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SCROPHULARINE^:. LXVI. VERONICA. 



Tournefort's Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. 

 creeping. 



97 V. ALLIONI (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 8.) glabrous, creeping, 

 procumbent ; leaves oblong, stiff, shining, slightly crenated ; 

 racemes spicate, crowded ; calyx 4-parted. If. . H. Native of 

 Switzerland, South of France, Italy, on the Alps. Vahl, enum. 

 1. p. 74. Smith, in Lin. trans. 1. p. 190. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 

 463. V. pyrenaica, All. ped. 1. p. 73. no. 265. V. repens, 

 All. spec. 1. t. 4. f. 3. V. officinalis, ft, Lin. This species 

 differs from V. officinalis in the rigidity and smoothness of the 

 parts. Flowers blue, crowded into a short ovate spike. 



Alliom's Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1748. PI. creep- 

 ing. 



98 V. SETI'GERA (D. Don, rar. pi. scot. p. 4.) very hairy ; 

 hairs stiff, glandular ; stems ascending ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, serrated, subcrenated ; racemes elongated ; calyx 4-parted ; 

 capsule abrupt, undivided. If. H. Native of Scotland, in 

 Ayrshire, in heathy parts of Garick. V. hirsuta, Hopk. fl. 

 glott. p. 9. Link, enum. 1. p. 24. Leaves small. Bracteas 

 longer than the flowers. Corolla very pale blue. Capsule 

 ovate, compressed, glabrous. Perhaps only a small hispid va- 

 riety of V. officinalis. 



Setigerous Speedwell. Fl. April, July. Scotland. PI. | 

 foot. 



99 V. MULLERIA'NA (Vest, in litt. ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 108.) leaves elliptic, quite entire, obtuse, 

 hairy, ciliated, on short petioles ; stems short, prostrate, root- 

 ing ; racemes lateral; flowers and capsules erect. If.. II. Na- 

 tive of Upper Styria. Pedicels length of bracteas. Calyx 4- 

 cleft. Nearly allied to V. officinalis, V. Allic-ni, and V. Tourne- 

 fortii, but the flowers are larger. 



Muller's Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. pro- 

 strate. 



100 V. APHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 14.) villous; stems creeping; 

 leaves radical, roundish or oblong, slightly crenated ; peduncles 

 scape-formed, usually 3-flowered. 1.H. Native of the southern 

 alps of Europe. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 68. V. subacaulis, Lam. 

 ill. no. 171.- Seguier, pi. veron. 1. p. 241. t. 3. f. 2. Bocc. 

 mus. t. 10. t. 9. Pluck, aim. t. 114. f. 3. Plant hairy. Scapes 

 1-2 inches long, bearing each 2-4 large blue flowers. Capsule 

 large, violaceous, thrice as long as the calyx, obovate, com- 

 pressed, more or less emarginate, downy. 



Var. ft, Kamtchdtica (Lin. suppl. p. 83.) leaves ovate or ob- 

 long, serrated, hairy ; scapes hairy, 3-5-flowered. 1(..H. Na- 

 tive of Kamtschatka. V. grandiflora, Gaertn. nov. comm. petrop. 

 14. t. 18. f. 1. Racemes lateral, loose. Stem ascending, sto- 

 loniferous. 



Var. y, nudicaulis (Lam. ill. no. 181.) capsule obtuse, not 

 emarginate. 3. H. V. nudicaulis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 11. 



Leafless-stemmed Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1775. 

 PI. | foot. 



101 V. MONTA V NA (Lin. spec. p. 17.) leaves cordate-ovate, 

 petiolate, obtuse, coarsely serrated ; stem and petioles hairy ; 

 racemes elongated, filiform, loose, axillary. I/. H. Native of 

 Europe, in groves ; in Britain, in woods, chiefly in moist calca- 

 reous soil, but not very common. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 68. Jacq. 

 fl. austr. 2. p. 6. t. 109. Fl. dan. t. 1201. Curt. fl. lond. 4. 

 t. 2. Hoffm. fl. germ. t. 1. Poit. et Turpin, fl. par. 1. p. 14. 

 t. 10. Smith, engl. hot. t. 766. V. procumbens, Riv. mon. 

 irr. t. 93. Stems weak, procumbent, rooting at the joints, vil- 

 lous. Leaves usually villous, with generally purplish margins. 

 Corolla pale blue or white, variegated with purplish veins. 

 Calyx 4-parted, unequal. Capsule orbicular, compressed, emar- 

 ginate at both ends, ciliated, didymous ; cells 4-seeded. 



Mountain Speedwell, or Mountain Madwort. Fl. June, July. 

