576 
length to the bracteas. 2%. H. Native of Abruzzo, on the 
mountains. Plant canescent from pubescence. It differs from 
V. Austriaca in the calyx being 5-parted, in the leaves being 
less cut, and in the whole habit; and from V. pedunculàris in 
the calyx being 5-parted, in the segments being narrower, in the 
leaves being oblong, and in the pedicels being shorter. 
Orsin's Speedwell. Pl. 1 foot. 
143 V. Cavca'sica (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 13. suppl. p. 14.) 
erectish, nearly glabrous; leaves bipinnatifid ; segments lance- 
olate and linear; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels ca- 
pillary ; calyx large, 4-parted, nearly equal. 2t. H. Native of 
Caucasus and Iberia. Lodd. bot. cab. 1369. Calyx 4-cleft. 
Pedicels much longer than the bracteas, pendulous in the fructi- 
ferous state. Flowers pale red, or white, variegated by deeper 
veins. There are varieties of this, having the segments of the 
leaves narrower and broader. In mem. soc. nat. mosc. 2. p. 
180. no. 8. Steven defines a variety of this, or a new species 
nearly allied, under the name of ** V. ossética ; leaves bipinna- 
tifid; bracteas shorter than the pedicels, and are, as well as 
linear calycine segments, downy.” 
Caucasian Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl. 3 foot. 
144 V. rENUIFOLIA (Stev. ex Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 13.) ascending; 
leaves pinnatifid, with linear, filiform segments; racemes axil- 
lary; calyx unequal. 2. H. Native of Iberia. Very nearly 
allied to V. multifida, but the stems are more elongated, the 
leaves Jess compound ; the pedicels are equal in Jength to the 
bracteas, or longer. The 3 superior segments of calyx are 
small. Perhaps the same as V. parviflora, Vahl.? but the 
flowers are never smaller than those of V. orientalis, V. mulii- 
fida, &c. 
Fine-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. Pl. 1 foot. 
145 V. wurTí'riDA (Lin. spec. 17.) procumbent, rather woody 
at the base, canescent; leaves bipinnatifid, with lanceolate, 
or linear segments; racemes axillary. X. H. Native of Siberia, 
on hills ; also of Tauria and Caucasus; and between Smyrna and 
Bursa. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 12. Willd. spec. 1. p. 69. Smith, 
in Lin. trans. 1. p. 191. Sims, bot. mag. 1679. Calycine seg- 
ments unequal, subulate. Corollas pale blue. Pedicels equal 
in length to the bracteas, or shorter. 
Var. B, hirsàta; plant more hairy; corollas rose-coloured. 
u.H. Amm. ruth. p. 25. no. 33. 
Multifid-\eaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. Pl. 
procumbent. 
Secr. VII. ScurErLA'TA (from scutella, a little saucer; shape 
of valves of capsule.) Capsule orbicular, deeply 2-lobed, com- 
pressed. Seeds compressed on one side, and convex on the 
other. Aquatic plants with opposite leaves, aud loose, axillary 
racemes of flowers. 
146 V. scuTELLA'rA (Lin. spec. p. 16.) erectish, creeping, 
and rooting at the base; leaves linear-lanceolate, nearly entire ; 
racemes axillary, alternate, loose ; pedicels pendulous, or spread- 
ing; calyx 4-parted, equal. 34. H. Native of Europe, Sibe- 
ria, and North America, in inundated places, particularly in 
watery spongy bogs, chiefly on a sandy soil. "Vahl, enum. 1. p. 
70. Fl. dan. t. 209. and t. 1561. Curt. lond. t. 56. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 782. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 15. f. 13. Riv. 
mon. irr. 96. f. 1. Root creeping. Leaves sessile, nearly con- 
nate, rarely furnished with a few teeth. Racemes alternate, 
longer than the leaves ; pedicels longer than the bracteas. Co- 
rolla of a pale flesh colour, the smaller segment palest. In the 
American plant the peduncles are opposite, and shorter than the 
leaves, and the flowers are nearly sessile. 
Var. a, glàbra ; leaves subovate-lanceolate, denticulated, and 
are, as well as the stem, glabrous. Y. W.H 
.H. Gesn. icon. 
aen. t. 10. f. 87. 
SCROPHULARINEÆ. LXVI. Veronica. 
