the calyx, obovate, com- 
pressed, more or less emarginate, downy. 
Var. B, Kamtchática (Lin. suppl. p. 83.) leaves ovate or ob- 
long, serrated, hairy; scapes hairy, 3-5-flowered. 21. H. Na- 
tive of Kamtschatka. V. grandiflora, Gærtn. nov. comm. petrop. 
14. t. 18. f. 1. Racemes lateral, loose. Stem ascending, sto- 
loniferous. 
Var. y, nudicaális (Lam. ill. no. 181.) capsule obtuse, not 
emarginate. Y%.H. V. nudicaülis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 11. 
Leafless-stemmed Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1775. 
Pl. $ foot. 
101 V. wowTA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 17.) leaves cordate-ovate, 
petiolate, obtuse, coarsely serrated; stem and petioles hairy ; 
racemes elongated, filiform, loose, axillary. 2. H. Native of 
Europe, in groves; in Britain, in woods, chiefly in moist calca- 
reous soil, but not very common. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 68. Jacq. 
fl. austr. 2. p. 6. t. 109. Fl. dan. t. 1201. Curt. fl. lond. 4. 
t. 2. Hoffm. fl. germ. t. 1. Poit. et Turpin, fl. par. 1. p. 14. 
t. 10. Smith, engl. bot. t. 766. V. procümbens, Riv. mon. 
irr. t. 93. Stems weak, procumbent, rooting at the joints, vil- 
lous. Leaves usually villous, with generally purplish margins. 
Corolla pale blue or white, variegated with purplish veins. 
Calyx 4-parted, unequal. Capsule orbicular, compressed, emar- 
ginate at both ends, ciliated, didymous ; cells 4-seeded. 
Mountain Speedwell, or Mountain Madwort. Fl. June, July. 
Britain. Pl. prostrate. 
Fl. April, July. Scotland. Pl. i 
Pl. pro- 
SCROPHULARINEJE. LXVI. Veronica. 
102 V. cuaM pnYs (Lin. spec. 17.) downy or hairy ; leaves 
deeply and unequally serrated: lower ones petiolate, ovate: 
upper ones cordate-ovate, sessile; stems bifariously pilose, 
creeping at the base; racemes axillary, exceeding the stems, 
u. H. Native of Europe, common on dry banks, and in 
groves, meadows, pastures, and hedges. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 77. 
Lam. ill. t. 13. f. 1. Curt. fl. lond. 1. t. 2. Martyn, fl. rust. 
t. 66. St. Hil. pl. fr. t. 8. Smith, engl. bot. 623. Fl. dan. 
t. 448. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 13. t. 9. Svensk, bot. t. 
939. "Teücrium V. Clus. hist. p. 350.—Riv. mon. irr. t. 94. 
Chamee‘drys, Brunsf. herb. 1. p. 125. f. 1. Herb pale green. 
Stems more or less ascending, 1-2 feet long. Flowers large, 
blue, rarely flesh-coloured or white. Calyx 4-cleft, lanceolate. 
Capsule compressed, obcordate, shorter than the calyx. There 
are many varieties of this plant. Some take this for the true 
German Forget-me-not. 
Var. B, lamiifolia ; leaves cordate, cuneated at the base, ob- 
tuse: lower ones sessile, the rest petiolate. 3%. H. Native 
country unknown. V. lamiifdlia, Hayne, in mag. amic. hist. nat. 
berol. 7. (1805.) p. 132. V. Rudolphiàna, Hayne, l. c. p. 183. 
Germander Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Pl. 4 to I 
foot. 
103 V. micra’‘nrHa (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. p. 286. t. 57.) 
downy and canescent, soft ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, ob- 
tuse, coarsely crenated, hairy ; racemes axillary ; flowers rather 
crowded. X. H. Native of Portugal. V. Teücrium, Brot. 
fl. lus. 1. p. 13. V. móllis, Zea. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
l. p.112. V. mollíssima, Hort. Hairs of plant curled. Brac- 
teas linear, longer than the pedicels. Calycine segments 4, 
lanceolate, acute, nearly equal. Corolla small, white, with a 
purplish ring in the throat. Capsule compressed, emarginate, 
shorter than the calyx, with ciliated edges. Very like 7. cha- 
me drys ; but the flowers are smaller, and the whole plant hoary. 
: Small-flowered Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 
3 foot. 
104 V. prica‘ta (Pohl, tent. fi, boh. p. 15. f. 1.) leaves cor- 
date-ovate, plicate, deeply toothed, clothed with white hairs as 
well as the stems; racemes axillary, alternate; flowers imbri- 
cate, nearly sessile. 21. H. Native of Bohemia, on hills. V. 
pilosa, Schmidt, 1. p. 17. Willd. spec. 1. p. 66. Root creep- 
ing. Stem bifariously pilose. Lower leaves petiolate : upper 
ones sessile. Calyx unequal. Bracteas linear, length of pedi- 
cels. Flowers blue. 
Plicate Speedwell. 
foot. 
105 V. umprdsa (Bieb. fl. caue. 1. p. 11. fl. ross. 1. t. 7.) 
lower leaves ovate, coarsely serrated: superior ones oblong, 
subserrated ; racemes lateral, few-flowered ; stems creeping; 
calyx nearly equal in length to the corolla. 31. H. Native of 
Tauria, in woods about Karassubasar. Plant loosely tufted. 
Pedicels elongated. Corolla showy. The leaves of st 
branches are sometimes nearly entire. 
Shaded Speedwell. Pl. creeping. 
106 V. pepuncuza‘ris (Bieb. casp. 126. append. no. 2. fl. 
cauc. 1. p. 11.) downy; leaves ovate, deeply and doubly ser- 
rated; racemes loose; stem hairy, with 2 more dense rows 
hairs; pedicels capillary, twice as long as the bracteas. 2/- H. 
Native of Caucasus, in shady groves. V. pedunculata, Vahl, 
enum. 1. p. 77. Pers. ench. 1. p. 12.—Buxb. cent. 1. p. 26 
t. 41. f. 1. Flowers blue. This plant differs from V. Chama 
drys in the stems being villous all over, and also having 2 lines 
of more dense hairs; in the leaves being more villous on both 
surfaces, and more deeply cut, in the pedicels being slender 
elongated, and in the calycine segments being blunter. 
Var. B; stems flaccid; leaves more deeply cut. 2. H. 
Native of Caucasus, in groves, 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 toj 
