20 DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



V. n. 544. Hall. Hist. v. 1.235. t. 15./. 2. 



V. alpina, bellidis folio minor. Bauh. Pin. 247. Wahlenb. ex 



Herb. Burser. 

 Teucrium sextum, pumilum. Clus. Hist. v. 1 . 350. 



On the margins of rivulets on the highest mountains of Scotland, 

 first observed by Mr. Dickson. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Root creeping, with long fibres. Stem about 4 inches high, simple, 

 except at the very bottom. Leaves sometimes entire, sometimes 

 deeply serrated. White jointed hairs are scattered, more or less, 

 over the herbage. Flowers about 6 to 10, small, bright blue. 

 Cal. obovate, strongly fringed. Caps, obovate, emarginate, 

 crowned with the short permanent style and capitate stigma. 



6. V. serpyllifolia. Smooth Speedwell. Paul's Betony. 



Cluster terminal, somewhat spiked. Leaves ovate, slightly 

 crenate, three-ribbed, smooth. Capsule inversely heart- 

 shaped, shorter than the style. 



V. serpyllifolia. Linn. Sp. Pl.\5. mild. v. 1.64. Vahl Enum. 



v. 1. 65. Fl. Br. 19. Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1075. Curt. Lond. 



fasc. 1. t. 3. Hook. Scot. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 492. Schrad. Germ. 



v. 1.21. Wahlenb. Lapp. 5. 

 V. pratensis minor. Rail Syn. 279. 

 V. minor. Ger. Em. 627./. 

 V. minor serpyllifolia. Lob. Ic. v. 1. 472./. 

 V. minima repens. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 99./ 1. 

 /3. V. humifusa. Dicks. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 2. 288. 

 V. alpina. Light/. 72, 1138. His description, taken from Linn. 



Fl. Lapp., belongs to the real alpina. 



In meadows and pastures frequent. 



j8. On the highest mountains of Scotland, under wet shady rocks. 

 Dickson. On the Cheviot hills, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Stems more or less procumbent -, in /3 quite prostrate. Herb of a 

 pale shining green, a little succulent ; smooth in wet situations j 

 in dry ones all over hairy. Leaves on short footstalks. Clusters 

 solitary, erect j leafy at their base j bracteated above. Fl. pale 

 blue, or white, with dark blue streaks ; sometimes flesh-colour- 

 ed. Cal. obovate, equal. Caps, inversely heart-shaped. Flower- 

 stalks and bracteas most frequently downy. 



/3 is scarcely even a lasting variety. 



* # Clusters or spikes lateral. Root perennial. 



7. V. Beccabunga. Brooklime. 



Clusters lateral. Leaves elliptical, flat. Stem creeping. 



