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We have gathered specimens upwards of two feet in height, 

 with leaves five inches long and an inch in breadth ; while 

 others do not exceed two inches, and have leaves propor- 

 tionally short and narrow. 



4. F. scutettata, clusters alternate, flowers pale flesh-colour, 

 streaked ; fruit-stalks reflexed ; leaves linear, slightly indented ; 

 stem slender. Marsh Speedwell. 



Hab. Bogs and sides of ditches, rare, " Below Calf-hill 

 plentiful," Thomp. Near Mains, Berwickshire, Rev. A. 

 Baird. July, August. 



5. V. officinalis, flowers light blue, streaked, their stalks shorter 

 than the bracteas; stigma capitate; leaves elliptical, serrated; 

 stem procumbent ; plant rough with short hairs. Common Speed- 

 welL 



Hab. Dry banks, heaths and pastures, common. May, June. 



In Sweden, an infusion of the leaves is much used in place of 

 tea ; but it is a sorry substitute, notwithstanding that an 

 old Danish botanist has contended for its being the identi- 

 cal tea of China. 



6. V. Chamcedrys, stem diffuse, with a hairy line at each side ; 

 leaves ovate, sessile, rugged, deeply serrated ; calyx four-cleft, 

 lanceolate ; flowers large, bright blue, very beautiful. Germander 

 Speedwell. 



Hab. Meadows, pastures and hedges, common. May, June. 



* * * Flowers axillary , solitary. Root annual. 



7- V. agrestis, stem spreading, branched ; leaves ovate, deeply 

 serrated, shorter than the flower-stalks ; segments of the calyx 

 ovate; flowers small, bright blue; seeds cupped. Field Speed- 

 well. 



Hab. Cultivated fields, very common. May Sept. 



8. V. arvensis, stem erect ; leaves ovate, deeply serrated, the 

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

 stalks ; flowers small, light blue ; seeds flat. Watt Speedwell. 



Hab. On dikes capped with earth, and in dry fields, com- 

 mon. May. 



9. F. hederifolia, stem procumbent ; leaves heart-shaped, flat, 

 five-lobed ; segments of the calyx heart-shaped, acute ; flowers 



