SCROPHULARINE.E. LXVI. VEROXICA. 



577 



J'ar. p ; stern downy ; hairs glandular at top. 

 Anagallit-like Speedwell. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



152 V. ASAGA'LLIS (Lin. spec. p. 16.) glabrous, erect, root- 

 ing at the base ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, serrated, 

 acute, cordately stem-clasping or subconnate ; racemes opposite, 

 many-flowered, longer than those of I'. Becabunga. G- W. H. 

 Native of Europe, Siberia, Levant, Virginia, Japan, in rivulets 

 and ditches, and muddy water ; also of Nipaul, Silhet, Hindos- 

 tan. and Kanaour. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 69. Fl. dan. t. 903. 

 Curt. lond. fasc. 5. t. 2. Smith, engl. bot. t. 721.? 781. St. 

 Hil. pi. fr. 37. t. 6. Svensk, bot. 127. V. undulata, Wall, in 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 147. Stem subtetragonal ; superior leaves 

 sessile. Flowers pale blue, or white lined with blue. Calycine 

 segments 4, acute. Capsules roundish, emarginate. 



J'ar. p. minor (Vahl. 1. c.) stem and leaves much shorter. 

 G. H. V. Anagallis, p, pusilla, Poir. Tabern. icon. 1718. 



/"or. y, lenerrima (Schmidt, boh. cent. 1. no. 23.) leaves 

 ovate, flat, quite entire ; stem erect ; racemes terminal and ax- 

 illary, c . H. 



Car. c : raceme solitary ; leaves lanceolate, crenated. 



O.H. 



Pimpernell-like Speedwell. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



SECT. IX. COCHLIDIOSPE'RMA (from KO\\OC, kochlos, a shell ; 

 and tnrtp^a, sperma, a seed ; in reference to the shape of the 

 seeds.) Rchb. Capsule compressed, obcordate. Seeds navi- 

 cular. Annual herbs, with axillary 1-flowered pedicels. Floral 

 leaves alternate. 



153 V. BI'LOBA (Lin. rnant. p. 172.) stem erectish, downy; 

 leaves nearly sessile, oblong or lanceolate, quite entire or ser- 

 rated ; calyxes 4-parted, exceeding the corolla ; capsule 2- 

 lobed : lobes longer than the style, and shorter than the calyx. 

 G- H. Native of the Himalaya, on Mount Choor, Royle ; 

 Cappadocia, in corn-fields ; Caucasus, on Mount Schahdagh, 

 Steven. Vahl, symb. 1. p. 1. Rchb. icon. 64-5. Buxb. cent. 1. 

 t. 36. Floral leaves longer than the peduncles. Corolla blue. 



Tn-o-fo&ed-capsuled Speedwell. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1819. 

 PI. i to i foot. 



154 V. AGRE'STIS (Lin. spec. p. 18.) stem procumbent, 

 downy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenately-serrated ; pedicels 

 2-3 times longer than the capsule, reflexed in the fructiferous 

 state ; capsule obcordate : lobes turgid, approximate, obso- 

 letely keeled. G- H. Native of Europe, in cultivated fields; 

 and of Asia, at Saharampore. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 80. Curt. fl. 

 lond. 1. t. 1. Borrer, engl. bot. suppl. 2603. Rchb. icon, 

 cent. 3. p. 66. t. 227. f. 440. St. Hil. pi. fr. p. 39. t. 3. V. 

 pulchella, Batard, ex D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 308. Corollas pale 

 and deep blue, shorter than the calyx. Seeds about 6 in each 

 cell. 



Field Speedwell. Fl. March, July. Britain. PI. procum- 

 bent. 



155 V. POLITA (Fries, ex Borrer, in engl. bot. supp. under 

 2603. ed. 2d. t. 19.) procumbent, hairy ; leaves cordate-ovate, 

 petiolate, deeply serrated, shorter than the peduncles ; calycine 

 segments ovate, acute ; capsule obcordate : lobes turgid, ap- 

 proximate, not keeled ; seeds many in each cell. G- H. Na- 

 tive of Britain, particularly in the North, in gardens. Rchb. 

 icon. t. 247. V. agrestis, Smith, engl. bot. 783. Corolla bright 

 blue, shorter than the calyx. 



Polished Speedwell. Fl. March, July. Britain. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



156 V. FiLiFORins (Vahl, enum. 1. p. 82.) stem procumbent, 

 filiform, rather villous ; leaves roundish-cordate, crenated : pe- 

 duncles very long, reflexed in the fruit-bearing state ; capsule 

 obcordate, rather turgid ; calyx 4-cleft, unequal. G- H. Native 



VOL. IT. 



of the south of Europe and Caucasus. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 39. 

