574 



SCROPHULARINE^E. LXVI. VERONICA. 



small, blue, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule compressed, 

 obcordate. 



Largest Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



121 V. URTIC^FOLIA (Lin. syst. p. 60.) erect, pilose; leaves 

 sessile, cordate-ovate, acute, coarsely serrated ; racemes lateral, 

 slender, few-flowered. TJ. . H. Native of the South of Europe, 

 in shady places, and of Bithynia. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 77. D. 

 C. fl. fr. no. 2388. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 37. t. 59. Bertol. 

 amcen. p. 324. Guss. pi. rar. p. 5. V. galeopsifolia, Gilib. 

 V. latifolia, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 441, exclusive of the syn. of Vill. 

 but not of Lin. V. circaeoides, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 

 7. V. maxima, Dalech. hist. 1165. f. 1. Mor. hist. 2. p. 322. 

 sect. 3. t. 23. f. 18. Buxb. cent. 2. p. 23. t. 34. Stems simple. 

 Leaves with rufescent nerves, those in the middle of the stem 

 broad. Pedicels longer than the branches. Calyx 4 -parted, 

 equal. Corollas small, red, or pink. This species has much 

 the habit of a species of Circce'a. 



Nettle-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1776. PI. 

 | to 1 foot. 



122 V. MELissjEFOLiA (Poir. encycl. 8. p. 526.) leaves sessile, 

 subcordate-ovate, crenately cut, downy beneath ; racemes spi- 

 cate, lateral, opposite. !{.. H. Native country unknown. 

 Stem erect, downy, slender. Leaves obtuse, an inch long, and 

 10 lines broad. Bracteas ovate, hardly the length of the calyx. 

 Calyx equal. Corollas small, pale blue, or white. Capsule 

 glabrous, obcordate. Seeds red. 



Balm-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 1 foot. 



123 V. VESTIA'NA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 

 111.) stems hoary, villous ; leaves coarsely serrated, petiolate : 

 cauline ones ovate : rameal ones oblong ; style thicker than the 

 filaments ; racemes spicate, elongated ; bracteas filiform, ex- 

 ceeding the calyxes a little, y. . H. Native country unknown. 

 V. melissaefolia, Vest, in litt. Leaves entire at the base, usu- 

 ally subcordate. Calyx rather unequal. 



Vest's Speedwell. PI. 1 foot. 



124 V. PKOSTRA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 17.) canescent and pubes- 

 cent ; leaves sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrated : superior ones 

 lanceolate, flat ; racemes axillary, opposite, elongated ; flori- 

 ferous stems ascending: barren ones prostrate. 1. H. Na- 

 tive of Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, on hills. Vahl, enum. 

 1. p. 75. Mcench. hass. t. 1. V. Teucrium, (3, Savi, bot. 

 etrusc. 1. p. 12. V. canescens, Bastard, suppl. fl. Main et 

 Loire, p. 21. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 287, with a good figure. Flow- 

 ers blue. Capsule compressed, glabrous. Calyx unequal, 

 nearly glabrous. 



Far. ft, minor (Riv. mon. t. 95.) plant smaller. 



Var. y, satureijolia (Poit. et Turp. fl. par. p. 22.) racemes 

 exceeding the prostrate stems : lower leaves oblong, serrated at 

 top : middle ones subdenticulated : the rest linear, and quite 

 entire. 



Var. $, alba ; flowers white, wrinkled. 



Prostrate Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1774. PI. pros. 



125 V. TEU'CRIUM (Lin. spec. p. 16.) downy; lower leaves 

 ovate-oblong, half stem-clasping, obtuse, coarsely serrated : 

 superior leaves sessile, narrower, serrated ; racemes axillary, 

 opposite, on long peduncles ; stems ascending, or prostrate. 1. 

 H. Native of Italy, Switzerland, Germanv, in argillaceous soil. 

 Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76. Schmidt, fl. bohem'. p. 16. D. C. fl. fr. 

 2290. Lodd. bot. cab. 425. Lob. icon. 473. Veronica mon- 

 tana, Riv. mon. t. 95. Pall. itin. 2. p. 522. V. Teucrium, var. 

 intermedia, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 40. V. latifolia, /3, minor, Schrad. 

 fl. germ. 1. p. 36. Raceme^ rather dense. Calyx 4-5-parted, 

 unequal. Corollas blue, larger than those of V. latifolia. 

