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SCROPHULARINE^E. LXVI. VERONICA. 



length to the bracteas. I/ . H. Native of Abruzzo, on the 

 mountains. Plant canescent from pubescence. It differs from 

 V. Austrlaca in the calyx being 5-parted, in the leaves being 

 less cut, and in the whole habit ; and from V. peduncularis in 

 the calyx being 5-parted, in the segments being narrower, in the 

 leaves being oblong, and in the pedicels being shorter. 

 Orsin's Speedwell. PI. 1 foot. 



143 V. CAUCA'SICA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 13. suppl. p. 14.) 

 erectish, nearly glabrous ; leaves bipinnatifid ; segments lance- 

 olate and linear ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels ca- 

 pillary ; calyx large, 4-parted, nearly equal. 3. H. Native of 

 Caucasus and Iberia. Lodd. bot. cab. 1369. Calyx 4-cleft. 

 Pedicels much longer than the bracteas, pendulous in the fructi- 

 ferous state. Flowers pale red, or white, variegated by deeper 

 veins. There are varieties of this, having the segments of the 

 leaves narrower and broader. In mem. soc. nat. mosc. 2. p. 

 180. no. 8. Steven defines a variety of this, or a new species 

 nearly allied, under the name of " V. osselica ; leaves bipinna- 

 tifid ; bracteas shorter than the pedicels, and are, as well as 

 linear calycine segments, downy." 



Caucasian Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. J foot. 



144 V. TENUIFOLIA (Stev. ex Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 13.) ascending; 

 leaves pinnatifid, with linear, filiform segments ; racemes axil- 

 lary ; calyx unequal. l/.H. Native of Iberia. Very nearly 

 allied to V. multifida, but the stems are more elongated, the 

 leaves less compound ; the pedicels are equal in length to the 

 bracteas, or longer. The 3 superior segments of calyx are 

 small. Perhaps the same as V. parviflora, Vahl. ? but the 

 flowers are never smaller than those of V. orientalis, V. mulli- 



fda, &c. 



Fine-leaved Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. PL J foot. 



145 V. MULTI'FIDA (Lin. spec. 17.) procumbent, rather woody 

 at the base, canescent j leaves bipinnatifid, with lanceolate, 

 or linear segments ; racemes axillary. l/.H. Native of Siberia, 

 on hills ; also of Tauria and Caucasus ; and between Smyrna and 

 Bursa. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 12. Willd. spec. 1. p. 69. Smith, 

 in Lin. trans. 1. p. 191. Sims, bot. mag. 1679. Calycine seg- 

 ments unequal, subulate. Corollas pale blue. Pedicels equal 

 in length to the bracteas, or shorter. 



Var. 13, hirsuta ; plant more hairy ; corollas rose-coloured. 

 y.. H. Amm. ruth. p. 25. no. 33. 



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

 procumbent. 



SECT. VII. SCUTELIA'TA (from scutella, a little saucer; shape 

 of valves of capsule.) Capsule orbicular, deeply 2-lobed, com- 

 pressed. Seeds compressed on one side, and convex on the 

 other. Aquatic plants with opposite leaves, and loose, axillary 

 racemes of flowers. 



146 V. SCUTEI,LA V TA (Lin. spec. p. 16.) erectish, creeping, 

 and rooting at the base ; leaves linear-lanceolate, nearly entire ; 

 racemes axillary, alternate, loose ; pedicels pendulous, or spread- 

 ing ; calyx 4-parted, equal. If.. H. Native of ' Europe, Sibe- 

 ria, and North America, in inundated places, particularly in 

 watery spongy bogs, chiefly on a sandy soil. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 

 70. Fl. dan. t. 209. and t. 1561. Curt. lond. t. 56. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 782. Poit. et Turp. fl. par. 1. p. 15. f. 13. Riv. 

 mon. irr. 96. f. 1. Root creeping. Leaves sessile, nearly con- 

 nate, rarely furnished with a few teeth. Racemes alternate, 

 longer than the leaves ; pedicels longer than the bracteas. Co- 

 rolla of a pale flesh colour, the smaller segment palest. In the 

 American plant the peduncles are opposite, and shorter than the 

 leaves, and the flowers are nearly sessile. 



Far. a, glabra ; leaves subovate-lanceolate, denticulated, and 

 are, as well as the stem, glabrous. I/. W. H. Gesn. icon, 

 aen. t. 10. f. 87. 



