SCROPHULARINE/E. LXVI. VEROKICA. 



575 



Hairy Speedwell. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 foot. 



131 V. DESTA'TA Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 37, exclusive of the 

 dentata of Schmidt.) ascending, nearly glabrous ; leaves dark 

 green, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, acutish, remotely ser- 

 rated : racemes axillary, elongated ; calyx 5-parted. If. . H. 

 Native of the South of Europe, and Siberia, on dry hills. 

 Besser. fl. gal. no. 26. V. Teucrium, Host, syn. p. 8. Wahl. 

 fl. carp. p. 7. no. 14, exclusive of the synonymes of Lin. V. 

 prostrata, Geners, elench. seep. no. 13. Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 10. 

 ex Wahl. V. Teucrium, ft, angustifolia, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 76.? 

 Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 40. D. C. fl. fir. 3. no. 2390. /3. V. angus- 

 tifolia, Bernh. Teucrium IV. tertia species, Clus. hist. p. 

 349. Very like a narrow-leaved variety of V. Teucrium, but of 

 more humble growth. Leaves glabrous to the naked eye, but 

 being examined by a lens they will be found to be ciliated ; 

 they are sessile, almost all lanceolate. 



TWAed-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. 

 ascending, 1 foot. 



132 V. SCHMI'DTII (Roetn. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 115.) nearly 

 glabrous, dark green, ascending, or erect ; leaves narrow-lance- 

 olate; remotely serrated, and linear, quite entire, with revolute 

 edges ; racemes axillary, opposite, elongated ; calyx 5-parted. 

 'y. H. Native of Bohemia. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. den- 

 tata, Schmidt, fl. boh. cent. 1. p. 20. V. paniculata, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 71. enum. 1. p. 23, exclusive of the syn. of Pall. 

 Leaves usually opposite, but sometimes 3 in a whorl. Lower 

 bracteas longer than the flowers : superior ones length of pedi- 

 cels. Calyx unequal, hairy, ciliated. Corollas large, showy, 

 deep blue. Stems prostrate, sub-tomentose, ex Link. 



Schmidt't Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PI. pros. 



133 V. MACROSTA'CHYA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 71.) hoary and 

 villous ; leaves linear-oblong, deeply serrated outside ; racemes 

 axillary; stems prostrate. If. H. Native of Syria, Labill. 

 Stem filiform. Leaves sessile, obtuse. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule 

 obcordate, compressed, length of calyx. In cultivated plants 

 of this species the stems are a foot and a half long, and the 

 racemes 2 feet long. 



Long-spiked Speedwell. PI. prostrate. 



3. Leares pinriatifid, or bipinnatifid, or pectinately toothed. 



134 V. PECTINA'TA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 71.) leaves oblong, 

 pectinately serrated : stems prostrate ; racemes elongated, leafy 

 at the ba.*e. 1[. H. Native about Constantinople. Buxb. 

 cent. 1. t. 39. f. 1. Stem shrubby at the base, and branched, 

 ascending, and, like the whole plant, canescent from pubescence. 

 Leaves subpetiolate, acute at the base. 



Pectinate-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. 

 PI. prostrate. 



135 V. PARVIFOLIA (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 72.) ascending, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves small, pinnatifid ; racemes many-flowered ; brac- 

 teas equal in length to the pedicels. If. H. Native of Cap- 

 padocia, and Armenia, in grassy places. Buxb. cent. 1. t. 41. 



2. Leaves all deeply pinnatifid, except the upper ones. 

 Flowers and capsules 3-4 times smaller than those of V. orien- 

 talis. Capsule compressed, obcordate. 



Small-kated Speedwell. PL ascending. 



136 V. RO'SEA (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 13.) downy ; stem shrubby, 

 ascending ; leaves pinnatifid, on short petioles, acute, with 2-3 

 segments on each side ; racemes elongated, axillary ; bracteas 

 equal in length to the pedicels. \~ t . G. Native of Mount 

 Atlas, near Tlemsen. Pedicels capillary. Calyx unequal. Co- 

 rollas rose-coloured, size of those of f. latifolia. 



7io*e-coloured-flowered Speedwell. Shrub ascending. 



137 V. ORIEXTA'LIS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 23. ed. 

 2d. vol. 1. p. 32.) procumbent, downy ; leaves linear-lance- 

 olate : lower ones pectinately pinnatifid : superior ones entire ; 



racemes axillary, elongated. If. . H. Native of Armenia and 

 Iberia. Vabl, enum. l.p. 73. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 12. Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 69. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 419. V. Austriaca, /3, Lin. spec, 

 no. 17. V. heterophylla, Sal. par. lond. p. 7. t. 4. Pedicels 

 longer than the bracteas. Flowers blue. Calyx unequal, 5-parted. 

