256 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
mentioned have been met with, I am sure great interest is 
felt in the genus. The two following are found only in 
ditches and marshy places. The Scutellata is an elegant 
plant, with long, narrow leaves, a little toothed, and spikes 
of small flesh-coloured flowers, with darker bluish veins, 
proceeding from the leaves on long stalks. The stem is 
erect, as if designed to keep its delicate blossom from the 
boggy soil on which it grows. 
VERONICA ANAGALLIS. Water Speedwell. This is a much 
larger plant, between one and two feet high, and in some 
localities as much as four. The stem is erect, leaves long 
and toothed. Numerous long spikes, composed of bluish 
flowers, proceed from each side of the main stalk. 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
CoROLLIFLORZ. LAMIACEA. 
SALVIA. (Sages, or Crary.) 
Generic Character. Calyx tubular and two-lipped. Corolla 
labiate, that is, having the lips of the flower open when it has 
arrived at maturity. 
SALVIA VERBENACA. (Plate XV. Fig. 60.) Wild English 
