6 DIANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. ^Veronica. 



Dltclies and water-courses, frequent. Fl. Sumn^.er montlis. 14-. — 

 Whole plant glabrous and very succulent. Jiacernes of many bright 

 hliiejftoivers. 



Q. V. offichidlis, L. (common Spcedtvell) ; racemes spicate, 

 leaves broadly ovate serrated rough with pubescence, stem very 

 downy procmnbent, capsule obovate deeply notched. E. Bot. t. 

 765. — /3. nearly glabrous. E. Fl. v. i.p. 22. — y. leaves ovato- 

 ancoolate, capsule obcordate entire abortive. V.hirsuta, Hopk. 

 Fl. Glott. p. 9. Hook, in E. Bot. Suppl, t. 2673. — V. setigera, 



D. Don. 



Abundant in woods and pastures, especially in dry situations. — /3. 



On mountains in Scotland and Ireland y. dry heaths in Ayrshire; Mr 



Js. Smith. Fl. May— July. "2^. — A very variable plant, especially in 

 size. Leaves astringent and bitter; hence sometimes used medicinally 

 and made into tea. 



10. V. montuna, L. (Mountain Speedwell); i-acemes lax few- 

 flowered, leaves cordate- ovate petiolate serrated, stem hairy all 

 round, capsule orbicular two-lobed membranous much larger than 

 the calyx. E. Bot. t. 766. 



Moist woods, not uafrequent. Fl. May, June. IJ! . — Stem a foot and 

 more long-, weak, trailing. Leaves large, on stalks about equal to them 

 in length. Capsules large, quite flat, and resembling those of a Siscu- 

 tella, veinv, their edges denticulate and slightly ciliated. 



11. V. Chamddrys, L. (Germander Speedwell); racemes elon- 

 gated many- flowered, leaves cordato-ovate sessile inciso-serrate, 

 stem bifariously hairy, capsule obcordate shorter than the calyx. 



E. Bot. t. 623. 



Woods, pastures and hedge-banks, frequent. Fl. May, June. If. — 

 Steyn procumbent, as in the last species, having two opposite hairy lines, 

 and these lines taking different sides above and below each pair of leaves, 

 or decussate. Leaves wrinkled, deeply cut in a subalpine variety found 

 by Mr Wilson in North Wales. Floiiers large, numerous, very bright 

 blue, greeting us at an early season of the year, and hence rendering the 

 plant a general favourite. In a var. found by Prof. Henslow, the 

 blossoms are small and chocolate-coloured. 



*** Flowers axillar//, solitary. (Root a^mudl.) 



12. V. hederifolia, L. (Ivy-leaved Speedwell); leaves all pe- 

 tiolate cordate with 5 — 7 large teeth or lobes, segments of the 

 calyx cordate ciliated, capsule of two turgid lobes, stem pro- 

 cumbent. E. Bot. t. 784. 



Fields and hedge-banks, common. Fl. April — June. 0. — Stein 

 weak. Jjeaves rather flesh\% slightly hairj-, the upper young leaves 

 alone sessile or nearly so ; the terminal tooth or lobe the largest. 

 Peduncles longer than the leaves, recurved when bearing fruit. Caps. 

 of two rounded, glabrous lobes, each lobe having 2 large, black, 

 transversely wrinkled, oval, gibbous seeds, which arc hollowed on the 

 under side. 



13. V.agrestis, L. (green procumbent Field Speedwell); leaves 

 all petiolate cordato-ovate inciso-serrate as long as the flower- 

 stalks, segments of the calyx oblong obtuse, stem procumbent, 



