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SCROPHULARINE^E. LXVI. VERONICA. 



ovate, running into the petioles : cauline ones lanceolate, petio- 

 late ; bracteas and calyxes ciliated. 1. H. Native of Hun- 

 gary, Bohemia, Austria, and Denmark. V. spicata, var. a, 2. 

 Scop. earn. ed. 2d. p. 17. Poll. pal. no. 7. Schultes, fl. austr. 

 ed. 2d. p. 7. V. hybrids, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 8. V. spicata, 

 Vahl, fl. dan. t. 52. ? Raceme usually solitary, spicate, dense. 

 Flowers blue, or purple. This is probably only a variety of V. 

 spicata, clothed with viscid glandular pubescence. 



Clusms's Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1822. PI. \ to 

 1 foot. 



28 V. HY'BRIDA (Lin. spec. p. 14.) leaves unequally and 

 bluntly crenated, and are, as well as the stem, villous and canes- 

 cent ; radical ones petiolate, ovate : cauline ones nearly sessile, 

 elliptic-oblong ; braeteas linear, longer than the calyxes. If. . 

 H. Native of Europe, on the mountains ; in England, at the 

 sides of mountains, rare ; on Craig Wreidhin, Montgomeryshire ; 

 on Humphrey Head, a steep rock near Cartmell Wells, Lan- 

 cashire. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 60. Willd. spec. 1. p. 50. enum. 

 1. p. 16, and in Schrad. diar. bot. 1799. t. 3. Baumg. fl. 

 trans. 1. p. 19. Ray. syn. p. 278. t. 11. f. 1. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 673. good. Schrad. ver. p. 22. fl. germ. 1. p. 17. V. 

 Barrelieri, Schott, ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 94. V. 

 spicata minor, Vaill. par. t. 33. f. 7. V. spicata, D. C. fl. fr. 

 no. 2408. Barrel, icon. t. 682. Leaves all obtuse. Raceme 

 spicate, solitary, or few together. Bracteas and calyxes ciliated. 

 Flowers blue, or purple. There is a variety of this with nume- 

 rous spicate racemes. 



Hybrid Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. England. PI. i to 1 

 foot. 



29 V. CONFU'SA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 95.) leaves 

 opposite : lower ones cordate : superior ones ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, doubly and unequally serrated, and are, as well as 

 the stem, clothed with soft canescent pubescence ; segments of 

 corolla divaricate, acuminated; capsules pilose. 2. H. Na- 

 tive country unknown. Said to be nearly allied to V. compli- 

 cata. Young leaves soft : adult ones more rough : lower ones 

 petiolate : superior ones almost sessile. Calycine segments 

 pilose, ciliated. Racemes spicate, usually solitary. 



Confused Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 foot. 



30 V. LONGIFLO'RA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 95.) leaves 

 cordate-lanceolate, sharply and unequally serrated, almost gla- 

 brous ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx, which is 

 small and unequal. 1|. H. Native country unknown. Plant 

 downy at top ; petioles ciliated. Leaves cuneiform : superior 

 ones having the teeth tipped with red. Pedicels and calyxes 

 downy. Corolla lilac ; lube \\ line long. Capsule obcordate, 

 pilose. 



Long-Jlonercd Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 li foot. 



31 V. POLYSTA'CHYA (Link, enum. 1. p. 23.) leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate, acute, serrated, downy ; spiciferous branches 

 crowded ; flowers nearly s'essile. I/ . H. Native country un- 

 known. V. corymbosa, Hort. Plant downy. Leaves serrated 

 even to the top, with a reflexed acumen. Lower bracteas 

 longer than the flowers. Flowers small, pale blue. Racemes 

 crowded in a corymbose manner at the tops of the branches, 

 comose. 



Many-spiked Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



32 V. RUTHE'NICA (Hort. vind. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 1. p. 96.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrated; bracteas 

 length of calyxes ; calyx unequal ; capsule a little longer than 

 the calyx. %. H. Native country unknown, being gathered 

 in the botanic garden of Vienna. Very like V. arguta, but the 

 leaves are serrated to the apex. Flowers blue, or purple. 



