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are fully expanded, with deep blue lines. An alpine variety of this 

 species, with prostrate stems and short racemes of a few beautiful blue 

 flowers, has been described under the name of F. humifusa. Perennial : 

 flowers in May and June : pastures and road-sides : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xv. pi. 1075. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 20. 18. 



2. V. alpina. Alpine Speedwell. } Cluster corymbose ; leaves elliptical, 

 or egg-shaped, somewhat serrate ; capsule inversely egg-shaped, longer 



than the style. Root creeping : stem about four inches high, simple, 



ascending, rooting at the base, leafy : leaves opposite, smooth, nearly 

 sessile : bracteas and segments of the calyx ciliated : flowers small, 

 bright blue. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows by the 

 margins of rills, near the summits of mountains in the Highlands : Ben 

 Nevis, Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond, Ben-na-buird, &c. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. 

 pi. 484. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 19. 19. 



3. F. saxdtilis. Rock Speedwell. Cluster corymbose, few-flowered ; 

 leaves elliptical ; stems spreading; capsule egg-shaped, longer than the 



calyx. Three or four inches long : stems decumbent at the base, 



woody, branched : leaves opposite, small, elliptical, the upper ones 

 oblong, or inverely'egg-shaped, slightly serrated towards the end, dark 

 green, smooth : flowers from three to seven : corolla large, deep blue, 

 with the throat red : flower-stalks much longer than the bracteas. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July : grows on rocks, on some of the 

 higher mountains of Scotland : Ben Lawers, Meal Greadha, Craig- 

 Chailleach, &c. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1027. Eng. Fl. vol i. p. 19. 20. 



4. V. spiciita. S]>iked Speedwell. Spike conical, many-flowered ; 

 leaves opposite, elliptical, obtuse, unequally and bluntly serrated ; stem 



ascending. From four to eight inches high: stem simple: leaves 



downy, broader on the lower part of the stem, and stalked, the uppermost 

 narrow: flowers nearly sessile, deep blue : bracteas linear. A variety 

 of this plant, characterized by its greater luxuriance, and its broader, 

 almost elliptical stem-leaves, has been described under the name of 

 V. hy'brida. Perennial : flowers from July to September ; grows in dry 

 pastures : rare. Newmarket Heath, about Bury St. Edmund's, and 

 other parts of England. Smith. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 2. Eng. Fl. vol. i. 

 p. 17. 21. 



** Flowers in lateral clusters or spikes. 



5. V. Beccabunga. Short-leaved Water Speedwell, or BrooU'ime. 

 Clusters opposite ; leaves elliptical, obtuse, somewhat serrate, smooth ; 



stem procumbent, rooting at the base. The whole plant succulent 



and glossy : stems decumbent, generally floating : flowers blue, in long 

 stalked clusters. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in brooks 

 and in ditches with running water : common. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 655. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 20. 22. 



6. V. Anagdllis. Lnng-leaved Water Speedwell, or Brnoklime. Clus- 

 ters opposite; leaves lance-shaped, acute, distinctly serrate, smooth; 



stem erect. The whole plant succulent and glossy : stems erect, from 



one to three feet high : flowers pale blue, frequently purplish. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : brooks, ditches, and pools: not so common 

 as the last. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 781. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 21. 23. 



7. F. scutelldta. Narrow-leaved Marsh Speedwell. Clusters alternate ; 

 leaves oblong or linear, somewhat toothed ; fruit-stalks bent backwards. 

 The whole plant slender, stems weak, spreading, sometimes decum- 

 bent and rooting, from nine to twelve inches high : leaves sometimes 



