SCROPHULAR1NEJE. LXVI. VERONICA. 



573 



Var. y ; humble, prostrate ; leaves small, obtuse, crenated. 

 %. H. Native of Caucasus, on rocks; and about Chinalug. 

 V. neraorum, Pall. Very like V. petrt&a. Bracteas all 

 toothed. 



Peduncular Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. PI. | 

 to 1 foot. 



107 V. FETBi'A (Stev. in mem. mosc. vol. 3. p. 250, and 5. 

 p. 340.) stems creeping, much branched, prostrate, densely 

 leafy ; leaves elliptic, obtuse, subcrenated, and are, as well as 

 the stems, hairy ; racemes subcorymbose, many-flowered ; pe- 

 dicels filiform, longer than the calyx, which is 4-parted. If. . H. 

 Native of Caucasus, on the alps of Schuchdagh and Tyfendagh ; 

 also in stony places about the Terek. Bieb. suppl. cauc. p. 12. 

 V. peduncularis, y, Bieb. fl. cane. 1. p. 27. Capsule hispid, 

 obcordate, a little shorter than the calyx. This plant differs 

 from the preceding in all its parts being pubescent, in the leaves 

 being smaller and much firmer, and narrower, in the stems being 

 short and prostrate. Calyx nearly equal. Corolla blue. 



Rock Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. prostrate. 



108 V. PILOSA (Lin. spec. p. append. 1663. syst. 59. Willd. 

 spec. 1 . p. 66.) leaves ovate, obtuse, plicate, deeply toothed ; 

 racemes axillary ; stems prostrate, bifariously pilose. TJ.. H. 

 Native of Bohemia. See Smith in Lin. trans. 1. p. 191. 

 Lower leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, pilose ; lower 

 teeth elongated. Bracteas pilose, longer than the pedicels. 

 Calyx unequal. Segments of corolla acute, connivent. Leaves 

 smaller than those of V. Chamcedryt. This is a very doubtful 

 plant, and probably only a variety of V. Chanue*drys, or V. 

 prostrata, or V. plicata. 



Pilose Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. PI. pros- 

 trate. 



109 V. MIM; V TA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 105.) rather pilose; 

 stems filiform, branched, diffuse ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, crenated or quite entire ; racemes lateral, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels capillary, longer than the bracteas, which are spatulate ; 

 calyx 4-parted, with obtuse segments ; capsule reniform : lobes 

 orbicular. 11 . H. Native of the alpine regions of Caucasus, 

 in stony places. Said to be nearly allied to V. pilosa. 



Minute Speedwell. Pi. diffuse. 



110 V. CA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 401. Benth. scroph. ind. p. 

 45.) procumbent at the base ; stem pilose, or woolly ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, deeply crenated, hoary from hairs, at length 

 glabrous ; racemes few, axillary and terminal ; calyx unequally 

 4-parted : capsule broadly and rhomboidally dilated, entire. 

 I/. H. Native of Gosainsthan, and Nipaul, Wall.; Kanaour, 

 Koyle. 



Hoary Speedwell. PI. procumbent. 



111 V. DELTI'GERA (Wall. cat. no. 402. Benth. scroph. 

 ind. p. 45.) procumbent at the base ; stem glabrous, bifariously 

 woolly under the leaves ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, cre- 

 nately serrated, glabrous ; racemes few, alternate, downy ; 

 calyx 4-parted ; immature capsules rhomboidally dilated, emar- 

 ginate. 1i. H. Native at Gosainsthau, Wall. ' 



Delia-bearing Speedwell. PI. proc. 



112 V. LA'XA (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 45.) sparingly pilose; 

 leaves nearly sessile, ovate, or ovate-oblong, deeply serrated, 

 rather pilose ; racemes alternate ; calyx 4-parted ; capsule 

 roundish, emar^inate, hairy. ^J.H. Native of the Himalaya, 

 at Kidarkonta, Royle. 



Loose-fluttered Speedwell. PI. 



113 V. PC'RSHII ; glabrous, creeping; leaves reniformly 

 cordate, deeply crenated ; racemes spicate, lateral, pedunculate, 

 short, oblong ; calyx 5-clefi, unequal. "%.. H. Native on the 

 banks of the Missouri. V. reniformis, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. 

 p. 10, but not of Rafin. Leaves on long petioles. Stem creep- 

 ing, rooting at the joints. Peduncles alternate, length of leaves. 



Bracteas oblong, crenated. Flowers large, crowded, pale blue. 

 Filaments length of corolla. 



