SCROPHULARINE/E. LXVI. Veronica. 
Hairy Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. 1 foot. 
131 V. penra‘ra (Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 37, exclusive of the 
dentata of Schmidt.) ascending, nearly glabrous; leaves dark 
green, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, acutish, remotely ser- 
rated; racemes axillary, elongated; calyx 5-parted. 4. H. 
Native of the South of Europe, and Siberia, on dry hills. 
Besser. fl. gal. no. 26. V. Teücrium, Host, syn. p. 8. Wahl. 
fl. carp. p. 7. no. 14, exclusive of the synonymes of Lin. V. 
prostrata, Geners, elench. scep. no. 13. Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 10. 
ex Wahl. V. Teücrium, f, angustifolia, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76.? 
Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 40. D.C. fl. fr. 3. no. 2390. B. V. angus- 
tifdlia, Bernh. Teicrium IV. tertia species, Clus. hist. p. 
849. Very like a narrow-leaved variety of V. T'eücrium, but of 
more humble growth. Leaves glabrous to the naked eye, but 
being examined by a lens they will be found to be ciliated ; 
they are sessile, almost all lanceolate. 
Toothed-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. 
ascending, 1 foot. 
132 V. Scumr'prit (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 115.) nearly 
glabrous, dark green, ascending, or erect; leaves narrow-lance- 
olate, remotely serrated, and linear, quite entire, with revolute 
edges; racemes axillary, opposite, elongated; calyx 5-parted. 
€X.H. Native of Bohemia. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. den- 
tata, Schmidt. fl. boh. cent. 1. p. 20. V. paniculata, Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 71. enum. 1. p. 23, exclusive of the syn. of Pall. 
Leaves usually opposite, but sometimes 3 in a whorl. Lower 
bracteas longer than the flowers: superior ones length of pedi- 
cels. Calyx unequal, hairy, ciliated. Corollas large, showy, 
deep blue. Stems prostrate, sub-tomentose, ex Link. 
Schmidt's Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Pl. pros. 
133 V. MAcnosTA'cHYA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 71.) hoary and 
villous ; leaves linear-oblong, deeply serrated outside ; racemes 
axillary; stems prostrate. 2%. H. Native of Syria, Labill. 
Stem filiform. Leaves sessile, obtuse. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule 
obcordate, compressed, length of calyx. In cultivated plants 
of this species the stems are.a foot and a half long, and the 
racemes 2 feet long. 
Long-spiked Speedwell. 
Cit. 1818, PI. 
Pl. prostrate. 
§ 3. Leaves pinnatifid, or bipinnatifid, or pectinately toothed. 
134 V. pectina‘ta (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 71.) leaves oblong, 
pectinately serrated ; stems prostrate ; racemes elongated, leafy 
at the base. 2%. H. Native about Constantinople.—Buxb. 
cent. 1. t. 39. f. 1. Stem shrubby at the base, and branched, 
ascending, and, like the whole plant, canescent from pubescence. 
Leaves subpetiolate, acute at the base. 
Pectinate-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. 
Pl. prostrate. 
185 V. PARvIFOLIA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 72.) ascending, pubes- 
cent; leaves small, pinnatifid; racemes many-flowered ; brac- 
teas equal in length to the pedicels. 24. H. Native of Cap- 
padocia, and Armenia, in grassy places.—Buxb. cent. 1. t. 41. 
f. 2. Leaves all deeply pinnatifid, except the upper ones. 
Flowers and capsules 3-4 times smaller than those of P. orien- 
tàlis. Capsule compressed, obcordate. 
Small-leaved Speedwell. Pl. ascending. 
136 V. rosea (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 13.) downy ; stem shrubby, 
ascending ; leaves pinnatifid, on short petioles, acute, with 2-3 
segments on each side; racemes elongated, axillary; bracteas 
equal in length to the pedicels. h. G. Native of Mount 
Atlas, near Tlemsen. Pedicels capillary. Calyx unequal. Co- 
rollas rose-coloured, size of those of V. latifolia. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Speedwell. Shrub ascending. 
137 V. ortenTa‘tis (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 23. ed. 
2d. vol. 1. p. 32.) procumbent, downy ; leaves linear-lance- 
olate: lower ones pectinately pinnatifid : superior ones entire ; 
Clit. 1819. 
