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The species cultivated are: 1. V. Sibirica, Siberian Speedwell; 

 2. V. Virginica, Virginian Speedwell; 3. V. spuria, Bastard Speed- 

 well; 4. V. maritima, Sea Speedwell; 5. V. longifolia, Long-leaved 

 Speedwell; 6. V. hybrlda, Welsh Speedwell; 7. V. incisa, Cut-leaved 

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



The first has a perennial root: the stem four feet high, rough- 

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

 the second sort: peduncles terminating solitary; the lateral ones 

 with two opposite oval leaflets: the calyxes five-cleft: the corollets 

 blue, with an oblong tube, and small acute border: the stamens and 

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

 in July and August. 



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

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

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

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

 Virginia and Japan. 



It varies with blush-coloured flowers. 



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

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

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

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

 the stems terminated 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 with a flesh-coloured flower. 



The fourth species has the stalks not so long as those of the 

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

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

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

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

 the sea-coasts of Europe. 



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

 with blue, blueish, flesh-coloured, and with 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 



