CL. II.] DIANDEIA MONOGYNIA. ' 51 



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

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



2. V. alpma. Alpine Speedwell. Cluster corymbose ; leaves ellipti- 

 cal, 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 oppo- 

 site, 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 inversely 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. Perennial : flowers 

 in June and July : grows on rocks, on some of the higher moun- 

 tains of Scotland : Ben Lawers, Meal Greadha, Craig- Chailleach, 

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



4. F. spicdta. Spiked 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 luxu- 

 riance, and its broader, almost elliptical stem-leaves, has been 

 described under the name of F. 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. 



** Floicers in lateral clusters or spikes. 



5. V. Beccabimga. Short-leaved Water Speedwell, or Brooklime. 

 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. Long-leaved Water Speedwell, or Brooklime. 

 Clusters 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, fre- 

 quently 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 al- 

 ternate ; leaves oblong or linear, somewhat toothed; fruit-stalks 

 bent backwards. The whole plant slender, stems weak, spread- 

 ing, sometimes decumbent and rooting, from nine to twelve inches 

 high : leaves sometimes entire at the margin : fruit-stalks remark- 

 ably spreading : flowers flesh-coloured, streaked with blue. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June and July : grows in marshy places with 



