BUXBAUM'S SPEED- 

 WELL. 



Veronica Buxbaumii. Nat. Ord., 

 Scrophulariacece. 



i.E have in England some seven- 

 teen distinct species of speed- 

 well, and of these we have up 

 to the present point only illus- 

 trated two, the Germander 

 Speedwell, or Veronica Cha- 

 meedrys, and the Brooklime or 

 V. Beccabunga. The speedwell 

 we now figure exhibits all the 

 characteristic features of the 

 genus, as may readily be per- 

 ceived by comparing it with 

 our figures of the two other 

 species, though it is perhaps 

 not so well known, and even 

 when seen is often mistaken for 

 another species of speedwell, the 

 V. agrestis, which it a good deal 

 resembles. The plant is an 



annual, and should be looked for in fields, gardens, and waste 

 lands any time from May to September. Tho particular 

 piece we sketched for our figure was growing by the roadside^ 

 and we mention the fact because it enables us to say that 

 though the plant is an annual it must readily be produced 



