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hills. Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 27. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 18. 

 Walil. fl. carp. p. 4. Sims, hot. mag. 2210. V. cristata, 

 Bernh. siber, einig. ehrenpreis, p. 14-21. V. Crantzii, Schultes, 

 obs. hot. no. 16. V. hybrida, Bieb. cauc. p. 8, exclusive of 

 most of the synonymes. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 283. icone. Mor. 

 hist. 2. sect. 3. t. 22. f. 2. bad. V. spicata latifolia, Bauh. pin. 

 p. 246. Habit of V. spicata and V. hybrida. Racemes spicate, 

 dense, usually solitary. Corollas purple or blue. This is a 

 very singular species, from the long twisted segments of the 

 corolla. 



Orchideous-fiovrered Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1819. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



40 V. PON* (Gouan. ill. t. 1. f. 1.) leaves cordate-ovate, 

 sessile, acuminated, and are, as well as the stems, which are 

 quite simple, pilose ; racemes few-flowered ; calyxes downy. 

 I/. H. Native of Mount Baldo, and the Pyrenees. Link, enum. 

 1 . p. 23. Schrad. ver. p. 34, exclusive of /3. V. sempervirens, 

 Lam. fl. fr. ed. 2d. p. 436. V. Gouanii, Moretti, giorn. de fis. 

 5. p. 41. Lower leaves small, roundish, crenated : the rest an 

 inch long, acuminated and coarsely serrated, pale beneath. 

 Bracteas length of pedicels. Flowers distant, size of those of 

 V. chamcedrys, blue. Calyx 5-parted. Capsule swollen a little. 

 Seeds small, very flat. 



far. /3, acutijolia ; leaves acute. If. . H. Lapeyr. pi. pyr. 

 p. 5. 



Var. y, iriloba ; leaves 3-lobed. y. . H. Lapeyr. 1. c. 



Var. S, ramosissima ; branches numerous, axillary. 1J. H. 

 Lapeyr. 1. c. 



Var. t, procerior ; taller, with broader leaves, and a long spi- 

 cate raceme of flowers. 7. H. Lapeyr. 1. c. 



Var. , nana ; dwarf, with large flowers. If. . H. Lapeyr. 1. 

 c. V. pumila, All. pedem. no. 270. t. 22. f. 5. 



Pona's Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. PI. | to 1 

 foot. 



41 V. STELLE'RI (Pall, ex Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 50.) stems 

 simple, hairy ; leaves sessile, cordate, serrately crenated, obtuse; 

 raceme short, corymbose ; bracteas crenated, shorter than the 

 pedicels ; calvx hairy. Tf.H. Native of Kamtschatka. Nearly 

 allied to V . Ponce, but the stems and racemes are shorter, &c. 



Steller's Speedwell. PI. to J foot. 



42 V. GRA'NDIS (Fisch. ex Spreng. neu. entd. 2. p. 122.) 

 leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse, deeply toothed, somewhat pinna- 

 tifid at the base, naked ; raceme elongated ; capsules nearly 

 globose, glabrous. I/ . H. Native of Siberia. Stem usually 

 simple, downy. Calyx nearly equal, 4-cleft. Corollas white ; 

 anthers and pistil flesh-coloured. This species has a habit of 

 those species with lateral racemes, but with the characters of 

 those of the present section. 



Great Speedwell. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



* Leaves always opposite, never verticillate, pinnate, and 

 pinnatifid. Racemes solitary or numerous. 



43 V. PINNA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1st. vol. 1. p. 19.) 

 leaves somewhat fascicled : lower ones pinnate : superior ones 

 pinnatifid and simple : leaflets and segments filiform, divari- 

 cate ; calyx 5-parted. T. H. Native of Siberia. Ait. hort. 

 kew. ed. 1st. vol. 1. p. 19. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 28. Valil, enum. 

 1. p. 61. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 32. Hoffm. in comm. gott. 

 15. p. 130. t. 10. Laxm. act. petrop. 1770. t. 29. f. 1. V. 

 Hispanica, Meerb. t. 11. ex Poir. encycl. 8. p. 513. Amm. 

 ruth. no. 33. Stem ascending, downy, but usually glabrous in 

 the cultivated state. Leaves approximate, very narrow, with 

 unequal segments. Racemes solitary in the spontaneous plant, 

 but many in the cultivated plant. Corollas blue or white. Cap- 

 sule oval. 



