32 FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



the thyme-leaved, or T. serpyllifolia ; the common veronica, 

 or V. officinalis ; the water speedwell, or V. Anagallu ; the 

 marsh speedwell, or V. scutellata ; the ivy-leaved speedwell, 

 or V. hederifolia; the procumbent speedwell, or V. agrexiix ; 

 and the wall speedwell, or V. arvensis. The spiked speed- 

 well, a very handsome species, having- its clear blue flowers 

 arranged in a dense spike, is decidedly rare; botanically 

 it is the V. spicata. The rock veronica, or V. saxatilis, 

 another fine species, having but few flowers, but those 

 large and handsome-looking, is a plant of the 'mountains, 

 and is chiefly found in the highlands of Scotland, while the 

 alpine speedwell, or V. alpina, is still more rare. The 

 vernal speedwell, V. verna, and the finger speedwell, V. tri- 

 phyllos, are also exceedingly scarce, each having been very 

 seldom met with, and that only in some two or three of 

 the eastern counties. 



