FIG-WORT TRIBE. 



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A EUROP^A (Cornish Money-wort). 



12. VERONICA (Speedwell). 

 * Flowers in terminal spikes or clusters. 



1. V. serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Speedwell). Leaves 

 egg-shaped, or elliptical, slightly notched, smooth ; 

 capsules inversely heart-shaped, with a long style. 

 Waste ground, common. A small plant, with prostrate, 

 or slightly ascending stems, and several many-flowered 

 spikes of very light blue flowers, striped with dark blue 

 veins. A variety occurs, high up in the mountains, 

 which might easily be mistaken for a distinct species ; 

 but on examination it will be found to differ only in the 

 superior size of the flowers. Fl. May July. Perennial. 



2. V. arvensis (Wall Speedwell). Leaves egg-shaped, 

 heart-shaped at the base, crenate, stalked ; bracts sessile, 

 longer than the flowers. Walls and fields, common. 

 Also a small plant with inconspicuous, light blue flowers, 

 which are almost concealed among the upper leaves or 



