SCROPHULARINEZE, LXVI. Veronica. 
Var. y ; humble, prostrate ; leaves small, obtuse, crenated. 
4%. H. Native of Caucasus, on rocks; and about Chinalug. 
V. némorum, Pall Very like V. petre‘a.  Bracteas all 
toothed. 
Peduncular Speedwell. 
to 1 foot. 
107 V. petra (Stev. in mem. mosc. vol. 3. p. 250, and 5. 
p. 340.) stems creeping, much branched, prostrate, densely 
leafy ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, subcrenated, and are, as well as 
the stems, hairy ; racemes subcorymbose, many-flowered ; pe- 
dicels filiform, longer than the calyx, which is 4-parted. 2/. H. 
Native of Caucasus, on the alps of Schuchdagh and Tyfendagh ; 
also in stony places about the Terek. Bieb. suppl. cauc. p. 12. 
V. peduncularis, y, Bieb. fl. canc. 1. p. 27. Capsule hispid, 
obcordate, a little shorter than the calyx. This plant differs 
from the preceding in all its parts being pubescent, in the leaves 
being smaller and much firmer, and narrower, in the stems being 
short and prostrate. Calyx nearly equal. Corolla blue. 
Rock Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Pl. prostrate. 
108 V. rrLósA (Lin. spec. p. append. 1663. syst. 59. Willd. 
spec. l. p. 66.) leaves ovate, obtuse, plicate, deeply toothed ; 
racemes axillary ; stems prostrate, bifariously pilose. 2. H. 
Native of Bohemia. See Smith in Lin. trans. 1. p. 191. 
Lower leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, pilose ; lower 
teeth elongated. ^ Bracteas pilose, longer than the pedicels. 
Calyx unequal. Segments of corolla acute, connivent. Leaves 
smaller than those of V. Chamedrys. This is a very doubtful 
plant, and probably only a variety of V. Chame‘drys, or V. 
prostrata, or V. plicata. 
Pilose Speedwell. Fl. May, June. 
trate. 
109 V. uixv'rA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 105.) rather pilose ; 
stems filiform, branched, diffuse; leaves obovate-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, crenated or quite entire; racemes lateral, few-flowered ; 
pedicels capillary, longer than the bracteas, which are spatulate; 
calyx 4-parted, with obtuse segments ; capsule reniform : lobes 
orbicular. 2/. H. Native of the alpine regions of Caucasus, 
in stony places. Said to be nearly allied to Ñ. pilosa. 
Minute Speedwell. Pl. diffuse. 
110 V.ca'sA (Wall. cat. no. 401. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 
45.) procumbent at the base; stem pilose, or woolly; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, deeply crenated, hoary from hairs, at length 
glabrous; racemes few, axillary and terminal; calyx unequally 
4-parted ; capsule broadly and rhomboidally dilated, entire. 
4. H. Native of Gosainsthan, and Nipaul, Wall. ; Kanaour, 
Royle. 
Hoary Speedwell. Pl. procumbent. 
111 V. petri’cera (Wall. cat. no. 402. Benth. scroph. 
ind. p. 45.) procumbent at the base; stem glabrous, bifariously 
woolly under the leaves; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, cre- 
nately serrated, glabrous; racemes few, alternate, downy ; 
calyx 4-parted ; immature capsules rhomboidally dilated, emar- 
ginate. 4y.H. Native at Gosainsthan, Wall. 
Delta-bearing Speedwell. PI. proc. 
112 V. r4'xa (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 45.) sparingly pilose ; 
leaves nearly sessile, ovate, or ovate-oblong, deeply serrated, 
rather pilose; racemes alternate; calyx 4-parted; capsule 
roundish, emarginate, hairy. 2t. H. Native of the Himalaya, 
at Kidarkonta, Royle. 
Loose-flowered Speedwell. Pl. 
113 V. Pu’rsui; glabrous, creeping ; leaves reniformly 
cordate, deeply crenated ; racemes spicate, lateral, pedunculate, 
short, oblong ; calyx 5-cleft, unequal. 2t. H. Native on the 
banks of the Missouri. V. renifórmis, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 
p. 10, but not of Rafin. Leaves on long petioles. Stem creep- 
ing, rooting at the joints.  Peduncles alternate, length of leaves. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. Pl. i 
Clt. 1819. Pl. pros- 
573 
Bracteas oblong, crenated. Flowers large, crowded, pale blue. 
