574 
small, blue, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule compressed, 
obcordate. 
Largest Speedwell. 
2 feet. 
121 V. URTICÆFÒLIA (Lin. syst. p. 60.) erect, pilose ; leaves 
sessile, cordate-ovate, acute, coarsely serrated ; racemes lateral, 
slender, few-flowered. 2). H. Native of the South of Europe, 
in shady places, and of Bithynia. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 77. 13 
C. fl. fr. no. 2388. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 37. t. 59.  Bertol. 
ameen. p. 324. Guss. pl rar. p. 5. V. galeopsifolia, Gilib. 
V. latifolia, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 441, exclusive of the syn. of Vill. 
but not of Lin. V. circzeoides, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 
7. V. máxima, Dalech. hist. 1165. f. 1.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 322. 
sect. 8. t. 23. f. 18.—Buxb. cent. 2. p. 23. t. 34. Stems simple. 
Leaves with rufescent nerves, those in the middle of the stem 
broad. Pedicels longer than the branches. Calyx 4-parted, 
equal Corollas small red, or pink. This species has much 
the habit of a species of Circe‘a. 
Nettle-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. 
1 to 1 foot. 
122 V. MELISSÆFÒLIA (Poir. encycl. 8. p. 526.) leaves sessile, 
subcordate-ovate, crenately cut, downy beneath ; racemes spi- 
cate, lateral opposite. 2. H. Native country unknown. 
Stem erect, downy, slender. Leaves obtuse, an inch long, and 
10 lines broad. — Bracteas ovate, hardly the length of the calyx. 
Fl. May, July. Cit. 1824. PROE to 
Ck. 1776. Pl. 
Calyx equal. Corollas small, pale blue, or white. Capsule 
glabrous, obcordate. Seeds red. 
Balm-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. Pl. 
1 foot. 
123 V. Vestia‘na (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 
111.) stems hoary, villous; leaves coarsely serrated, petiolate : 
cauline ones ovate : rameal ones oblong; style thicker than the 
filaments ; racemes spicate, elongated; bracteas filiform, ex- 
ceeding the calyxes a little. 24. H. Native country unknown. 
V. melisszefolia, Vest. in litt. Leaves entire at the base, usu- 
ally subcordate. Calyx rather unequal. 
Vest's Speedwell. Pl. 1 foot. 
194 V. prostra‘ra (Lin. spec. p. 17.) canescent and pubes- 
cent; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrated: superior ones 
lanceolate, flat; racemes axillary, opposite, elongated ; flori- 
ferous stems ascending: barren ones prostrate. ^ft. H. Na- 
tive of Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, on hills. Vahl, enum. 
l. p. 75. Moench. bass. t. 1. V. Teücrium, fj, Savi, bot. 
etrusc. 1. p. 12. V. canéscens, Bastard, suppl. fl. Main et 
Loire, p. 21.— Bauh. hist. 3. p. 287, with a good figure. Flow- 
ers blue. Capsule compressed, glabrous. Calyx unequal, 
nearly glabrous. 
Var. B, minor (Riv. mon. t. 95.) plant smaller. 
Var. y, satureifolia (Poit. et Turp. fl. par. p. 22.) racemes 
exceeding the prostrate stems : lower leaves oblong, serrated at 
top: middle ones subdenticulated : the rest linear, and quite 
entire. 
Var. à, álba; flowers white, wrinkled. 
Prostrate Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1774. Pl. pros. 
125 V. Tev'crium (Lin. spec. p. 16.) downy ; lower leaves 
ovate-oblong, half stem-clasping, obtuse, coarsely serrated : 
superior leaves sessile, narrower, serrated; racemes axillary, 
opposite, on long peduncles; stems ascending, or prostrate. 2%. 
H. Native of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, in argillaceous soil. 
Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76. Schmidt, fl. bohem. p. 16. D. C. fl. fr. 
2290. Lodd. bot. cab. 425.—Lob. icon. 473. Verònica mon- 
tana, Riv. mon. t. 95. Pall. itin. 2. p. 522. V. Teiicrium, var. 
intermèdia, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 40. V. latifolia, 8, minor, Schrad. 
fi. germ. 1. p. 36.  Racemes rather dense. Calyx 4-5-parted, 
unequal.  Corollas blue, larger than those of V. latifolia. 
