THE BEOOKLIME. 



Veronica Beccabunga. Nat. Ord., 

 Scrophulariaceee. 



MIDST the rank and luxuriant 

 vegetation fringing- the side of 

 most country streams will not 

 unf requently be found the brook- 

 lime, the plant represented in 

 our illustration ; though its mode 

 of growth and inconspicuous 

 blossoms are very likely to cause 

 it to pass unnoticed amidst the 

 towering bulrushes, the great 

 sword-like leaves of the iris, and 

 the other herbage that finds in 

 the soft bank or oozy bed of 

 the stream and in the congenial 

 moisture conditions most favour- 

 able to its development. Even 

 when found it is too often cast 

 aside in disappointment, because 



at first sight frequently taken for a forget-me-not ; and as 



it has not the charms and associations of that flower, its 



own especial beauty is slighted and ignored. 



The brooklime is the Veronica Beccabunga of botanical 



classification. We have already figured another member 

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