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14 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



humifu'sa. V. Bunch terminating : leaves heart-shaped but roundish^ 



slightly scolloped : stems creeping, Dicks, 



Plant entirely prostrate ; stems a palm in length, or more, 

 branched, creeping, striking root. Leaves roughish, near toge- 

 ther ; lower ones on leaf-stalks ; opposite ; often by threes or 

 fours : upper leaves mostly sitting, and alternate. Bunch ter- 

 minating, short* Flowers few, crowded together, on short fruit- 

 stalks ; of a pleasant blue. Dickson. — About 3 inches high. 



Flowers 8 or 10. Lightf. 



On very high mountains under wet shading rocks. Culti- 

 vated in a garden for three years, did not assume the characters 

 of the V. serpyllifolia. Dicks. — On the mountains of Badenoch 

 and Lochaber, Lightf. 



Beccabun'ga. V. Bunches lateral : leaves egg-shaped, flat : stem creep- 

 ing. 



E. hot. 655-Ludw. oQ-Curt.-Kniph. 9-SheIdr. (Brooll.) 

 -Wood™. 2Q-Ri<v. \W-Beccabunga>-Walc.~Fuch. 725- 

 Yrag. 1&&-Black<w. 48. 1 -and2-FL dan. 5 U~Dod. 593. 1 

 -Lob. obs. 248. 3~Ger. em. 620. l-Park. 1236. 1-i/. ox. 

 iii. 24. 2i~Ger. 4#6*. 1 . 



Whole plant smooth and succulent. Leaves serrated with 

 glands. Gen/ten sitting on a thick yellowish green glandular 

 substance. Bloss. blue. 



Brooklime. Slow shallow streams, and near springs that 

 seldom freeze. P. June.* 



Anagaliis. V. Bunches lateral : leaves spear-shaped, serrated : stem 



upright. 



- " . Fl. dan. y03~Curt. 332-E.bot. 7$±-Ger.l96.3-Pet.51A2- 



Blacknv. 48. 3-H. ox. iii. 24. 25. 



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Leaves opposite, sitting. Bunches of flowers ascending from 

 the bosom of the leaves. Bloss. pale purplish blue. 



Slow streams, and shallow ponds. [S. side of King's Park, 

 Edinburgh. Mr. Brown. — Ditches about Tamworth. 





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* The leaves are mild and succulent, and are eaten in sallads early in 

 the spring. Cows, goats, and horses eat it, swine refuse it. This, and 

 some other species of Veronica, afford nourishment to the Papilio cinxia, 



Curculio, and Chrysomela Beccabungae. 



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