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r I'hc species cullivalod arc: 1. V. Sihiricu, Siberian Speedwell; 

 2. r. Viiginica, Virginian Speedwell; 3. V. spuria, Baslard Speed- 

 Avell; 4. V.maritima, Sea Speedwell; 5. V. foiiiri folia. Long-leaved 

 Speedwell; 6'. V. hi/hrida, Welsh Speedwell; 7- f^- incisa, Cnl-lcaved 

 Speedwell; 8. V. decussata. Cross-leaved Speedwell. 



The first has a perennial root: the stem Ibnr feet high, rongh- 

 haired: the leaves six or seven in whorls, twice as Avide as those of 

 the second sort: pednncles lenninating solitary; ihe lateral ones 

 with two opposite oval leaHels: llu> calyxes five-cleft: the corollets 

 bine, \\\\\\ an oblong tube, and small acnte border: the stamens and 

 pistil twice as long as the corolla. It is a native of Siberia, flowering 

 in Jnly and Angnst. • • i ■ i ■ / ' . '' ■ .-'Jfe: i 



The second species has the stems erect, four or five feet high, 

 having four or live lanceolate leaves in whorls at each joint, serrate, 

 and ending in acule points: the stems are terminated by long slender 

 spikes of while flowers, which appear late in July. It is a native of 

 Virginia and Ja|)an. 



It varies wilh blush-coloured flowers. 



The third has a perennial root, sending out many ofiscls: the 

 lower leaves two inches long, and half an inch broad, pale green and 

 hairy: the stems a foot high, wilh very narrow lanceolate leaves, 

 placed opposite, and having a few slight serraturcs on their edges: 

 llic stems' terminaled by long spikes of blue flowers, which appear 

 in June and July. It is a native of Siberia and Germany. 

 There is a variety of this also wilh a flesh-coloured flower. 

 The fourlh species lias the stalks not so long as those of the 

 preceding: the leaves by fours and threes round the stalk, on longer 

 footstalks; tiiey are broader at the base, run out into long acute 

 points, are unequally serrale, and of a bright green colour: the 

 flowers are of a bright blue, and appear in Jnly. It is a native of 

 the sea-coasls of Europe. ' '■ • ' " "' ' '' ' ' ' 



There are varieties with leaves opposite, in threes or in fours, 

 Avith blue, blueish, flesh-coloured, and wilh white flowers. 



The fifth has the lower leaves two inches long, and an inch broad 

 in the middle, drawing to a point at each end, serrate, and of a lucid 



