SCROPHULARINE^:. LXVI. VERONICA. 



569 



p. C.) stems shrubby, diffuse : leaves elliptic, revohne, hoary, 

 entire ; racemes terminal, capitate or corymbose, solitary ; calyx 

 regular ; lobes of capsule divaricate, y.. H. Native of Can- 

 dia, on the tops of the Spaciotic mountains. Habit of V. fruti- 

 culosa. Bracteas obovate. Corolla blue, with a white tube. 

 Thyme-leafed Speedwell. PI. suffruticose. 



61 V. PAICIFLORA (Kit. ex Link. 1. c.) stems procumbent, 

 downy at top ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong, serrately crenated, 

 acute, glabrous; racemes few-flowered; pedicels elongated; 

 calycine segments ovate, glabrous. If. . H. Native of the 

 Carpathian mountains. Plant slender. 



Fiti'-jionered Speedwell. PI. procumbent. 



62 V. WORMSKIOLDI (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 101.) 

 villous ; leaves ovate, quite entire, obtuse, villous, ciliated ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, short, crowded; stems simple, ascending. If. . 

 H. Native of Greenland. V. villosa, Wormsk. V. alpina, /3, 

 V> ormskio!di, Hook. bot. mag. t. 2975. V. alpina, var. Unalas- 

 chensis, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linneea, 2. p. 556. V. alpina, 

 var. Fl. dan. 1961. ? Stems creeping at bottom, dark purple, 

 beset with long glandular hairs, as well as the calyxes and leaves. 

 Radical leaves crowded : cauline ones sessile. Flowers blue. 



H'ormskioUCs Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. foot. 



63 V. SAXA TILIS (Lin. suppl. 83.) glabrous ; superior leaves 

 oblong-obovate or elliptic, crenulated ; racemes corymbose, 

 few-flowered ; capsules ovate, exceeding the calyx ; stems fruti- 

 culose, diffuse. fj . H. Native throughout Europe, on the 

 alps ; in Scotland, on rocks and stony ground, among the moun- 

 tains. Ben Lawers, Dickson. Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 3. p. 25. 

 Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 6. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 63. ex Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 63. exclusive of var. /3 and y. Lapeyr. abr. p. 6. Baumg. 

 trans. 1 . p. 20. V. fruticulosa, fl. dan. t. 342. Smith, in Lin. 

 trans. 1. p. 190. engl. bot. t. 1027. Pona, bald. 181. f. Mor. 

 hist. 2. p. 318. sect. 3. t. 22. f. 5. Hall. helv. no. 545. /3. 

 This is very like J '. fruticulosa ; but the stems are procumbent; 

 the leaves smaller, and deeper green ; the pedicels longer than 

 the bracteas ; the flowers disposed in corymbose racemes ; the 

 segments of the calyx obtuse ; and the corollas azure blue. The 

 capsule is ovate, compressed, nearly entire, hairy or downy. 



Rock Speedwell. Fl. July. Scotland. PI. prostrate. 



64 V. CRE'TICA (Pall, ex Link, jahrb. 1-3. p. 41.) procum- 

 bent ; leaves linear-spatulate, very scabrous ; racemes short, 

 dense. I/. H. Native of Candia. Allied to /". saxdtilis, but 

 smaller. 



Cretan Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



65 V. FRUTICULOSA (Lin. spec. p. 15.) nearly glabrous ; supe- 

 rior leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, or nearly so : stems erect, fruti- 

 culose, rather downy ; racemes loose, many-flowered, downy ; 

 capsule roundish-ovate, equal in length or shorter than the 

 calyx ; stems erectish. tj . H. Native of Switzerland, Savoy, 

 and the Pyrenees, on the alps ; in Scotland, on Ben Crua- 

 chan, Argyleshire, Rev. Dr. Walker ; Ben Lawers, R. Brown. 



Vahl, enum. 1. p. 62. Wulf, in Jacq. coll. 4. p. 229. t. 

 5. exclusive of Clus. syn. Smith, engl. bot. 1028. Lapeyr. 

 abr. p. 6. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2411. V. frutescens, Scop. earn, 

 no. 20. exclusive of the syn. of Mor. Hall. hist. 1. p. 235. t. 

 10. f. 1. Lower leaves obovate, tapering into the petioles. 

 Corolla pale red, with deeper veins. Capsule hairy. Bracteas 

 at first longer than the pedicels. Segments of calyx obtuse. 

 Seeds compressed. 



fruticulose Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Scotland. PI. i to 

 J foot. 