Var. ft, pilbsa (Vahl, 1. c.) plant pilose, or villous ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, sub-denticulated. ^.H. V. villosa, Schum. 

 fl. saell. 1. p. 7. Serrature glandular. 



Var. S, latifolia (Rosen, et Weber, hols. no. 13.) leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate. 7 . H. Lapeyr. pi. pyr. suppl. ined. (Stem 

 pilose.) V. parmularia, Poit. et Turp. fl. par. t. 14, ex Lois. 



/Saucer-capsuled Speedwell. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



147 V. PARMULA'RIA (Tratt. fl. austr. t. 20.) stem erectish, 

 hairy; leaves narrow-lanceolate, denticulated, ciliated, y. . W. 

 H. Native of Austria. Very nearly allied to V. scutellata ; 

 and differs from it only in the leaves being acute, not acumi- 

 nated, hardly length of the internodes, not longer. Bracteas 

 bluntish. Probably only a slight variety of V. scutellata. 



Small-shielded Speedwell Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



148 V. CAROLINIA'NA (Poir. encycl. 8. p. 520.) glabrous; 

 stem erect, dichotomous at top; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 nearly entire: lower ones petiolate- If. W. H. Native of 

 Carolina, in water. Leaves rather fleshy, 6 lines long and 3 

 broad. Racemes loose, leafy ; bracteas petiolate, longer than 

 the pedicels. Calycine segments ovate. Capsule obcordate. 

 Perhaps this is V. scutellata of American authors. 



Carolina Speedwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. PL i to 

 1 foot. 



SECT. VIII. BECABU'NGA (the name BecaMnga comes from 

 the German Bach-pungen ; bach meaning a rivulet ; in York- 

 shire and Norfolk a beck.) Capsule inflated, entire, or emargi- 

 nate, subdidymous. Seeds oblong, or globose. Aquatic plants. 



149 V. BECABU'NGA (Lin. spec. p. 16.) glabrous, shining; 

 stems procumbent, rooting at the base ; leaves elliptic, oval or 

 oblong, obtuse, on short petioles, crenately serrulated or entire ; 

 racemes loose, axillary I/ . W. H. Native throughout Eu- 

 rope, Siberia, and North America, in ditches and rivulets of 

 clear water, and in running streams ; plentiful in Britain. In 

 Nipaul, Hamilt., and Kanaour, Royle. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 69. 

 Fl. dan. t. 511. Curt. fl. lond. 2. t. 3. Woodv. t. 7. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 655. Svensk, bot. t. 127. V. punctata, D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 93. Bocc. mus. p. 22. t. 6. Riv. mon. irr. t. 

 100. f. 1. Stems terete. Leaves running into the short pe- 

 tioles. Bracteas narrow, lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels. 

 Calyx 4-parted. Corolla blue, veined with red. Capsule en- 

 tire, or hardly emarginate. The Nipaul plant differs from the 

 European, in the bracteas and calyxes being obtuse ; and in 

 the capsule being entire. This plant is considered medicinal, 

 being included in Pharmacopoeias. 



Brook-lime Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Britain. PL i to 2 feet. 



150 V. TE'NUIS (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 217. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 39.) stem erect, strict, and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acutish, serrulated ; racemes axillary : 

 intermediate ones opposite ; calyx 4-parted ; capsule elliptic- 

 obovate, obtuse, entire. O- H. Native of the North of 

 Persia. Leaves opposite, nearly connate. Racemes axillary, 

 opposite. Pedicels twice as long as the bracteas. Seeds 

 minute, globose, not flat on one side, and convex on the other, 

 as in V. scutellata. 



Slender Speedwell. PL | to 1 foot. 



151 V. ANAGALLOI^DES (Guss. pi. rar. p. 5. t. 3.) erect, gla- 

 brous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, stem-clasping, entire ; racemes 

 lateral ; calyx 4-parted, about equal in length to the corolla ; 

 capsules elliptic, obtuse. Q. H. Native of the East of the 

 Calabria, in low marshy places near Catanzaro. Stem rooting 

 at bottom. Pedicels longer than the bracteas. Corolla pale 

 blue or white. Capsule rather emarginate. Seeds roundish. 

 Very like V. anagallis. 



