VERONICA. 3.19 



a wedgeshaped base, or ovate with a rounded or slightly cordate 

 base ( V. hybrida L. E, B. 673). Rare. On chalky heaths 

 near Newmarket and Bury ; and on limestone cliffs. * P. VII. 

 VIII. Spiked Speedwell. E. 



*** Racemes terminal; cor. -tube very short, t Seeds flat. 



8. V.fruticans (Jacq.) ; 1. oval serrate at about the middle, 

 lower 1. smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandu- 

 lar few-flowered, caps, ovate-attenuate, valves bifid. E. 21. 

 1027. V. saxatilis (L.) ed. viii. Raceme persistently sub- 

 corymbose. Ped. long, erect. Fl. large, bright blue. St. much 

 branched, decumbent, woody. V. suffruticosa Sm. is probably, 

 a mistake. Exposed alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 



9. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptic or ovate dentate or entire, lower 

 1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs not glandular few- 

 flowered, caps, oval-obovate emarginate crowned with the very 

 short persistent style. Sy. E. B. 980. St. decumbent, scarcely 

 rooting, erect, simple except quite at the base, 4 6 in. high. 

 Fl. -raceme corymbose ; fr.-raceme dense. Summits of Highland 

 mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



10. V. serpyllifdlia (L.) ; 1. ovate or oval slightly crenate, 

 lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme long many-lowered^ caps, 

 obcordate broader than long crowned with the long persistent 

 style. E. B. 1075. Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. rooting 

 below, afterwards erect, 2 6 in. high. /3. V. humifusa (Dicks.); 

 st. quite prostrate, racemes shorter. Sy. E. B. 979. Roadsides 

 and damp places, ft. Mountains. P. V. VII. E. S. I. 



[* V. peregrina (L.) ; 1. all obtuse and narrowed below, lower 

 1. obovate-oblong, uppermost 1. bractlike exceeding the minute 

 fl., raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, 

 caps, obcordate, style very short. Sy. E. B. 977. St. erect, 

 2 5 in. high. Fl. white faintly tinged with pink. Caps, 

 smooth, broader than long ; lobes rounded. Sep. linear-lanceo- 

 late. Fields. A. V.] S. I. 



[* V. repens (DC.) ; /. all roundly oval, pan. short few-flowered, 

 ped. exceeding L, cor. 2 3 times as long as the sep., caps, ob- 

 ovate shorter than its style. V. tenella R. xx. 1718. St. pros- 

 trate, rooting ; no erect fl. -shoot and raceme. Ped., cal., and 

 caps, glandular-hairy. A Corsican pi. naturalized at Man- 

 chester, York, and Glasgow. P. IV. V.] 



11. V. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lower 1. stalked, 

 u pper most 1. lanceolate entire bractlike exceeding the flowers, 