Var. f, pilósa (Vahl, 1. c.) plant pilose, or villous ; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, sub-denticulated. 2t. H. V. villosa, Schum. 
fl. saell. 1. p. 7. Serrature glandular. 
Var. 6, latifolia (Rosen, et Weber, hols. no. 13.) leaves ovate, 
lanceolate. %. H.  Lapeyr. pl. pyr. suppl. ined. (Stem 
pilose.) V. parmulària, Poit. et Turp. fl. par. t. 14, ex Lois. 
Saucer-capsuled Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. Pl.1 
to 2 feet. 
147 V. PARMULA'R1A (Tratt. fl. austr. t. 20.) stem erectish, 
hairy ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, denticulated, ciliated. %. W. 
H. Native of Austria. Very nearly allied to V. scutellata; 
and differs from it only in the leaves being acute, not acumi- 
nated, hardly length of the internodes, not longer.  Bracteas 
bluntish. Probably only a slight variety of V. scutellàta. 
Small-shielded Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. 
1 to 2 feet. 
148 V. Canoniwi1A'NA (Poir. encycl. 8. p. 520.) glabrous; 
stem erect, dichotomous at top; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
nearly entire: lower ones petiolate. 21. W. H. Native of 
Carolina, in water. Leaves rather fleshy, 6 lines long and 3 
broad. Racemes loose, leafy ; bracteas petiolate, longer than 
the pedicels. Calycine segments ovate. 
Perhaps this is P. scutellata of American authors. 
Carolina Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Pl. $ to 
1 foot. 
Secr. VIII. Becasu’nea (the name Becabánga comes from 
the German Bach-pungen; bach meaning a rivulet ; in York- 
shire and Norfolk a beck.) Capsule inflated, entire, or emargi- 
nate, subdidymous. Seeds oblong, or globose. Aquatic plants. 
149 V. BzcaBv/wGA (Lin. spec. p. 16.) glabrous, shining; 
stems procumbent, rooting at the base; leaves elliptic, oval or 
oblong, obtuse, on short petioles, crenately serrulated or entire ; 
racemes loose, axillary. YY. W. H l 
rope, Siberia, and North America, in ditches and rivulets of 
clear water, and in running streams; plentiful in Britain. In 
Nipaul, Hamilt., and Kanaour, Royle. Vahl, enum. 1. p- 69. 
Fl. dan. t. 511. Curt. fl. lond. 2. t. 3. Woodv. t. 7. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 655. Svensk, bot. t. 127. V. punctàta, D. Don, 
prod. fl. nep. p. 93.— Bocc. mus. p. 22. t. 6.—Riv. mon. irr. t. 
100. f. 1. Stems terete. Leaves running into the short pe 
tioles. Bracteas narrow, lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels. 
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla blue, veined with red. Capsule en- 
tire, or hardly emarginate. The Nipaul plant differs from the 
European, in the bracteas and calyxes being obtuse ; and in 
the capsule being entire. This plant is considered medicinal, 
being included. in Pharmacopeias. 
Brook-lime Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Britain. Pl. 3 to 2 feet. 
150 V. rE'wuis (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 217. fl. alt. 1. P 
39.) stem erect, strict, and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous: 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutish, serrulated ; racemes axillary: 
intermediate ones opposite; calyx 4-parted; capsule elliptic- 
obovate, obtuse, entire. ©. H. Native of the North of 
Persia. Leaves opposite, nearly connate. Racemes axillary, 
opposite.  Pedicels twice as long as the bracteas. Seeds 
minute, globose, not flat on one side, and convex on the other, 
as in V. scutellàta. 
Slender Speedwell. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
151 V. ANAGALLO?'Des (Guss. pl. rar. p. 5. t. 3.) erect, gla- 
brous; leaves linear-lanceolate, stem-clasping, entire; racemes 
lateral; calyx 4-parted, about equal in length to the corolla ; 
capsules elliptic, obtuse. ©. H. Native of the East of the 
Calabria, in low marshy places near Catanzaro. Stem rooting 
at bottom. Pedicels longer than the bracteas. Corolla pale 
blue or white. Capsule rather emarginate. Seeds roundish. 
Very like V. anagállis. 
Native throughout Eu- . 
Capsule obcordate. — 
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