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Obf. The ftalk is about three inches high, iin- 

 branch'd, and (lightly hairy : the leaves are oval, 

 a little hairy, and fometimes fmooth, fcarcely 

 crenated on the edges : eight or ten fmall blue 

 flowers grow in a fhort fpike at the top of the 

 ftalk, mix'd with lanceolate ftipula;. 



VERONICA racemo terminali fubfpicato, foliis 

 ovaris glabris crenatis. JJn. Sp. PL ic. (Ger, 

 Emac. pag. 627./. 2. Oed. Ban. 49 2 j 



Little Smooth Speedwell, or Paul's-Betony. AhtUs, 



Frequent in paftures, and by way-fides. 1;. VI. 



Obf. The ftalk creeps at firft, but at flowering 

 grows erea : the flowers arife from the AU of 

 the leaves, on fliort fooftalks, having the three 

 upper fegments of the Corolla ftreak'd with 

 longitudinal lines : the middle fegment of thefe 

 three is generally blue, the two flde ones of a 

 paler colour, and the lowermoft while, 



V. racemis lateralibus, foliis ovatis planis, caule 

 repente. Lin. Sp. PL 16. (Ger. Emac, p, 620,/. 

 I. Oed. Dan. t 511. opt.) 



Common Brooklime- Anglis, 



Frequent in ditches and rivulets. %. VII. 



Obf. It is efteem'd an antifcorbutic ; and is eaten 

 by fome in the Spring as a fallet, but is more 

 bitter and not fo agreeable to the palate as JVater- 

 crejfes. The flowers are of a fine blue, and the 

 leaves are fmooth, thick, and fucculent. 



V. racemis lateralibus, foliis lanceolatis ferratis, 



caule 