Filaments length of corolla. 
Pursh’s Speedwell. Pl. creeping. 
114 V. acuTIFLÓRA (Lapeyr. abr. suppl. p. 7. Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 1. p. 112.) pilose; leaves linear, obtuse: lower 
ones deeply serrated, pilose: upper ones lanceolate, nearly en- 
tire, rugose; racemes elongated; segments of corolla acumi- 
nated. 2%. H. Native of Tolosa, at La fontaine d'amour, 
among rushes.  Pedicels longer than the bracteas. Corollas 
red. Very nearly allied to V. Chame‘drys and V. pilosa. 
Acute-flowered Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. 
1 foot. 
115 V. Micnav/xi (Lam. ill. no. 163. Poir. encycl. 8. p. 
532.) stems a little fistular, clothed with clammy villi; leaves 
half stem-clasping, oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, smooth ; ra- 
cemes spicate, short, on axillary, stiff peduncles; calyx 4-cleft : 
segments ovate, acutish. 2. H. Native of the Levant. 
Leaves 13 inch long, and 6 lines broad, — Corollas middle sized. 
Michauz's Speedwell. Pl. ł to $ foot. 
116 V. pEPAUPERA'rA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 273. t. 
245.) creeping and ascending, pilose; leaves obovate, obtuse, 
subserrated ; peduncles axillary, subracemose; calyx 4, rarely 
3-5-cleft. %.H. Native of Hungary and Liptavia, on calca- 
reous rocks. Corolla blue, upper segments emarginate. Cap- 
sule obcordate-ovate. Probably the V. aphylla, var. 2, Baumg. 
trans. l. p. 22, of which he gives the following diagnosis. 
Sterile stems creeping ; leaves crowded in a rosulate manner at 
apex, hairy, subdentate; scapes half an inch high, hairy, very 
simple, leafy at the base, ascending, terminating in 2-3-flowered 
racemes; pedicels a little drooping in the flower-bearing state ; 
bracteas oblong, bluntish. Corolla pale blue. Calyx unequally 
4-parted, 
Impoverished Speedwell. 
creeping. 
117 V. Svnraca (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 116.) erect ; 
leaves ovate, serrated: lower ones petiolate: superior ones ses- 
sile ; pedicels spreading, 3 times longer than the bracteas; cap- 
sule ciliated. ©. H. Native of Syria, near Damascus, on a 
mountain called Dgebelcher. V. pedunculàta, Labill. pl. syr. 
dec. 5. p. 8. t. 5. f. 2, exclusive of the synonymes of Buxb. 
and Bieb. Leaves subciliated. Pedicels rather pilose, 2 to 4 
times longer than the bracteas, which are lanceolate and ciliated. 
Calycine segments equal, obtuse. Capsule compressed. 
Syrian Speedwell. Pl. 3 to 3 foot. 
118 V. pivarica‘ta (Tausch. bot. zeit. 1821. p. 562.) stem 
decumbent, bifariously pilose, much branched ; branches oppo- 
site, divaricate ; leaves all petiolate, cordate, smooth, doubly 
crenated; racemes axillary, about equal in length to the stems ; 
pedicels capillary; calyx 4-parted, nearly equal. 2t. H. Na- 
tive of Savoy, in shady valleys, particularly at Petersgrund. 
Root creeping. Leaves pilose, most so beneath, 3 times the 
size of those of V. Chama’ drys, not wrinkled. Racemes oppo- 
site. Flowers remote, pale blue, larger than those of V. Chame’- 
drys. Pedicels twice as long as the bracteas. 
Divaricate Speedwell. Pl. prostrate. 
119 V. sroLoNrrERA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1820. ex 
Linnza, 3. p. 8.) stolons creeping, hairy ; hairs at length dis- 
tinct; leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate, coarsely serrate-toothed, 
rather hairy; racemes axillary; calyx foliaceous, longer than 
the capsule. Y%.H. Native of North America. 
Stoloniferous Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. creeping. 
120 V. ma'xma (Stev. in mem. mosc. 2. p. 173. Bieb. cauc. 
3. p. 13.) leaves ovate, almost sessile, coarsely serrated, pilose ; 
racemes lateral; calyxes and capsules ciliated. (2. H. Native 
of Iberia, in mountain meadows.—Buxb. cent. 1. p. 23. t. 34. 
Plant hairy. Calyx 4-parted, exceeding the capsule. Corolla 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 
