6 DIAND. MONOG. 



ably divaricating 5 when bearing fruit quite reflexed. Capsule large, 

 didymous, of two flattened suborbicular lobes. Plant eight to ten 

 inches high. Flowers flesh-coloured, with darker blueish veins. 



6. V. Anagallis (Water Speedwell), racemes opposite, leaves, 

 lanceolate serrate, stem erect. Lightf. p. 73. E. B. 1. 7 SI. 



HAB. Ditches and watery places*. King's Park, Edinb.; and in 

 ditches at Mutton-hole, Maugh. Burntisland and Forfar, Mr.Arnott. 

 Fl. during summer. 14 . 



Intermediate as it were between V.scutell, and Beccab., yet abun- 

 dantly distinct from both. Stems succulent, a foot or more in height, 

 Leaves varying somewhat in width. Racemes long, many-flowered, 

 Pedicels short, never reflexed. Flowers blueish or purplish. 



7. V. Beccalunga, (Brooklime), racemes opposite, leaves ellipti- 

 cal obtuse subserrate glabrous, stem procumbent throwing out 

 roots at the base. Lightf. p. 72. E. B. t. 655. 



HAB. Ditches and water-courses. Fl. Summer months. I/.. 



Whole plant glabrous and succulent. Racemes of many bright blue 

 flowers. 



S. V. qfficinalis (common Speedwell], flowers spiked, leaves 

 broadly ovate serrate rough with short thick pubescence, stem 

 procumbent very pubescent, capsule obcordate deeply notched. 

 Lightf. p. 72. E. B. t. 765. 



HAB. Woods and pastures, common. Fl. July. I/. 



Stem half a foot to a foot long, naked and rooting below. 



9. V. hirsuta (small hairy Speedwell), flowers spiked, leaves 

 ovato -lanceolate acute slightly serrated with a few scattered 

 hairs, stern procumbent glabrous below, capsule obcordate en- 

 tire. Hupk. Fl. Glott. p. 9. V. setigera. D. Don, Descr. of 

 rare Plants of Scotl. p. 4. 



HAB. District cf Carrick, Ayrshire, in dry heathy places, Mr. James 

 Smith. FZ.June. 3/. 



It is not without considerable hesitation that I have published this as 

 really distinct from V. officinalis. The following characters however 

 appear to be permanent, even in cultivation. Its whole length does 

 not exceed two or three inches. Stems glabrous below. Leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate, often quite lanceolate, entire, or slightly serrated, with 

 only a few scattered hairs. Racemes long, many-flowered. Calyces, 

 pedicels and bracteas longer than in V.offic., much less hairy. Seg- 

 ments of the Cor. bluer and narrower. Capsule almost glabrous, not 

 notched at the extremity. The permanent style, upon which stress is 

 laid by Mr. D. Don, is the same in V. ojfic. The discovery of this 

 curious little plant is due to Mr. James Smith, a very able and intel- 

 ligent botanist, of the Nursery-ground, Monkswood-Grove, Ayr. 



}0. V.montana (Mountain Speedivell), racemes few- flowered, 

 leaves cordate- ovate petiolate serrate, stem hairy on all sides. 

 Lightf. p. 74. E.B. t. 766. 



* Not included in the Fl. Glott., and probably rare in Scotland; though 

 common in England. It is not found in Lapland. 



