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in our own rambles growing luxuriantly on banks 

 and in woods, we must admit that the latter term 

 is the more correct one. He also gives C. alpina as 

 rare, and records for Ardencaple Wood the variety 

 intermedia, which neither Patrick nor Hennedy men- 

 tions, perhaps because they considered it a hybrid. 



Of the genus Veronica he enumerates all the 

 species mentioned by Hennedy except V. AnagalliSj 

 which has never as yet been recorded for the 

 district to which Hopkirk restricted himself. One 

 of the species of this genus, named Veronica 

 hirsuta by Hopkirk, still retains a place in the 

 British Flora, though its claim to be considered a 

 distinct species is doubtful. He does not include 

 it in the catalogue, as it was not found within 

 the limits of the district defined; but he refers 

 to it in a note. He says : " I received during last 

 summer, from Mr. Smith, Nurseryman, near Ayr, 

 a Veronica, which seems different from any 

 hitherto enumerated as British. I have called it 

 V. hirsitta, and describe it as follows : 



" Root perennial, fibrous. Stems branched, procum- 

 bent at the base. Leaves opposite, on short chan- 

 nelled footstalks, ovato lanceolate, acute, oblique, 

 dark green, the under side rugged, the edges ciliated, 

 the upper side as well as the whole plant covered 

 with white jointed hairs. Flowers in a long spike, 

 not crowded, on short footstalks ; floral leaves 

 linear obtuse, not much longer than the footstalk 

 of the flower. Petals pale blue, with a dark line 

 running down the centre of the side petals, which 

 are broader than the two others. The upper leaf 

 of the petal very narrow. Tube white, stamens 

 nearly the length of the style, both longer than 

 the petal. Anthers violet colour. Calyx leaves 

 four, linear, unequal. Capsule compressed, entire, 

 not notched, tipped with the long permanent style. 

 Plant about three inches high. Native of dry 

 heathy places, in the district of Carrick, in Ayr- 

 shire. It agrees somewhat with V. alpina, but 