66 V. LANOSA (Royle, mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 45.) 

 stem woody at the base ; branches tufted, erectish, woolly ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, deeply serrated, glabrous above 

 and hairy beneath ; racemes rather loose ; calyx unequally 4-5- 



VOL. IV. 



parted; capsule ovate, acute in the immature state. Tj . H. 

 Native of Kanaour, Royle. 



Woolly-branched Speedwell. PI. shrubby. 



67 V 7 . MACROSTE'MON (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 1 27. fl. alt. 1 . p. 35.) stems fruticulose, branched ; lower leaves 

 roundish-ovate, quite entire : superior ones oblong, serrulated, 

 villously pubescent ; racemes villous, many-flowered, at length 

 elongated ; capsule downy, twice as long as the calyx, which is 

 5-parted and unequal. H . H. Native of Altaia, on alps at 

 the river Tschuja, among stones. Corollas large, violaceous. 

 Capsule obovate, emarginate. Stamens much exserted. 



Long-stamened Speedwell. PI. j to -j foot. 



68 V. SERPYLLIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 15.) glabrous ; leaves 

 nearly sessile, oblong or ovate, 3-nerved, entire and crenated ; 

 racemes elongated; flowers distant; stems creeping. 1J. H. 

 Native of Europe, Siberia, and North America, in pastures and 

 meadows ; plentiful in all parts of Britain ; in the Himalaya, 

 Royle. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 21. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1075. Fl. 

 dan. t. 492. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 9. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 15. 

 t. 3. Bertol. pi. rar. ital. dec. S. p. 5. Lapeyr. abr. p. 7. 

 Lob. icon. 1. t. 472. f. Riv. mon. t. 99. f. 1. Stem creeping at 

 base, ascending at top, downy. Leaves fleshy, shining, gla- 

 brous. Bracteas shorter than the pedicels. Corolla blue, pale 

 red and white. Capsule obcordate, didymous. compressed. 



Var. ft, tenella ; leaves ovate-roundish. ^/ . H. V. tenella, 

 Flor. wett. and Schmidt, fl. bohem. 



Var. y, neglecta ; leaves 4 in a whorl, y.. H. V. neglecta, 

 Schmidt. 



Yar. S, nummularlcefoUa (Thuil.) If . H. Native of France. 



Var. t, humifusa ; prostrate ; leaves cordate-roundish ; stems 

 creeping. Tf.. H. Native of the Highlands of Scotland, on 

 wet shady rocks ; and on the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland. 

 V. humifusa, Dicks, in Lin. trans. 2. p. 288. Plant downy. 



Var. , hirtuta; hairy; hairs short, crowded. Tf.. H. Na- 

 tive of the Pyrenees. 



Wild- Thyme-leaved Speedwell. Fl. April, July. Britain. 

 PI. creeping. 



69 V. HERNIARIOI'DES (Pourr. cbl. hisp. no. 60. Lapeyr. 

 suppl. abr. p. 4.) leaves obovate, glabrous, quite entire, small : 

 lower ones reflexed ; stems prostrate, scattered, rooting ; ra- 

 ceme terminal, dense, ovate. If. . H. Native of the Pyrenees, 

 at Port de Jacca. Flowers blue, with pale claws. 



Herniaria-like Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



70 V. FONTA'SA (Pall, ex Link, enum. 1. p. 102.) stem 

 creeping, downy ; leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, crenated, gla- 

 brous ; bracteas foliaceous ; pedicels much shorter than the 

 bracteas. y. H. Native of the Island of Unalaschka and 

 Kamtschatka, Pall. 



Fountain Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



71 V. GEBHARDIA'NA (Vest, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. 

 mant. 1. p. 104.) branches prostrate, rooting; leaves elliptic, 

 roundish, quite entire, glabrous : lower ones petiolate ; raceme 

 terminal; flowers and capsules erect. "%.. H. Native on alp 

 Schwarzenstein, in Zillerthal, beside rivulets formed by the 

 melting of ice. Pedicels length of bracteas. Capsule broadly 

 obcordate. 



Gebhard's Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



72 V. TENE LLA (All. pedem. no. 72. t. 22. f. 1.) leaves 

 roundish, a little wrinkled, subcrenated, all petiolate : stems 

 creeping, and are, as well as the calyxes, villous. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Piedmont, Pyrenees, &c. Vabl, enum. 1. p. 65. La- 

 peyr. abr. p. 8. Willd. spec. 1. p. 64. exclusive of the syn. of 

 Dill Pluck, t. 233. f. 4. This is very like V. serpyllifdlia, and 

 probably only a variety of it. Leaves on longer petioles. Flow- 

 ers blue or purple, on long pedicels. 



far. /3 ; stems erectish ; leaves distant ; flowers rose- 

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