JULY. 255 
pleasure, too, of studying the species of the genus Lica, or 
Heath, the purple flowers of which make these otherwise 
barren-looking spots quite charming to the lover of botany. 
All nature is clothed in richer verdure; the variegated 
flowers wear livelier hues; and this appears particularly the 
case when seen early in the morning, whilst the dew is still 
on the leaves, the sun having not then dried up this refresh- 
ing moisture; and though, from this cause, morning is, I 
believe, not considered the best time for gathering flowers, 
as they are then full of sap (consequently losing their colours 
in the process of drying), it is certainly the most favourable 
time for seeing their beauty in perfection. 
DIANDRIA. MoNoGYNIA. 
CoROLLIFLORZ. SCROPHULARIACES. 
VERONICA. (SpEEDWELL.) 
Generic Character. See page 41. 
VERONICA SCUTELLATA. Marsh Speedwell. We can now 
find two more (and probably the last) specimens of this 
pretty genus. There are still six species, rarely found, 
which I shall have left undescribed, but if those already 