Capsule compressed, emarginate, nearly glabrous, slightly cili- 
SCROPHULARINEJE. LXVI. Veronica. 
ated, shorter than the unequal calyx. There is in gardens a 
stiffer variety, with rather broader leaves, and having capsules 
longer than the calyx. V. florida, of Schmidt, fl. boh. cent. 1, 
p. 23, is probably also a variety of this, but the stems are said 
to be bifariously pilose, and the leaves equally serrated. i 
Germander-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596, 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
196 V. Cmarxı (Lapeyr. pyr. abr. suppl. 1. p. 6.) leaves 
sessile, wrinkled, elongated, deeply toothed; racemes lateral ; 
calyx 4-parted, unequal. %. H. Native of the Pyrenees, on 
the Pic de Gerard. V. latifolia, y, dubia, Lapeyr. abr. p. 9. V. 
dübia, Chaix, herb. et fl. fr. no. 2395. Plant smaller than V, 
latifülia. Leaves narrower, more acute; calyxes and bracteas 
more elongated. The whole plant pilose. Flowers large, blue, 
Var. B, minor (Lapeyr. l. c.) leaves obtuse, somewhat pinna- 
tifid at the base. 21. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 
Chaix's Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 foot. 
127 V. ruTETIA'NA (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 
109.) leaves lanceolate, quite glabrous, a little toothed, obtuse; 
racemes lateral very long. M.H. Native country unknown. 
V. nítida, Hort. par. ex Poir. suppl. 5. p. 467, but not of 
Ehrh. Perhaps only a variety of V. T'eücrium, having the stems 
hardly downy, and the leaves deep green and shining, and 
almost entire. Corollas pale blue. Capsule glabrous, com- 
pressed. 
Lutetian Speedwell. Pl. 1 foot. 
128 V. raTrFOLIA (Lin. spec. p. 18. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 
p. 24. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 33.) downy; stems erect; leaves sub- 
cordate-ovate, sessile, half stem-clasping, bluntly serrated ; ra- 
cemes axillary, opposite, dense ; calyx 5-parted. 2t. H. Na- 
tive of Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany, and of Siberia, &c. 
Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76. Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 35. Sweet, fl. 
gard. t. 23. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. Teücrium, Poll. pal. no. 
13. Hoppe, cent. sic. 1. no. 76, and of many other authors. 
V. Teücrium, a, latifolia, Led. fl. atl. 1. p. 40. V. chame'- 
drys, Patrin, mss. V. psetido-chame'drys, Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 
37. t. 60.— Weinm, phyt. t. 1005. a. Flowers dense. Bracteas 
a little longer than the pedicels. Capsule compressed, emar- 
ginate, downy. Corollas blue, with deeper veins. There is a 
dwarf variety of this, having leaves so deeply serrated, as 
to be almost jagged. The variations of the five preceding 
species run so gradually into each other, as hardly to be distin- 
guished ; in V. latifolia, however, the leaves are perfectly 
ovate, and broad in the middle ; in V. Teücrium they are ovate- 
oblong, broad at the base; and in V. prostràta the leaves are 
elliptic to nearly linear. 
Broad-leaved Speedwell. 
2 feet. 
129 V. Himate'nsts (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 92. Benth. 
scroph. ind. p. 44.) pubescently hairy, but at length glabrous; 
leaves sessile, ovate, or ovate-oblong, deeply crenated, hairy 
while young; racemes opposite, on long peduncles; calyx 
unequally 5-parted ; capsule ovate, acute, exceeding the calyx. 
Xx. Native of Nipaul, at Gosainsthan, Wall. V. grandi- 
flora, Wall. cat. no. 403. Bracteas lanceolate, longer than the 
pedicels. Calycine segments ciliated. Flowers azure blue. 
Said to be very nearly allied to V. Teàcrium. 
Himalaya Speedwell. Pl. 3 to 3 foot. 
130 V. crinira (Kit. in Schultes, fl. austr, ed. 2d. vol. 1. pP- 
26.) erect, downy; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, une- 
qually serrated ; racemes axillary, twice as long as the leaves ; 
calyx 5-parted, unequal. ^t. H. Native of Hungary, OP 
hills. Stem tomentose. Lower leaves obtuse: upper ones 
acute, quite entire at base and apex. Bracteas longer than the 
pedicels. Capsule emarginate, compressed. Perhaps a variety 
of V. Teücrium, or V. latifolia. 
T 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. Pi. 