 Oriental Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1748. PI. proc. 



138 V. TAI/RICA (Willd. spec. l.p. 70.) procumbent; leaves 

 crowded, tridentate at apex, or linear, and pinnatifidly toothed, 

 rather pilose ; pedicels longer than the bracteas ; calyx downy, 

 4-parted, unequal. If. . H. Native of Tanria. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 914. V. orientalis, /3, Vahl, enum. 1. p. 72. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. 

 p. 12. Flowers blue. 



Taurian Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. pros. 



139 V. JACQUI'NI (Schott. ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 

 108. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 26.) hairy or downy, erectish; 

 lower leaves sessile, bipinnatifid : superior ones pinnatifid : 

 racemes long, filiform, axillary : lower bracteas trifid, longer 

 than the pedicels ; calyx 5-cleft, unequal. 11 . H. Native 

 of Austria, Carniola, Croatia, and Tauria. V. Austriaca, 

 and V. multifida, Jacq. austr. 4. p. 16. t. 329, exclusive 

 of the synonymes of Bauh. and Buxb. V. multifida, Scop. fl. 

 earn. ed. 2d. p. 16. no. 15, exclusive of the synonymes of Lin. 

 Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 23, but not of Lin. V. Austriaca, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 70, exclusive of the syn. of Jacq. vind. Crantz, 

 Bauh. and Morison. Hoffm. fl. germ. p. 8. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 

 73, exclusive of the syn. of Lin. Bauh. Crantz. V. tenu- 

 ifblia, Schrad. fl. germ. 1. p. 39, exclusive of the syn. of 

 Host, Schrank, Schmidt, Morison, and Bauhin. Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 12, and Bieb. fl. cauc. p. 13, exclusive of the syn. of Mo- 

 rison. Besser. fl. gall. 1. p. 35, exclusive of var. a. Ait. 

 hort. kew. ed. 3d. vol. 1. p. 32. Plant ascending. Stems 

 terete, much branched, clothed with minute, white, short hairs. 

 Leaves rather pilose, multifidly parted ; segments pinnatifid, 

 linear, acute, toothed : lower ones longer, divaricate. Racemes 

 filiform, erect, long, pilose. Lower bracteas trifid, or bifid, the 

 rest entire, ciliated. Flowers blue. Capsules glabrous. 



Jacquini Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 748. PI. 1 foot. 



140 V. TRICHOCA'RPA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 1. mant. 1. p. 

 106.) stems erectish ; lower leaves bipinnatifid ; pedicels longer 

 than the bracteas ; capsules hairy. If. . H. Native country 

 unknown. V. pilocarpa, Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. orientalis, 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 22, but not of Ait. Very nearly allied to 

 V. Jacquini, but the capsule is hairy. Calyx 5-parted. 



Hairy-fruited Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 



5 foot. 



141 V. AUSTRI'ACA (Lin. spec. p. 17.) plant weak, trailing, or 

 ascending ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, deeply serrated, and pin- 

 natifid : racemes lateral, elongated ; calyx 4-parted ; bracteas 

 entire, shorter than the pedicels. If . H. Native near Vienna, 

 and of Bohemia, also of Spain. Jacq. enum. vind. p. 3. 

 Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 27, exclusive of the syn. of 

 Jacq. Krok. fl. siles. p. 23, exclusive of the syn. of Riv. 

 Schwenkf. and Jacq. Mill. diet. no. 9. Host, syn. p. 9, ex- 

 clusive of all syn. Link, enum. 1. p. 25. V. pplymorpba, 

 Willd. enum. suppl. p. 2. Schweig. enum. hort. regiom. p. 78. 

 V. laciniata, Mcench. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 287. Mor. hist. 2. 

 sect. 3. t. 23. f. 12. V. Austriaca, foliis tenuissime laciniatis, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 144. V. pratensis, var. a. Crantz, austr. p. 

 344, exclusive of the syn. of Tourn. V. multifida, Schmidt, 

 fl. boh. p. 21, exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and Jacq. Plant 

 downy. Flowers blue. 



Austrian Speedwell. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1748. PI. 1 foot. 



142 V-. ORSINIA'XA (Tenore, prod, append. 5. ex Linnaea, 3. 

 p. 97.) stems erectish, villous, with 2 lines of more dense villi ; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, pectinately sub-pinnatifid ; calyx 5- 

 parted, with linear segments ; pedicels capillary, about equal m 