Var. j3 ; leaves simple, filiform. Link, jahrb. 1. 3. p. 39. 



Pinnate-leaved Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. 



1 foot. 



44 V. SESSILIFLORA (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 126. 

 fl. alt. 1. p. 32.) leaves oblong, cuneated at the base, tapering 

 into the petioles, pectinately pinnatifid, with entire bluntish seg- 

 ments ; superior leaves linear, quite entire, and are, as well as 

 the stem, downy ; spike usually solitary, dense ; flowers exactly 

 sessile. If.. H. Native of Altaia, in sterile places at the rivers 

 Kurai and Tschuja. The whole plant villously pubescent. 

 Bracteas exceeding the calyxes. Calyx 4-parted, rather une- 

 qual. Corollas blue. 



Sesstie-Jknvered Speedwell. PI. ^ foot. 



45 V. INCISA (Ait. 1. c.) leaves somewhat fascicled, petiolate, 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid : segments almost entire ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate. 1{. H. Native of Siberia. Vahl, enum. 1. 

 p. 61. Schrad. comm. ver. p. 33. Lodd. bot. cab. 1597. 

 Stem downy. Racemes numerous, never solitary. Leaves 

 cuneated at the base. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Corollas blue or 

 white. 



Cut-leaved Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1397. PI. 1 to 



2 feet. 



46 V. LACINIA'TA (Ait. 1. c.) leaves somewhat fascicled, on 

 short petioles, lanceolate, pinnatifid : segments quite entire, un- 

 equal, linear, or lanceolate ; calycine segments oblong-ovate. 

 l/.H. Native of Siberia. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 60. Willd. 

 enum. 1. p. 19. V. spuria, Junghans, icon. rar. C. L. f. 2. 

 Veronicastrum laciniatum, Moench. Stem downy. Leaves 

 spreadingly deflexed. Racemes usually solitary, about a foot 

 long, loose. Bracteas equal in length, or exceeding the calyxes. 

 Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Flowers blue, or purple. Capsule 

 equalling the calyx in length. 



Jagged-le&veA Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1780. PL 

 2 feet. 



47 V. SUBLACINIA'TA ; rather downy ; leaves opposite or 3-4 

 in a whorl, subfascicled, ovate-lanceolate, shining above, so 

 deeply and doubly toothed as to be almost pinnatifid ; calyx 4- 

 cleft, unequal. If.. H. Native country unknown. Corolla 

 purplish-blue. V. maritima, Lin. herb. 



Somen>hat-jagged-\eaL\ed Speedwell. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. ? 

 PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



SECT. II. GBNTIANOIDES (from gentiana, gentian ; and idea, 

 form ; in reference to the appearance of the plants.) Capsule 

 swollen, emarginate. Seeds large, flat, oblique, somewhat 

 saucer-shaped. Leaves opposite, connate, or sheathing at the 

 base, smooth and glossy. Racemes usually solitary, terminal, 

 elongated, loose. 



48 V. GENTIANOIDES (Vahl, symb. 1. p. 1. enum. 1. p. 62.) 

 radical leaves oblong, crenated : cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 with cartilaginous edges, crenated at top, and narrowed at the 

 base : uppermost leaves acute, quite entire ; stems simple, as- 

 cending ; upper segment of corolla smaller than the lateral 

 ones. I/ . H. Native of Tauria, Cappadocia, and Armenia. 

 Vent. malm. t. 86. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1002. Sibth. et Smith, 

 fl. graec. 1. p. 5. t. 5. V. Buxbaumiana, Pall. ind. tanr. ex 

 Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 9. Buxb. cent. l.t. 35. Stem glabrous 

 at bottom. Leaves rather downy, obscurely 3-nerved. Brac- 

 teas villous. Calycine segments unequal. Flowers pale blue. 



Gentian-like Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. PI. 1 

 to 3 feet. 



49 V. PA'LLIDA (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 17.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, subserrated ; superior segment of corolla larger than 

 the lateral ones ; stem ascending. If. H. Native country un- 

 known, V. olympicum, Pall.? Very like the preceding; but 

 the leaves are much thinner and narrower, length of internodes, 

 not twice their length, as in that species. Flowers distant, pale 

 blue. 