 Rchb. icon. t. 644. Ver. orientalis foliis hederae terrestris, 

 tiore magno, Tourn. cor. 7. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 25. t. 40. f. 1. 

 Leaves furnished with scattered pili. Calycine segments lanceo- 

 late. Corolla large, pale blue. Stems long, procumbent. Per- 

 haps the same as V. Buxbaumii. 



Filiform-stemmed Speedwell. Fl. May, July. Britain. PI. 

 trailing. 



157 V. BuxBAu'ioi (Tenore, fl. neap. p. 7. no. 7. t. 1.) pro- 

 cumbent, hairy ; leaves ovate-cordate, deeply crenated, petio- 

 late ; peduncles drooping in the fructiferous state, rather longer 

 than the leaves ; corollas larger than the calyx, which is 4- 

 parted ; capsule compressed, 2-lobed : lobes divaricate, keeled. 

 Q. H. Native of Europe, in fields; in England, in Kent. 

 Rchb. icon. t. 268. V. Tournefbrtii, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 39. 

 V. hispida, Hort. V. cymbalariaefolia, Schmidt. V. agrestis, 

 var. Byzantina, Smith, fl. graec. t. 8. V. Persica, Poir. en- 

 cycl. 8*. p. 542. Buxb. cent. 1. p. 22. t. 40. f. 6. Much 

 larger than V. agrestis. Stems much branched, bifariously pilose. 

 Corollas blue. 



Buxbaum't Speedwell. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 procumbent. 



158 V. GLAC'CA (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 1. p. 5. t, 7. prod. 

 1 . p. 9.) procumbent, hairy ; leaves cordate, deeply serrated, 

 petiolate : peduncles capillary ; calyx 4-cleft, with toothed seg- 

 ments. G- H. Native near Athens, on Mount Hamettos. 

 Much branched. Stem bifariously pilose. Leaves glaucous. 

 Corolla blue, bordered with white, larger than the calyx. 



Glaucous-leaved Speedwell. PI. prostrate. 



159 V. ARVE'XSIS (Lin. spec. p. 18.) erect, hairy; lower 

 leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate, serrated ; cauline ones crenated ; 

 floral ones lanceolate, sessile, entire, longer than the pedun- 

 cles ; flowers nearly sessile ; calyx 4-cleft, unequal ; capsule 

 obcordate, compressed. G- H. Native of Europe and North 

 America, in cultivated fields. Vahl, enum. 1. p. 81. Fl. dan. 

 t. 515. Curt. fl. lond. 2. t. 2. Smith, engl. bot. t. 734. Drev. 

 et Heyne, 2. t. 11. V. acinacifolia, Willd. enum. no. 41. V. 

 Romana, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 45. V. polyanthos, Thuill. par. 

 ed. 2. p. 9. Alyssum, Column, phyt. p. 28. with a good figure. 

 Corolla smaller than the calyx, pale blue. 



Corn-field Speedwell. Fl. April, July. Britain. PI. \ to | 

 foot. 



160 V. PULCHK'LLA (Bernh. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 1. 

 p. 126.) procumbent, pilose ; leaves petiolate, broad-cordate, 

 deeply crenated ; peduncles filiform, hardly shorter than the 

 leaves ; calyx 4-cleft, unequal. G- H. Native country un- 

 known. Habit of V. Persica, but smaller and less pilose ; the 

 leaves more oblong and firmer. Corolla shorter than the 

 calyx, white, except the upper segment, which is rose-co- 

 loured. 



Pretty Speedwell. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1819. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



161 V. CERATOCA'RPA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 106.) puberu- 

 lous ; stems branched, diffuse ; leaves ovate, acutish, serrated ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves ; calyx 4-parted, with lanceo- 

 late, acute, nearly equal segments ; capsule compressed, broadly 

 obcordate: lobes lanceolate. G- H. Native of Caucasus, in 

 meadows, between Sallian and Leukoran. Allied to V. fili- 



formit. 



Horned-capsuled Speedwell. PI. diffuse. 



162 V. DI'DYMA (Tenore, prod. fl. neap. p. 6.) procumbent? 

 downy ; leaves deeply crenated ; peduncles reflexed in the 

 fructiferous state ; capsule didymous, roundish. G- H. Na- 

 tive of Naples. 



Didymous-frwted Speedwell. PI. procumbent. 



163 V. AMOZ'JJA (Stev. in Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 12.) spreading, 

 4 E 