Punk's Speedwell. PI. creeping. 



114 V. ACUTIFLORA (Lapeyr. abr. suppl. p. 7. Roem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 1. p. 112.) pilose; leaves linear, obtuse: lower 

 ones deeply serrated, pilose : upper ones lanceolate, nearly en- 

 tire, rugose ; racemes elongated ; segments of corolla acumi- 

 nated, %.. H. Native of Tolosa, at La Fontaine d'amour, 

 among rushes. Pedicels longer than the bracteas. Corollas 

 red. Very nearly allied to /". Chamce'drys and V. pilosa. 



Acute-pottered Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. 

 1 foot. 



115 V. MicHAr/xii (Lam. ill. no. 163. Poir. encycl. 8. p. 

 532.) stems a little fistular, clothed with clammy villi ; leaves 

 half stem-clasping, oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, smooth ; ra- 

 cemes spicate, short, on axillary, stiff peduncles ; calyx 4-cleft : 

 segments ovate, acutish. ]/ . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Leaves lj inch long, and 6 lines broad. Corollas middle sized. 



Michaux't Speedwell. PI. i to A foot. 



1 16 V. DEPACPERA'TA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. S. p. 273. t. 

 245.) creeping and ascending, pilose ; leaves obovate, obtuse, 

 subserrated ; peduncles axillary, subracemose ; calyx 4, rarely 

 3-5-cleft. %. H. Native of Hungary and Liptavia, on calca- 

 reous rocks. Corolla blue, upper segments emarginate. Cap- 

 sule obcordate-ovate. Probably the V. aphylla, var. /3, Baumg. 

 trans. 1. p. 22, of which he gives the following diagnosis. 

 Sterile stems creeping ; leaves crowded in a rosulate manner at 

 apex, hairy, subdentate ; scapes half an inch high, hairy, very 

 simple, leafy at the base, ascending, terminating in 2-3-flowered 

 racemes ; pedicels a little drooping in the flower-bearing state ; 

 bracteas oblong, bluntish. Corolla pale blue. Calyx unequally 

 4-parted. 



Impoverished Speedwell. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1823. PL 

 creeping. 



117 V. SYRI'ACA (Rm. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 116.) erect ; 

 leaves ovate, serrated : lower ones petiolate : superior ones ses- 

 sile ; pedicels spreading, 3 times longer than the bracteas ; cap- 

 sule ciliated. Q. H. Native of Syria, near Damascus, on a 

 mountain called Dgebelcher. V. pedunculata, Labill. pi. syr. 

 dec. 5. p. 8. t. 5. f. 2, exclusive of the synonymes of Buxb. 

 and Bieb. Leaves subciliated. Pedicels rather pilose, 2 to 4 

 times longer than the bracteas, which are lanceolate and ciliated. 

 Calycine segments equal, obtuse. Capsule compressed. 



Syrian Speedwell. PI. | to f foot. 



118 V. DIVARICA'TA (Tausch. bot. zeit. 1821. p. 562.) stem 

 decumbent, bifariously pilose, much branched ; branches oppo- 

 site, divaricate ; leaves all petiolate, cordate, smooth, doubly 

 crenated ; racemes axillary, about equal in length to the stems ; 

 pedicels capillary; calyx 4-parted, nearly equal. 3. H. Na- 

 tive of Savoy, in shady valleys, particularly at Petersgrund. 

 Root creeping. Leaves pilose, most so beneath, 3 times the 

 size of those of V. Chamoedrys, not wrinkled. Racemes oppo- 

 site. Flowers remote, pale blue, larger than those of V. Chamae'- 

 drys. Pedicels twice as long as the bracteas. 



Dicaricate Speedwell. PI. prostrate. 



119 V. STOLOKI'FERA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1820. ex 

 Linnaea, 3. p. 8.) stolons creeping, hairy ; hairs at length dis- 

 tinct ; leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate, coarsely serrate-toothed, 

 rather hairy ; racemes axillary ; calyx foliaceous, longer than 

 the capsule, y.. H. Native of North America. 



Stoloniferous Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt.? PI. creeping. 



120 V. VA'XIMA (Stev. in mem. mosc. 2. p. 173. Bieb. cauc. 

 3. p. 13.) leaves ovate, almost sessile, coarsely serrated, pilose; 

 racemes lateral ; calyxes and capsules ciliated. Q. H. Native 

 of Iberia, in mountain meadows. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 23. t. 34. 

 Plant hairy. Calyx 4-parted, exceeding the capsule. Corolla 



