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SCROPHULARINE.E. LXVI. VERONICA. 



Pale Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 to 1$ 

 foot. 



SECT. III. SERPYLLIFOLIA (from Serpyllium, Wild Thyme ; 

 and folium, a leaf; in reference to the small leaves of the spe- 

 cies.) Capsules ovate or obovate, usually emarginate, com- 

 pressed. Seeds compressed. Leaves small, opposite. Racemes 

 terminal, elongated, or corymbose, few-flowered. Small, alpine, 

 erect, creeping, or trailing plants. 



50 V. BELLIDIOI'DES (Lin. spec. p. 15.) leaves obovate, cre- 

 nated, and are, as well as the stems, which are simple and 

 ascending, hairy ; cauline leaves remote, few ; racemes corym- 

 bose, hairy, few-flowered; capsules obovate, hairy. 1. H. 

 Native of Switzerland and the Pyrenees, on the alps. Vahl, 

 enum. 1. p. 61. Lapeyr. pi. pyr. p. 6. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 2414. 

 Hall. helv. no. 543. t. 15. f. 1. The whole plant is clothed 

 with articulated hairs. Leaves crenated from the middle to the 

 apex, half stem-clasping at the base. Calyxes nearly equal. 

 Corollas blue, with a white throat. Radical leaves rosulate. 



Daisy-leaved Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1775. PI. | 

 to J foot. 



51 V. BAUMGARTE'NII (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 100.) 

 erect, glabrous ; lower leaves opposite, sessile, oval, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrated : upper ones alternate, half stem-clasping, 

 linear-lanceolate ; corymbs dichotomous ; pedicels filiform, 

 erectly spreading, 1 -flowered; segments of the calyx equal; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx, pale blue. "If.. H. Native 

 of Transylvania, in the fissures of rocks on the alps. V. petrae'a, 

 Baumg. trans. 1. p. 21. no. 27. 



Baum gar ten's Speedwell. PI. 5 foot. 



52 V. NUMMULA'RIA (Gouan, ill. 1. t. 1. f. 2. exclusive of the 

 synonymes) stem downy or smoothish ; leaves obovate-orbicu- 

 lar, tapering into the petioles, crowded, entire, or obsoletely 

 crenated ; racemes short, few-flowered, crowded ; calycine seg- 

 ments obtuse, ciliated ; stem prostrate, fruticulose. I? . H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2413. V. saxatilis, 

 fi, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 63. Willd. spec. 1. p. 62. V. strictiflora, 

 Lapeyr. abr. p. 6. no. 8. fl. pyr. t. 51. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes and figure, but not the diagnosis. Flowers nearly ses- 

 sile, pale blue. Lower segments of corolla cuneiform, obtuse, 

 the other 3 linear. Leaves decussate, imbricated. 



Money-wort-leaved. Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. prostrate. 



53 V. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 742.) procumbent ; leaves 

 almost sessile, opposite, ovate, bluntly serrated, downy ; spikes 

 axillary and terminal ; calycine segments obtuse, Native of 

 Java, on Mount Gede, and elsewhere. 



Jam Speedwell. PL procumbent. 



54 V. NU'TANS (Bongard. mem. acad. imp. st. petersb. 2. p. 

 157.) stems simple, nutant at apex ; leaves sessile, ovate, ser- 

 rated, acutish ; capsule nearly glabrous, about equal in length 

 to the calyx ; corymbs terminal. 3. H. Native of the Island 

 of Sitcha. Stem downy. Leaves opposite, half stem-clasping, 

 downy, about 4 on a stem. Bracteas and calyxes pilose ; seg- 

 ments of calyx nearly equal. Corolla small, blue, unequal. 

 Capsule ovate, emarginate. Nearly allied to F. Stelleri; but 

 differs in the flowers being smaller ; in the stems being nutant ; 

 and in the capsule being nearly glabrous, not pilose ; and in the 

 corolla being glabrous inside. 



Nodding-stemmed Speedwell. PI. 5 to ^ foot. 



55 V. DENSIFLORA (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 125. fl. alt. 1. 

 p. 34.) stem fruticulose, bifariously pilose ; leaves sessile, ellip- 

 tic, densely serrated, obtuse, smoothish, ciliated at the base ; 

 racemes terminal, crowded, subcapitate ; bracteas and calyxes 

 articulately pilose ; calyx 5-parted : the fifth segment very 

 short. 7J.. H. Native of Altaia, on the tops of the alps, at the 

 river Koksun (Ledeb.) ; and at the rivers Aigulac, Kurai, and 



Tschuja (Bunge) ; and on the mountains of Farbagatai (Sievers). 

