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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
CoROLLIFLORA. ScROPHULARIACE. 
VERONICA. (SPEEDWELL.) 
Generic Character. See page 41.* 
VERONICA MONTANA. Mountain Speedwell. This is one of 
the most delicate and beautiful species of this interesting 
genus, with its long clusters of pale lilac flowers, which are 
curiously striped with purple lines, and are well worthy of 
minute examination. The leaves are egg-shaped, serrated 
(that is cut at the edges), and stalked, stem hairy all round, 
and very weak, lying on the ground. It is found in woody 
moist places, and is not very uncommon in hilly countries. 
VERONICA CHAMEZDRYS. Germander Speedwell. Perhaps 
the most beautiful and striking of all the species. The 
clusters have many large flowers, of a bright blue, with 
darker streaks, and the under part pale blue. ‘The leaves 
are egg-shaped, without stalks, deeply serrated. Stems 
lying on the ground at the lower part, marked with two 
lines of long hairs, which change sides between each pair of 
leaves. The lovely blue flowers of this plant appearing at 
so early a season make it a very welcome visitor, and one 
* When the genus has been described before, the Generic Character will 
not be repeated, but referred to. 
