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1« DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



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Wild Germander. Germander Speedwell, Pastures, sides of 



hedges . 



P. May. 



(3) Fruit-stalks with \ flower* 



agres'tis. V. Flowers solitary : leaves heart-shaped^ on leaf-stalks, 



shorter than the fruit-stalks. 



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n. 



Waleh-Fuch. 21-J. B. iii. 36'?. l~H. c 



Dad. 31. A-Ger. em. 6l6. l-Park. /6'2. 4. 



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Bloss. blue ; sometimes white. Linn. — Flowers early in 

 April, often in March. Bloss. with some blue and some white 

 segments. Seeds from 4 to 8 in each cell. Mr. Dickenson. — 

 Stems feeble, trailing. Leaves serrated, serratures blunt ; upper 

 leaves nearly egg-shaped. 



Germander, Chick-weed. Procumbent Speed-well. Pastures 



and ploughed Fields. A. April. 



hederadfolia. V. Flowers solitary: leaves heart-shaped, flat, 5-lobed. 



Curt. 110-£. hot. TSi-Wa/c-Fl. dan. 428-#w. <#• V-fol. 

 heder<e-Dod. 31. \~Lob. obs. 247. \~Ger. em. 6l6. 3- 

 Park. 762. 3- J. B. iii. 36'8. 2-H. «x. iii. 24. 20. 



Seeds with a dimple at the top ; 2 in each cell of the capsule. 

 Ltnn. — Wide-spreading, succulent. Stem a hollow cylinder, 

 , surrounding a strong elastic, thread-like fibre, as in the Alsine 

 media. Leaves, lobes from 3 to {>, though mostly 5 ; very un- 

 equal, the middle segment by far the broadest. One fruit-stalk 

 from the bosom of each leaf-stalk. S. Vess. like 2 united globes 

 rather than heart-shaped. Calyx fringed with long white hairs, 

 Bloss. pale blue. 



Small Hcnbtt. Ivy Ckicliveed. IvyMaved Speedivell. 



Hedge banks ; ploughed fields. A, April, May. 



tfiphyllos. V. Flowers solitary: leaves with finger-like divisions: 



fruit-stalks longer than the calyx. 



Curt. 6S-FI. dan. 62J-E. hot. 26- Rh. 96. V. fol. ruta- 

 Knlph. 11-7. B. iii. 3<J8. l-Lob.ic. ±6i~Ger. em. 612. 5 

 -Park. 126'0. 6-H. ox. iii. 24. 23. 



Stem, sometimes unbranched. Branches from the bottom of 

 the stem or near it, and rising to the same height as the stem. 



* The leaves are a better substitute for tea than those of the V. offi- 

 cinalis, being more grateful and less astringent. Cows and goats eat it, 

 Bheep, horses, and swine refuse it. 



