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tures approximate, unequal. If. H. Native of the South of 

 Europe. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 360. Willd. enum. 1. p. 17. 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 21. V. longibracteata, /3, poliocaulis, Link, 

 jahrb. 1-3. p. 36. Radical leaves ovate. Racemes spicate, 2-3 

 inches long. Bracteas linear-lanceolate, about equal in length 

 to the calyx, or exceeding it : lower ones longer. Flowers 

 blue, or purple. 



Southern Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. PI. 1| to 

 2 feet. 



19V. LOXGIFO V LIA (Lin. spec. p. 13.) leaves opposite, or 3-4 

 in a whorl, cordate-lanceolate, acuminated, doubly serrated, 

 and are, as well as the stem, clothed with downy tomentum. 

 If . H. Native throughout Europe and Siberia, in humid mea- 

 dows. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 26. t. 2. f. 1. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 

 S. V. mantima, Hoffm. comm. goett. 1800. p. 118. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. Spreng. fl. hal. t. 1 . f. 3, with leaves 3 in a 

 whorl. V. ciliaris, Hoffm. comm. goett. 1. c. t. 5. V. mari- 

 tima, Schmith, boh. no. 5, and of many other authors. V. 

 spuria, Schkuhr, handb. 1. p. 9. Thuill. fl. par. ed. 2d. p. 6. 

 V. acuta, Mart. enum. hort. erl. p. 12. Besl. eyst. vern. t. 10. 

 f. 2. V. urticaefblia, Amm. ruth. p. 26, with leaves 4 in a 

 whorl. V. spicata longifolia altera, Amm. ruth. 34. Calyx 

 unequal, equal in length to the capsule. Flowers blue, or 

 purple. Lower bracteas longer than the flowers. Leaves op- 

 posite in the true specimens of Lin. 



far. a, angustifblia (Link, enum. 1. p. 22.) leaves narrow, 

 lanceolate. If. V. maritima, Willd. enum. p. 18. Wahl. fl. 

 ups. p. 3. Ehrh. in goett. gel. anz. 1821. 1766. 



Var. /3, latifolia (Link, 1. c.) leaves broad-lanceolate. "V- H. 

 V 7 . longifolia, Willd. enum. 1. p. 19. V. grossa, Mart. hort. 

 erl. p. 12. Leaves deeply serrated. 



Var. y, abbreriata (Link, 1. c.) lower leaves generally short- 

 acuminated, y.. H. V. acuta, Mart. hort. erl. p. 13. V. 

 rigens. Mart. 1. c. in which the leaves are hardly cordate. V. 

 ambigua, Mart. 



Var. c, subincisa (Link, 1. c.) leaves deeply serrated, like 

 those of V. elatior, but smaller. 



Var. e, quadrifoUa (Schkuhr.) leaves 4 in a whorl. V. peti- 

 olaris, Lapeyr. and V. Schreberi, Lapeyr. 



Long-hated Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clu 1731. PI. 2 

 to 4 feet. 



20 V. RAMO'SA (Pall, ex Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 39.) stem 

 downy ; stem leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, remotely 

 serrulated : rameal ones opposite, crowded, linear : uppermost 

 ones quite entire. 3/ . H. Native of Siberia. This is a very 

 showy species. 



Branched Speedwell. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



* * Leaves always opposite, never terticillate, serrated and 

 crenated. Racemes numerous or solitary. Plants usually fur- 

 nished tciih sterile surculi, or branches* 



21 V. KEGLE'CTA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 59.) white from hoary 

 tomentum ; leaves lanceolate, crenately serrated, acute, cune- 

 ated at the base, and quite entire. If.. H. Native of Hungary 

 and Siberia, on hills. Willd. enum. 1. p. 15. V. canescens, 

 Schrad. comm. ver. no. 3. Link, enum. 1. p. 21. V. incana, 

 Waldst. et Kit. 3. p. 271. t. 244. Besser. fl. gall. p. 28. 

 Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. 1. p. 18. Radical leaves oblong, 

 obtuse. Cauline leaves opposite, or alternate, attenuated at 

 both ends : uppermost ones quite entire. Bracteas usually 

 longer than the flowers. Racemes spicate, usually numerous, 

 seldom solitary. Flowers blue, or purple. 



Xeglected Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1797. PI. 1| 

 to 2 feet. 



22 V. INCA V NA (Lin. spec. p. 14. Vahl. enum. 1. p. 59.) 

 white from hoary tomentum ; leaves lanceolate, oblong, cre- 



nated, and nearly entire, obtuse. If . H. Native of the Ukraine 

 and Samara, and Altaia. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 7. suppl. p. 9. 