575 
racemes axillary, elongated. 2. H. Native of Armenia and 
Iberia. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 73. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 12. Willd. spec. 
l. p. 69. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 419. V. Austriaca, 3, Lin. spec. 
no. 17. V. heterophylla, Sal. par. lond. p. 7. t. 4.  Pedicels 
longer than the bracteas. Flowers blue. Calyx unequal, 5-parted. 
Oriental Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1748. Pl. proc. 
188 V. Tav'/nicA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 70.) procumbent ; leaves 
crowded, tridentate at apex, or linear, and pinnatifidly toothed, 
rather pilose; pedicels longer than the bracteas; calyx downy, 
4-parted, unequal. 2. H. Native of Tauria. Lodd. bot. cab. 
914. V. orientalis, 9, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 72. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. 
p.12. Flowers blue. 
Taurian Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. pros. 
139 V.Jacqurwi (Schott. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 
108. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 26.) hairy or downy, erectish ; 
lower leaves sessile, bipinnatifid : superior ones pinnatifid ; 
racemes long, filiform, axillary : lower bracteas trifid, longer 
than the pedicels ; calyx 5-cleft, unequal. 2%. H. Native 
of Austria, Carniola, Croatia, and Tauria. V. Austriaca, 
and V. multifida, Jacq. austr. 4. p. 16. t. 329, exclusive 
of the synonymes of Bauh. and Buxb. V. multífida, Scop. fl. 
carn. ed. 2d. p. 16. no. 15, exclusive of the synonymes of Lin. 
Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 23, but not of Lin. V. Austriaca, Willd. 
spec. l. p. 70, exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. vind. Crantz, 
Bauh. and Morison. Hoffm. fl. germ. p. 8. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 
73, exclusive of the syn. of Lin. Bauh. Crantz. V. tenu- 
ifolia, Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 39, exclusive of the syn. of 
Host, Schrank, Schmidt, Morison, and Bauhin. Pers. ench. 1. 
p. 12, and Bieb. fl. cauc. p. 13, exclusive of the syn. of Mo- 
rison. Besser. fl. gall. 1. p. 35, exclusive of var. a. Ait. 
hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 32. Plant ascending. Stems 
terete, much branched, clothed with minute, white, short hairs. 
Leaves rather pilose, multifidly parted ; segments pinnatifid, 
linear, acute, toothed: lower ones longer, divaricate. Racemes 
filiform, erect, long, pilose. Lower bracteas trifid, or bifid, the 
rest entire, ciliated. Flowers blue. Capsules glabrous. 
Jacquin’s Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. Pl. 1 foot. 
140 V. rRICHOCA'RPA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 
106.) stems erectish ; lower leaves bipinnatifid ; pedicels longer 
than the bracteas; capsules hairy. 2. H. Native country 
unknown. V. pilocárpa, Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. orientalis, 
Willd. enum. 1. p. 22, but not of Ait. Very nearly allied to 
V. Jacquini, but the capsule is hairy. Calyx 5-parted. 
Hairy-fruited Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. 
1 foot. 
* 141 V. Austriaca (Lin. spec. p. 17.) plant weak, trailing, or 
ascending ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, deeply serrated, and pin- 
natifid: racemes lateral, elongated; calyx 4-parted ; bracteas 
entire, shorter than the pedicels. %.H. Native near Vienna, 
and of Bohemia, also of Spain. Jacq. enum. vind. p. 3. 
Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 27, exclusive of the syn. of 
Jacq.  Krok. fl. siles. p. 23, exclusive of the syn. of Riv. 
Schwenkf. and Jacq. Mill. dict. no. 9. Host, syn. p. 9, ex- 
clusive of all syn. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. polymorpha, 
Willd. enum. suppl. p. 2. Schweig. enum. hort. regiom. p. 78. 
V. laciniàta, Mcench.— Bauh. hist. 3. p. 287.—Mor. hist. 2. 
sect. 3. t. 23. f. 12. V. Austriaca, foliis tenuissime laciniatis, 
Tourn. inst. p. 144. V. praténsis, var. a. Crantz, austr. p. 
344, exclusive of the syn. of Tourn. V. multífida, Schmidt, 
fl. boh. p. 21, exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and Jacq. Plant 
downy. Flowers blue. 
Austrian Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. Pl. 1 foot. 
142 V. OnsixiA NA (Tenore, prod. append. 5. ex Linnea, 3. 
p. 97.) stems erectish, villous, with 2 lines of more dense villi; 
leaves oblong, obtuse, pectinately sub-pinnatifid ; calyx 5- 
parted, with linear segments ; pedicels capillary, about equal in 
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