 Capsule compressed, emarginate, nearly glabrous, slightly cili- 



ated, shorter than the unequal calyx. There is in gardens a 

 stifFer variety, with rather broader leaves, and having capsules 

 longer than the calyx. V. florida, of Schmidt, fl. boh. cent. 1. 

 p. 23, is probably also a variety of this, but the stems are said 

 to be bifariously pilose, and the leaves equally serrated. 



Germander-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1596. 

 PI. 1 to 11 foot. 



126 V. CHAI'XI (Lapeyr. pyr. abr. suppl. 1. p. 6.) leaves 

 sessile, wrinkled, elongated, deeply toothed ; racemes lateral ; 

 calyx 4-parted, unequal. 1J. H. Native of the Pyrenees, on 

 the Pic de Gerard. V. latifolia, y, dubia, Lapeyr. abr. p. 9. V. 

 dubia, Chaix, herb, et fl. fr. no. 2395. Plant smaller than V. 

 latifolia. Leaves narrower, more acute ; calyxes and bracteas 

 more elongated. The whole plant pilose. Flowers large, blue. 



Var. ft, minor (Lapeyr. 1. c.) leaves obtuse, somewhat pinna- 

 tifid at the base. 1. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 



Chaix's Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 foot. 



127 V. LUTETIA'NA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 

 109.) leaves lanceolate, quite glabrous, a little toothed, obtuse; 

 racemes lateral, very long. 2/ . H. Native country unknown. 

 V. nitida, Hort. par. ex Poir. suppl. 5. p. 467, but not of 

 Ehrh. Perhaps only a variety of V. Teucrium, having the stems 

 hardly downy, and the leaves deep green and shining, and 

 almost entire. Corollas pale blue. Capsule glabrous, com- 

 pressed. 



Lutetian Speedwell. PI. 1 foot. 



128 V. LATIFOLIA (Lin. spec. p. 18. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. 

 p. 24. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 33.) downy; stems erect ; leaves sub- 

 cordate-ovate, sessile, half stem-clasping, bluntly serrated ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, opposite, dense ; calyx 5-parted. 1{.H. Na- 

 tive of Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany, and of Siberia, &c. 

 Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76. Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 35. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. t. 23. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. Teucrium, Poll. pal. no. 

 13. Hoppe, cent. sic. 1. no. 76, and of many other authors. 

 V. Teucrium, a, latifolia, Led. fl. atl. 1. p. 40. V. chamae'- 

 drys, Patrin, mss. V. pseudo-chamae'drys, Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 

 37. t. 60. Weinm, phyt. t. 1005. a. Flowers dense. Bracteas 

 a little longer than the pedicels. Capsule compressed, emar- 

 ginate, downy. Corollas blue, with deeper veins. There is a 

 dwarf variety of this, having leaves so deeply serrated, as 

 to be almost jagged. The variations of the five preceding 

 species run so gradually into each other, as hardly to be distin- 

 guished ; in V. latifolia, however, the leaves are perfectly 

 ovate, and broad in the middle ; in V. Teucrium they are ovate- 

 oblong, broad at the base ; and in V. prostrata the leaves are 

 elliptic to nearly linear. 



Broad-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. PI. 

 2 feet. 



129 V. HIMALE'NSIS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 92. Benth. 

 scroph. ind. p. 44.) pubescently hairy, but at length glabrous ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, or ovate-oblong, deeply crenated, hairy 

 while young ; racemes opposite, on long peduncles ; calyx 

 unequally 5-parted ; capsule ovate, acute, exceeding the calyx. 

 If.. H. Native of Nipaul, at Gosainsthan, Wall. V. grandi- 

 flora, Wall. cat. no. 403. Bracteas lanceolate, longer than the 

 pedicels. Calycine segments ciliated. Flowers azure blue. 

 Said to be very nearly allied to V. Teucrium. 



Himalaya Speedwell. PI. | to f foot. 



130 V. CRINITA (Kit. in Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 

 26.) erect, downy ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, une- 

 qually serrated ; racemes axillary, twice as long as the leaves ; 

 calyx 5-parted, unequal. 1. H. Native of Hungary, on 

 hills. Stem tomentose. Lower leaves obtuse : upper ones 

 acute, quite entire at base and apex. Bracteas longer than the 

 pedicels. Capsule emarginate, compressed. Perhaps a variety 

 of V. Teucrium, or V. latifolia. 



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