 Britain. PI. prostrate. 



102 V. CHAMJE'DRYS (Lin. spec. 17.) downy or hairy; leaves 

 deeply and unequally serrated : lower ones petiolate, ovate : 

 upper ones cordate-ovate, sessile ; stems bifariously pilose, 

 creeping at the base ; racemes axillary, exceeding the stems. 

 If.. H. Native of Europe, common on dry banks, and in 

 groves, meadows, pastures, and hedges. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 77. 

 Lam. ill. t. 13. f. 1. Curt. fl. lond. 1. t. 2. Martyn, fl. rust, 

 t. 66. St. Hil. pi. fr. t. 8. Smith, engl. bot. 623. Fl. dan. 

 t. 448. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 13. t. 9. Svensk, bot. t. 

 239. Teucrium V. Clus. hist. p. 350. Riv. mon. irr. t. 94. 

 ChameeMrys, Brunsf. herb. 1. p. 125. f. 1. Herb pale green. 

 Stems more or less ascending, 1-2 feet long. Flowers large, 

 blue, rarely flesh-coloured or white. Calyx 4-cleft, lanceolate. 

 Capsule compressed, obcordate, shorter than the calyx. There 

 are many varieties of this plant. Some take this for the true 

 German Forget-me-not. 



Var. ft, lamiifblia ; leaves cordate, cuneated at the base, ob- 

 tuse : lower ones sessile, the rest petiolate. I/ . H. Native 

 country unknown. V. lamiifolia, Hayne, in mag. amic. hist. nat. 

 berol. 7. (1805.) p. 132. V. Rudolphiana, Hayne, 1. c. p. 133. 



Germander Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. \ to I 

 foot. 



103 V. MICRA'NTHA (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. p. 286. t. 57.) 

 downy and canescent, soft ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, coarsely crenated, hairy ; racemes axillary ; flowers rather 

 crowded. if.. H. Native of Portugal. V. Teucrium, Brot. 

 fl. lus. 1. p. 13. V. mollis, Zea. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 

 1. p. 112. V. mollissima, Hort. Hairs of plant curled. Brac- 

 teas linear, longer than the pedicels. Calycine segments 4, 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly equal. Corolla small, white, with a 

 purplish ring in the throat. Capsule compressed, emarginate, 

 shorter than the calyx, with ciliated edges. Very like V. cha- 

 mcB^drys ; but the flowers are smaller, and the whole plant hoary. 



Small-flowered Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 

 i foot. 



104 V. PLICA'TA (Pohl, tent. fl. boh. p. 15. f. 1.) leaves cor- 

 date-ovate, plicate, deeply toothed, clothed with white hairs as 

 well as the stems ; racemes axillary, alternate ; flowers imbri- 

 cate, nearly sessile. If.. H. Native of Bohemia, on hills. V. 

 pilosa, Schmidt, 1. p. 17. Willd. spec. 1. p. 66. Root creep- 

 ing. Stem bifariously pilose. Lower leaves petiolate : upper 

 ones sessile. Calyx unequal. Bracteas linear, length of pedi- 

 cels. Flowers blue. 



Plicate Speedwell. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. | to 

 foot. 



105 V. UMBROSA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 11. fl. ross. 1. t. 7.) 

 lower leaves ovate, coarsely serrated : superior ones oblong, 

 subserrated ; racemes lateral, few-flowered ; stems creeping ; 

 calyx nearly equal in length to the corolla. If. H. Native of 

 Tauria, in woods about Karassubasar. Plant loosely tufted. 

 Pedicels elongated. Corolla showy. The leaves of sterile 

 branches are sometimes nearly entire. 



Shaded Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



106 V. PEDUNCULA'RIS (Bieb. casp. 126. append, no. 2. fl. 

 cauc. 1. p. 11.) downy; leaves ovate, deeply and doubly ser- 

 rated; racemes loose; stem hairy, with 2 more dense rows of 

 hairs ; pedicels capillary, twice as long as the bracteas. I/ . H. 

 Native of Caucasus, in shady groves. V. pedunculata, Vahl, 

 enum. 1. p. 77. Pers. ench. 1. p. 12. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 26. 

 t. 41. f. 1. Flowers blue. This plant differs from V. Chama^- 

 drys in the stems being villous all over, and also having 2 lines 

 of more dense hairs ; in the leaves being more villous on both 

 surfaces, and more deeply cut, in the pedicels being slender and 

 elongated, and in the calycine segments being blunter. 



Var. ft; stems flaccid; leaves more deeply cut. 1(. H. 

 Native of Caucasus, in groves. 



