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5. Brooklime — ( Veronica Becabimga.) 

 Wet ditches, and in shallow moving water, such as watercresses 

 inhabit, common everywhere. Fl. June, July. 

 Curtis, i. 75 ; E. B. x. 655. 



6. Medicinal-tea Speedwell — [Veronica officinalis.) 

 Dry sandy ground, and at the edges of dry, little-frequented lanes, 

 especially about Chorlton and Baguley. Dunham Park, among the 

 grass. Fl. May, June. 



Curtis, i. U6; E. B. xi. 765. 



7. Germander Speedwell — [Veronica Chamcedrys.) 

 Everywhere on hedgebanks, flowering in company with the haw- 

 thorn in May and June. 



Curtis, i. 2; E. B. ix. 623 ; Baxter, i. 50 (unfortunately coloured slate instead 

 of azure). 



The flowers are the largest and most brilliant of any English speedwell, and 

 well known to every one, giving myriads of blue eyes to the hedgebanks in 

 early summer. They soon fall off, and from their lovely hue, are often mis- 

 taken for the forget-me-not. Many plants of less beauty are tended in gardens 

 with the utmost solicitude. In wet weather and towards evening the corollas are 

 apt to close, and shew their white under.surfaces. 



8. Wood Speedwell — [Veronica moiitdna.) 

 Damp woods and doughs, common. Abundant in Mere Clough, 

 and in all the woods about Prestwich and Agecroft. Fl. May, June. 



Curtis, ii. 219 ; E. B. si. 706. 

 Remarkable, like the Veronica scutclJata, for the large, flat, circular, shield-like 

 capsules. At first sight this plant might be mistaken for a small and poor state 

 of the germander speedwell, but in tliat the leaves are sessile, whereas in the 

 wood speedwell they are stalked. Besides, the germander speedwell has two 

 opposite rows of hairs upon the stem, which cross at each joint, to the opposite 

 side, as in the chickweed (p. 145), but here the stem is hairy all round. The 

 lax, straggling racemes of ripening capsules are very conspicuous, and quite 

 unlike those of the Chamadrys. 



9. Ivy-leaved Speedwell — [Veronica hederafdlia.) 

 Ploughed land, everywhere, an idle and unremitting weed. Fl. 



March, April. Annual. 



Curtis, i. 73 ; E. B. xi. 784. 



10. Green Field Speedavell — [Veronica agrestis.) 



Cultivated ground, both farm and garden, common. Fl. May, June. 



Annual. 



Curtis, i. 1 ; E. B., Supp. i. 2603. 



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