 V. alpina, Siev. in Pall. fl. nord. beytr. 7. Bracteas twice as 

 long as the pedicels. Corolla large for the size of the plant, 

 pale blue. Nearly allied to V. nummularia and V. capitata. 

 Dense-flowered Speedwell. PI. 5 to \ foot. 



56 V. CAPITA'TA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 45.) 

 pilose; stem simple; leaves sessile, ovate-roundish, a little 

 toothed ; raceme terminal, crowded, capitate, articulately pilose ; 

 stamens a little exserted. Tj. . H. Native of Kanaour, Royle. 

 Flowers double the size of those of V. alpina. Capsules not 

 seen. 



Capitate-fiowered Speedwell. PI. small. 



57 V. ALPI'NA (Lin. spec. p. 15.) glabrous; leaves sessile, 

 elliptic-ovate, obtuse, quite entire or subserrated ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, subspicate, articulately pilose ; calyxes hairy ; stamens 

 shorter than the corolla ; capsules oval, emarginate ; stems 

 tufted, simple. 1. H. Native of the alps of Europe; in 

 Scotland, on the margins of rivulets on the highest mountains ; 

 in the Himalaya, at Peer Pungal, Royle. Smith, fl. brit. 1. p. 

 18. engl. bot. 484. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 64. Lapeyr, abr. p. 7. 

 Oed. fl. dan. 16. Hall. helv. no. 544. t. 15. f. 2. Stem 

 sometimes furnished with articulated hairs. Corollas blue. 

 Capsule ovate, emarginate, downy. The Asiatic plant is rather 

 more villous than the European, but otherwise similar. 



Var. a, alpina ; leaves elliptic, ovate, obtuse, quite entire. 

 If. . H. Native of the North of Europe, on the alps ; as of 

 Lapland, Denmark, Britain, and Switzerland. V. alpina, Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 484. fl. dan. t. 16. Lin. fl. suec. no. 13. fl. lapp. 

 p. 7. t. 9. f. 4. Hall. helv. t. 15. f. 2. 



Far. j3, pumila ; leaves elliptic-ovate, acutish, serrated. If. . 

 H. Native of Piedmont. V. pumila, All. pedem. 1. p. 75. t. 

 22. f. 5. spec. 1. p. 19. t. 13. f. 3. V. P6na>, var. , Lapeyr. ? 

 Hall. helv. 1. p. 235. 1. 15. f. 2. V. Teticrium Etscherianum, 

 Crantz, p. 337. 



Far. y, integrifolia ; leaves elliptic-ovate, obtuse, quite entire. 

 y.. H. Native of Transylvania, Silesia, and Salisburgh, on the 

 alps. V. integrifolia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 63. Pers. ench, 1. p. 

 12. Braune, salisb. no. 12. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 21. V. 

 alpina, Krock. fl. siles. t. 3. 



Far. S, Schultesii ; leaves almost quite entire : lower ones 

 roundish : superior ones ovate. If. . H. V. alpina, var. c, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 101. 



Far. e, rotundifblia ; leaves serrated : lower ones ovate- 

 roundish : superior ones ovate, y.. H. Native of Salisburgh. 

 V. rotundif olia, Braune, salisb. no. 15. t. 2. V. pygmse'a, 

 Braune, 1. c. no. 11. f. 1. V. saxatilis, ft, nummularia, Poir. 

 diet. 



Far.!-; smaller, very hairy; leaves alternate, acute, nearly 

 linear, y.. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. abr. p. 4. 



Alpine Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 5 to 5 

 foot. 



58 V. GRANDIFOLIA (Vest, in litt. ex Rcem. et Schultes, ]. 

 munt. 1. p. 103.) stems firm, villous, prostrate; leaves sessile, 

 ovate-oblong, smoothish : superior ones toothed : middle ones 

 nearly one half the length of the stem ; spike oblong-cylindrical ; 

 corolla exceeding the calyx a little ; bracteas about equal in 

 length to the calyx, y.. H. Native of the Tyrol, on the alps 

 of Zillerthal. Leaves lj inch long, and more. From the axils 

 of the upper leaves rise short few-flowered racemes. 



Great-leaved Speedwell. PI. 5 to g foot. 



59 V. EUPHRASLKFOLIA (Link, jahrb. 3. p. 41.) stems creep- 

 ing, downy at top ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, serrately cre- 

 nated, glabrous ; racemes few-flowered : pedicels elongated ; 

 calycine segments ovate, glabrous. 1.H. Native of Persia, 

 on Mount Ghilan. V. thymifolia, Willd. herb. Plant slender. 



Euphrasia- leaved Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



60 V. THYMIFOLIA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 1. t. 6. prod. 1. 



