200 SCROPHULARINE,E. L Veronica. 



County of Dublin, abundant. Fl. May— June. %.— Stems about a 

 foot or more long, weak, trailing. Leaves large, on stalks about equal 

 to them in length. Capsules large, quite flat, veiny, their edges den- 

 ticulate and slightly ciliated. 



* * * Floicers axillary, solitary. Root annual. 



8. V. agrestis, Linn. Green procumbent field Speedwell. 

 Leaves all petiolate, cordato-ovate, inciso-serrate, as long as the 

 flower-stalks; segments of the calyx oblong, obtuse; stem pro- 

 cumbent; capsule of two turgid keeled lobes; cells about 

 6 seeded. Br.FLl.p.7. E. FL v. up. 24. Borr. in E. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2603. 



Fields and waste places, abundant. Fl. April— Sept. ©.—Prostrate. 

 Stems three to four inches long, slightly hairy. Peduncles longer than 

 the leaves. Fruit of two round tumid lobes, much smaller than the 

 calyx. Seeds large, cupped. — My specimens from Mr. Moore, col- 

 lected in Derry, agree with Reichenbach's fig. in having the calyx seg- 

 ments three-nerved and having the edges tipped with glands. 



9. V. polita, Fries. Grey procumbent field Speedwell. 

 Leaves all petiolate, cordato-ovate, inciso-serrate, shorter than 

 the flower-stalks; segments of the calyx ovate, acute; stem 

 procumbent; capsule of two turgid lobes; cells many-seeded. 

 Br. Fl. \.p. 1.— V. agrestis, E. Bot. t. 783. 



Cultivated fields and waste places, often with the preceding. FL 

 throughout the summer. 0. — Mr. Borrer has well illustrated this and 

 the foregoing, V. agrestis in the Supplement to Engl. Bot. t. '2603. — 

 Herbage of a greyish colour, not pale green as in the last, ?<nd usually 

 less hairy. Leaves ovate, very slightly cordate at the base and less 

 wrinkled, less deeply and more regularly serrated, or crenate. Corolla 

 pale blue, or rose-colour in the upper half, or often entirely white. 

 Generally smaller. 



10. V. arvensis, Linn. Wall Speedwell. Flowers solitary, 

 nearly sessile ; leaves ovate, deeply serrated ; the floral ones 

 lanceolate, entire; stem erect; seeds flat. Br. FL 1. p. 7. E. 

 Fl. v. i. p. 24. E. Bot. t. 724. 



On walls and dry gravelly ground, abundant. Fl. in the spring 

 months, and early in summer. ©. — Erect, pale green. Flowers pale 

 blue. Capsules compressed. 



11. V. hcderifolia, Linn. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Flowers 

 solitary ; leaves heart-shaped, flat, 5-lobed ; segments of the 

 calyx heart-shaped, acute; seeds cupped, wrinkled. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 7. E. Fl. v. i. p. 25. E. Bot. t. 784. 



Fields, hedge-banks, and cultivated grounds, common. Fl. April — 

 June. 0. — Procumbent. Flowers blue. Capsules tumid. 



12. V. triphyllos, Linn. Blunt-fingered Speedwell. Flowers 

 solitary; upper leaves in deep, finger-like, obtuse segments; 

 flowerstalks longer than the calyx; seeds flat. Br. FL I. p. 7. 

 E. FL v. i. p. 25. E. Bot. t. 26. 



