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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. .Veronica. 



spear-shaped, blunt, unequal segments, BIoss. blue; green at 



the base. Floral-leaves spear-shaped, blunt. Fruit-stalks very 

 short : indeed so short as to give the assemblage of flowers the 

 appearance of a spike, and justifies our removal of it from the 3d 

 subdivision of the species. In its habit it has some resemblance 

 to the V. arvensis, but is readily distinguished from that by its 

 finger-like, or rather wing-cleft leaves. 



Vernal Speedwell* Dry, barren soil ; old walls and rocks, 

 [near Bury, in the most dry and driving sand: the plant is fre- 



irly buried in it. Woodward.] Discovered by Sir 



A. April, May, 



• Gull urn. 



officinalis. V. Spikes on lateral fruit-stalks: leaves opposite: stem 



«Ipi'na. 







trailing. 



E. bot.765~Lud<w. IOC-Curt. 19%-Kmph. 4-Fl. dan. 248- 



fVc 



Rt 



ii> 



iii. 282. \-BIack<w. \i3~Fuchs. l66-Trag. 20J-J. 



7 



■Math 



40. 





Lob. obs. 2.50* <2-Ger. 



em. 626. i-?ark. 550. 2-H. ox. iii. 22. 7- 



Little fruit '-stalks shorter than the floral leaves. Tube of the 

 tloss. about half as long as the cup; white. Border pale purple ; 

 the broadest segment marked with 6 or 7 deeper purple streaks : 

 the narrowest segment with 3, and each of the lateral segments 

 with 4. Leaves egg-shaped, serrated ; hairy underneath, and at 

 the edges. Floral-leaves strap-shaped. Some of the Fruit-stalks 

 are so near the end of the stem that at first view they appear ter- 

 minating, but upon more accurate examination we find one or 

 more pairs cf leaves beyond them. Bloss. purplish blue. 



Speedwell. Fluellin. Barren 



ground 



Common Speedwell. Malt 



[s 



May — Aug.* 



(2) Flowers in a lunch-like corymlus. 



V. Corymbus terminating : leaves opposite : cups rough 



with hair. 



E. bot. \$A~HalI. hist. 15. L'-Fl. lapp. p. 4-/7. dan. l6. 



Branchless. Leaves all sitting; lower leaves elliptical, 

 middle leaves egg-shaped, upper leaves spear-shaped, and even 

 strap-shaped and alternate; the larger leaves with i or 2 teeth. 

 LiNN.-Four or 5 inches high. Spike short, of 8 to 12 flowers, 

 with an intermixture of floral-leaves. Bloss. small, not a fine 



* The leaves have a slight degree of ^stringency and bitterness. An 

 infusion of them is recommended by Hoffman, as a substitute for tea, but 

 it *s more astringent and less grateful. It is eaten by cows, sheep, goau 

 and horses. Swine refuse it. 



