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31. Veronica Anagallis; Long-leaved Brooklime, or Water 

 Speedwell. Racemes lateral, opposite ; leaves lanceolate, 

 serrate ; stem erect. Root perennial, creeping. The whole 

 herb agrees very much with the preceding in habit, and pro- 

 bably in its general qualities; it is, however, taller, more 

 erect, and readily known by its long, acute, lanceolate leaves. 

 Native of watery situations in Europe, Siberia, Barbary, 

 and North America. 



32. Veronica Scutellata ; Narrow-leaved Brooklime, or 

 Marsh Speedwell. Racemes lateral, alternate; pedicels diva- 

 ricating; leaves linear, toothletted. This is a slender, weak, 

 perennial herb, often of a purplish colour, with long narrow 

 leaves, occasionally downy, and pale flesh-coloured flowers 

 vith purple veins. Native of many parts of Europe and 

 Barbary, in bogs and on the hedges of ponds upon heaths 

 or moors, flowering- from June to September; but much less 

 common in England than the two foregoing species. 



33. Veronica Teucrium ; Germander Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral, very long; leaves ovate, wrinkled, toothed, bluntish ; 

 stems ascending, hairy; fifth segment of the calix very mi- 

 nute. Root perennial; stems quite erect, a foot high, round, 

 Jeafy ; flowers copious, rather crowded, large, handsome, of 

 a fine blue. Native of Germany, Bohemia, &c. 



34. Veronica Pilosa; Hairy Speedwell. Racemes axillary; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, plaited, deeply toothed; stem prostrate, 

 hairy, in two rows ; calix four-cleft, with the two outer seg- 

 ments bigger. Native of Austria and Bohemia. 



35. Veronica Prostrata; Trailing Speedwell. Racemes late- 

 ral ; leaves oblong, ovate, serrate; stems prostrate; root per- 

 ennial. Native of Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. 



36. Veronica Pectinata; Comb-waved Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral, leafed; leaves oblong, pectinate, serrate; stems pros- 

 trate. Root perennial ; flowers lateral, a hand in length. 

 This species was found in the neighbourhood of Constan- 

 tinople, on the shores of the Bosphorus. 



37. Veronica Montana; Mountain Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral, elongated, filiform, few-flowered ; leaves ovate, peti- 

 oled, serrate. Stem hairy all round; root fibrous, perennial; 

 flowers pale blue, painted with purple. Native of Germany, 

 Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Britain. In the last it is 

 found in shady and rather moist woods, particularly on a 

 chalky soil; flowering in May and June. It is found grow- 

 ing copiously in Charlton wood ; and has been observed in 

 the woody part of the Devil's Ditch on Newmarket heath ; 

 in Hallwood about Linton, and in Gamlingay Park, Cam- 

 bridgeshire; also at Eversholt, Bedfordshire; in Shotover 

 plantations, Stokenchurch, and Nettlebed woods, near Wor- 

 cester; at Shortwood, Purklechurch, Gloucestershire; by 

 the river side under Hodhill, Dorsetshire ; about Kirkstall 

 Abbey, near Leeds, and common in other parts of Yorkshire; 

 as well as in the woods at Dunglass near the river, Scotland. 

 See the first species. 



38. Veronica Chamaedrys ; Germander Speedwell. Ra- 

 cemes lateral; leaves ovate, sessile, wrinkled, gash-serrate. 

 Stem hairy, in two rows; root perennial, fibrous, a little 

 creeping; flowers as many as twenty in a raceme, on slender 

 pedicels, with a lanceolate bracte at the base of each ; they 

 are large, the corolla bright blue, elegantly veined of a deeper 

 blue, pale and somewhat flesh-coloured on the outside; the 

 orifice is white, as are also the base and the point of the 

 filamenta, the pollen, and the base of the style. Few of 

 onr wild flowers can vie with this in elegance and brilliancy, 

 Mid many with far less beauty are sedulously cultivated in 

 <nir gardens. In May and June every hedge, bank, and 

 prassy bottom, is adorned with it: at night, or in damp wea- 

 ther, the corolla closes, but in dry bright weather is fully ex- 



panded; and though each flower is short-lived, there is a co- 

 pious succession. Dr. Withering thinks the leaves to be a 

 better substitute for Tea' than those of the Common Speed- 

 well, because they are more grateful, and less astringent. 

