PL ex. cor. 22. RHINANTHACEiE. 64. Veronica. 305 



Mountains; perennial; July. 

 Stem 18 in. high; spikes many. 



3. Veronica saxatilis. Rock speedwell. 

 Spike corymbose, few-flowered; 'leaves elliptical, rather 



obtuse, scarcely cut ; sepales rather blunt ; capsules ovate, 



4-valved; stem diffuse, rather shrubby. 



Veronica friiticans serpillifolia, Ger. em. 628, 5. 

 Veronica saxatilis, Lin. Supp. JPl. 83. 

 Veronica fruticulosa, Fl. Dan, 342. 



Shrubby fluellin. 



Scotch alps; perennial; July. 



Stem much branched ; branches simple ; leaves dark 

 green ; flowers 3 or 5, large, violet blue ; mouth red ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the bractese. 



4. Veronica fruticulosa. Shruhhy speedwell. 



Spike corymbose, loose, many-flowered; leaves lanceo- 

 late, ovate, rather toothed, pointed ; sepales pointed ; cap- 

 sules ovate, 4-valved; stem rather shrubby, upright. 



Veronica fruticulosa, Lin. S. P. 15. 

 Veronica frutescens, Scop. Corn. 



Moist mountains ; perennial ; July. 



Stem much branched, prostrate ; branches upright, 9 in. 

 high; leaves pale green; spike downy; peduncles \he length 

 of the bractese ; ^oifcr^ pale flesh-colour with purple lines. 



5. Veronica Alpina. Alpine speedwell. 

 Spike crowded ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, bald, acute, 



toothed or scarcely cut; sepaZe^ fringed ; s/e^re simple, up- 

 right, leafv. 



Veronica Alpina, Lin, S. P. 15. 



Alpine spongy bogs ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Stem 6 in. high; leaves S-ribbed, dark green, shining; 

 flowers blue, small ; capsule elliptical, nicked, 2-valved. 



6. Veronica serpyllifolia. Thymeleaf speedwell. 

 Spike loose; leaves ovate, bald, blunt, crenate; Iractece 



leaflike, not cut ; capsule reverse heartshape, shorter than 



the style; stem creeping at bottom. 



Veronica pratensis minor, J2ai« Sj/zi. 279, 3; Par/c. 551. 

 Veronica minor, Ger. em. 627, 2. 

 Veronica serpillifolia, Lin. S. P. 15. 

 TauVs betony. Little fluellin. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial ; May and June, 



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