 Hoffm. in comm. gott. 15. p. 123. t. 6. Steven, mem. mosc. 

 5. p. 339. V. canescens, Pall. itin. 2. p. 522. Amm. ruth, 

 no. 30. Stem simple. Radical leaves a foot long, ovate-oblong, 

 very blunt. Raceme spicate, terminal, solitary. Flowers blue, 

 or purple. There is a variety of this having all the cauline 

 leaves, or only the upper ones, quite entire. 



Hoary Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1759. PI. \ to 



1 foot. 



23 V. CARTILAGI'SEA (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 210. fl. alt. 

 1. p. 28.) stem downy: leaves glabrous: lower ones opposite, 

 spatulate, serrated towards the apex : superior ones alternate, 

 linear, serrulated ; lower bracteas exceeding the calyxes ; calyx 

 4-parted, with ovate, 3-nerved, glabrous, ciliated segments, i/ . 

 H. Native of Dauria, near Nertschinsk. Surculose at the 

 base. Raceme usually solitary. Corolla blue. 



Cartilaginous Speedwell. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



24 V. RUBICD'NDA (Ledeb fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 208. fl. alt. l.p. 

 28.) villously downy ; leaves tapering into the petioles, oblong, 

 or lanceolate, serrated ; bracteas all longer than the pedicels, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with glandular hairs. If 

 H. Native of Dauria. Superior leaves sub-alternate, coarsely 

 serrated. Racemes several. Calyx 4-parted, unequal, obtuse. 

 Corollas showy, rose-coloured. Perhaps the same as V. rubella, 

 Pall. Said to be nearly allied to V. serrulata, Pall, and V. 

 eleganf, D. C., but differs from the first in the leaves being 

 opposite, and from both in the leaves not being petiolate, but 

 tapering to their insertion. 



Reddish-Qowered Speedwell. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



25 V. E'LEGANS (D. C. cat. hort. raonsp. 1813. p. 154. Link, 

 enum. 1. p. 21.) leaves serrated, quite entire at top, petiolate, 

 ovate-oblong, or oblong, attenuated, acute, and are, as well as 

 the stems downy ; racemes numerous ; lower bracteas longer 

 than the pedicels: upper ones shorter. If.. H. Native about 

 Verviers, in humid meadows. Flowers rose-coloured. V. in- 

 carnata, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 6. ? 



Elegant Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. PL 1 to 



2 feet. 



26 V. SPICA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 14.) downy, canescent, rather 

 clammy ; leaves crenated : radical ones oblong, or obovate, 

 running into the petioles : cauline leaves lanceolate, or oblong- 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, sessile, toothed, entire at top ; 

 bracteas and calyxes pilose. If. H. Native of Switzerland, 

 Germany, France, Siberia ; in England in high dry chalky pas- 

 tures, especially on Newmarket Heath, and about Bury St. 

 Edmund's. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 15. engl. hot. t. 2. Schmidt, 

 fl. boh. no. 7. Oed. fl. dan. 52. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 

 19. t. 19. Schrad. fl. germ, exclusive of the synonymes of 

 Poll. Crantz, Vaillant and Fl. dan. Wahl. fl. ups". p. 3. 

 Svensk, fl. suec. t. 2. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 8. V. hybrida, 

 Bieb. 1. p. 8, and 3. p. 9. V. spicata, and V. orchidea, Besser, 

 enum. pi. volh. p. 2. no. 8 and 9. Clus. hist. p. 347. Hall, 

 helv. no. 452. Mor. hist. 2. p. 318. sect. 3. t. 22. f. 4. Root 

 hard, creeping. Stems usually simple. Leaves sessile, firm, 

 entire at top. Racemes spicate, dense, usually solitary. Flow- 

 ers blue, or purple, or white ; tube of corolla thicker than in 

 its congeners, longer and white, and the segments of the limb 

 narrower. Capsules downy. 



Var. /3, spicata alpina (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 93.) 

 If. H. Native of the Pyrenees. V. Sterbergiana, Bernh. 

 Lapeyr, pi. des. pyr. p. 5. Leaves glabrous. 



Spcnfe-flowered Speedwell. FL July, Sept. England. PL 

 | to 1 foot. 



27 V. CLC'SII (Schott. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 94.) 

 tomentose from pedicellate glands; leaves toothed : radical ones 