 Native of grassy pastures, groves, and banks, throughout 

 Europe. 



39. Veronica Orientalis ; Oriental Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral; leaves pinnatifid, smooth, acute, attenuated at the 

 base ; calices unequal ; pedicels capillary, longer than the 

 bracte. Stalks declining, with narrow leaves upon them. 

 The flowers are of a pale blue colour, and appear at the end 

 of April. Native of the Levant. 



40. Veronica Multifida; Multijid-leaved Speedwell. Ra- 

 cemes lateral ; leaves many-parted ; segments pinnatifid ; 

 lobes decurrent; peduncles short; calix very smooth; stem 

 villose. Native of Siberia. 



41. Veronica Austriaca; Austrian Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral ; leaves somewhat hairy, linear, pinnatifid, the lowest 

 segments longer,divaricating; calices somewhat hairy ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the bracte ; flowers in long loose axillary 

 spikes, of a bright ble colour, appearing from June to August. 

 Native of Austria, Carniola, and Silesia. 



42. Veronica Taurica; Tauric Speedwell. Racemes late- 

 ral; leaves somewhat hairy, linear, undivided, and pinna- 

 tifid, toothletted ; peduncles longer than the bracte ; calix 

 four-cleft, smooth ; corolla rose-coloured. The stems are de- 

 cumbent, and not above four inches long. Native of Tauria, 

 on chalky stony hills. 



43. Veronica Urticeefolia ; Nettle-leaved Speedwell. Ra- 

 cemes lateral; leaves cordate, sessile, sharply serrate, acumi- 

 nate ; stem stiff; calix-leaves four. Root perennial ; corolla 

 flesh-coloured. It flowers in June and July. Native of Swit- 

 zerland, Bithynia, Austria, and Bavaria. 



44. Veronica Latifolia; Broad-leaved Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral; leaves cordate, sessile, wrinkled, bluntly serrate; 

 stem stiff; calix-leaves five. The flowers are large and 

 elegant; the tube is white, but the border of an elegant blue, 

 with deeper stripes. A common hardy perennial in gardens, 

 flowering in June and July. Native of Austria, Bohemia, 

 Germany, and the Levant, growing in shrubby places, about 

 hedges, and sometimes in meadows. 



45. Veronica Panicnlata ; Panicled Speedwell. Racemes 

 lateral, very long; leaves lanceolate, tern-serrate; stem as- 

 cending. Stem round, not quite erect; flowers blue. Na- 

 tive of Tartary and Bohemia. 



*** Peduncles one-flowered. 



46. Veronica Biloba; Two-lobed Speedwell. Floweis soli- 

 tary; leaves cordate, lanceolate, toothed; calix-leaves equal, 

 ovate, acuminate, three-nerved. Root fibrous, annual; stems 

 two to four inches long, erect, branched, downy ; corolla small, 

 white. Found in the corn-fields of Cappadocia. 



47. Veronica Agrestis ; Procumbent Speedwell. Flowers 

 solitary; leaves ovate, gash-serrate, shorter than the pedun- 

 cles; stems procumbent; seedscupped. Root annual, small, 

 fibrous; stems simple, except at the base, round, leufy, hairy, 

 from six to twelve inches long; flowers deep blue, on simple 

 axillary peduncles, exceeding their corresponding leaves in 

 length, and curved downwards. Found throughout Europe. 



48. Veronica Arvensis; Wall Speedwell, or Speedwell 

 ChicJtweed. Flowers solitary; leaves ovate, gash-serrate; 

 floral leaves lanceolate, longer than the peduncle; stem erect. 

 Root annual, fibrous; flowers small, pale blue. Native of 

 Europe, Barbary, Japan, and North America. In the neigh- 

 bourhood of Rome it occurs with white flowers. In England 

 it occurs in dry gravelly fields, waste sandy places, dry pas- 

 tures, and ou walJs, flowering in May. 



