6 DIAND. MONOG. 



ably divaricating ; when bearing fruit quite reflexed. Capsule large, 

 didymous, of two flattened suborbicular lobes. Plant eight to ten 

 inches high. Floii-ers flesh-coloured, with darker blueish veins. 



6. V. AnagaUis {JVater Speedwell)^ racemes opposite, leaves 

 lanceolate serrate, stem erect. Light/', p. Jo. E. B. I. 781. 



Hab. Ditches and watery places*. King's Park, Edinb.; and in 

 ditches at Mutton-hole, Maugh. Burntisland and Forfar^ Mr.Arnott. 

 Fl. during summer. 1{. . 



Intermediate as it were between V.scuteU. and Beccab., yet abun- 

 dantly distinct from both. Stems succulent^ a foot or more in height. 

 Leaves varying somewhat in width. Racemes long, many-flowered. 

 Pedicels short, never reflexed. Flowers blueish or purplish. 



7- V. Beccahinga [BrookUme), racemes opposite, leaves ellipti- 

 cal obtuse subserrate glabrous, stem procumbent throwing out 

 roots at the base. Lightf. p. 72. E. B. t. 655. 



Hab. Ditches and water-courses. F/. Summer months. 1/. 



AAHiole plant glabrous and succulent. Racemes of many bright blue 

 flowers. 



8. V. officinalis [comynon Speedwell)^ flowers spiked, leaves 

 broadly ovate serrate rough with short thick pubescence, stem 

 ])rocumbentvery pubescent, capsule obcordate deeply notched. 

 Lightf. p. 72. E. B. i. 765. 



Hab. Woods and pastures, common. F/. July. 1J.. 

 Stem half a foot to a foot long, naked and rooting below. 



9. V. hirs7/fa {small hairy Speedwell), flowers spiked, leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate acute slightly serrated with a few scattered 

 hairs, stem procumbent glabrous below, capsule obcordate en- 

 tire. Hupk. Fl. Glolt. p. 9. V. setigera. D. Don, Descr. of 

 rare Plants of Scotl. p. 4. 



Hab. District of Carrick, Ayrshire, in dry heathy places, Mr. James 

 Smith. Fl. June. If. . 



It is not without considerable hesitation that I have published this as 

 really distinct from V. officinalis. The following characters however 

 appear to be permanent, even in cultivation. Its whole length does 

 not exceed two or three inches. Stems glabrous below. Leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate, often quite lanceolate, entire, or slightly serrated, with 

 only a few scattered hairs. RaconesXow^, many-flowered. Calyces, 

 pedicels and bracfeas longer than in V.offic, much less hairy. Seg- 

 ments of the Cor. bluer and narrower. Capsule almost glabrous, not 

 notched at the extremity. The permanent style, upon which stress is 

 laid by Mr. D. Don, is the same in /'. qffic. The discovery of this 

 curious little plant is due to Mr. James Smith, a very able and intel- 

 ligent botanist, of the Nursery-ground, Monkswood-Grove, Ayr. 



10. N.montana (Mountain Speedwell), racemes few-flowered^ 

 leaves cordato- ovate petiolate serrate, stem hairy on all sides. 

 Lightf p. 74. E.B. ^766. 



* Not included in tlie Fl. Glott., and probalily rare in Scotland, though 

 fonimon in England. It is not found in Lapland. 