Russian Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 foot. 



33 V. VILLO'SA (Schrad. ver. p. 13. t. 1. f. 3.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, serrated, and are, as well as the stems, villous and 

 canescent. 1. H. Native country unknown. Willd. enum. 

 1. p. 361. Poir. encycl. 8. p. 513. Stems ascending. Leaves 

 reflexed at top, thickish, wrinkled, and shining above : lower 

 ones ovate, obtuse : the rest ovate-oblong, acutish, tapering 

 into the petioles. Racemes spicate, long for the size of the 

 plant, erectish, often flexuous. Flowers blue, or purple, also 

 white. Capsule a little higher than the calyx. This species 

 has been joined by Willd. and Mart, with V. crenulata. 



Villous Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 to l 

 foot. 



34 V. LUXU'RIANS (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 211. fl. alt. p. 

 27.) stem pilose ; leaves smoothish, petiolate, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, rounded at the base, acutely and simply serrated : serra- 

 tures nearly equal ; bracteas about equal in length to the pedi- 

 cels ; calyx 4-cleft, spreadingly reflexed, unequal. If. . H. 

 Native of Siberia, near Irkutch. Leaves 4 inches long, or 

 longer. Racemes 3 or more. Corolla blue. 



Luxuriant Speedwell. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



35 V. LiNARijEFoLiA (Pall, in herb. Willd. Link, jahrb. 1-3. 

 p. 35.) leaves opposite, linear, gradually attenuated, long-acu- 

 minated, remotely serrated ; bracteas longer than the pedicels. 

 3. H. Native of Siberia. V. angustifolia, Fisch. hort. gorenk. 

 Link, enum. 1. p. 19. Stem angular, with a few scattered 

 hairs. Leaves entire at base and apex, serrated only in the 

 middle. Raceme elongated ; rachis downy. Calyx glabrous, 

 with ciliated segments. Corollas large blue. 



Toadflax-leaved Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



36 V. BRACHYPHY'LLA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 96.) 

 stem downy, simple ; leaves opposite, lanceolate to oblong, gra- 

 dually attenuated at the base, acuminated, serrated, quite entire 

 at the apex : upper ones sub-serrated ; lower bracteas folia- 

 ceous, longer than the pedicels. TJ. . H. Native country un- 

 known. V. brevifolia, Link, enum. 1. p. 21. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 4-5 lines broad. Calyx downy. Corolla blue. 



Short-leaved Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 1 foot. 



37 V. MENTH/EFOLIA (Schott. 1. c.) villous ; leaves unequally 

 crenated : radical ones ovate : cauline ones oblong, acute, peti- 

 olate, quite entire at base and apex ; bracteas linear. If . H. 

 Native of Austria, and on the shores of the Volga. J. Bauh. 

 hist. 3. p. 282. Clus. hist. 347. Flowers racemose, blue, or 

 purple. Schultes had specimens of this plant from the garden 

 at Gorenki, under the name of V. spicata ajfinis. Raceme 

 usually solitary. The segments of the corolla are twisted, as in 

 V. orchidea, but shorter. 



Mint-leaved Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. i 

 to 1 foot. 



38 V. CRASSIFO V LIA (Kit. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 

 96.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, running into the petioles, remote : 

 lower ones crenated : superior ones quite entire ; corolla orchi- 

 deous. 1.H. Native country unknown. Stem red. Leaves 

 rather downy beneath, fleshy. Racemes spicate, solitary, or 

 tern, a foot and more long. Calyx downy, unequal. Bracteas 

 all longer than the calyxes. Corolla violaceous, with twisted 

 segments. Capsule downy. Allied to V. orchidea. 



Thick-leaved Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



39 V. ORCHI'DEA (Crantz, austr. fasc. 4. p. 333, exclusive of 

 the synonymes of Vaill. and Fl. dan.) downy ; leaves deeply 

 serrated : radical ones oblong-ovate, running into the petioles : 

 cauline ones lanceolate, acutish, almost sessile ; segments of 

 corolla lanceolate, twisted a little, exceeding the anthers, y. . 

 H. Native of Austria, Pannonia, and Cape Caucasus, on arid 



