306 64. Veronica. 22. RHINANTHACEiE. Pl.ex.coh 



Leaves petioled, shining, rather fleshy ; flowers bhie or 

 flesh-colour, streaked with violet; sepales reverse ovate; 

 braciecc twice as long as the peduncle. 



7. Veronica humifusa. Ground speedwell. 

 Spike short; leaves heartshape, roundish, slightly scal- 

 loped ; stem prostrate. 



Veronica Alpina, Lightf. Scot. 72. 

 Veronica humifusa, Dick. T. L. S. 2, 288. 

 Veronica serpillifoHa $, Smith Fl, Brit. 19. 



Mountains ; perennial ; June. 



Stem only 3 in. high, creeping ; leaves roundish, nearly 

 sessile ; flowers few, crowded, blue ; peduncles short. 



b. Spike lateral ; leaves opposite j root perennial. 



8. Veronica fontinalis. Spring speedwell. 

 Leaves ovate, very blunt, serrate, petioled ; stem creeping. 

 Veronica aquatica rotundifolia, Beccabunga dicta, minor, Raii Syn. 



280, 8. 



Anagallis sive Beccabunga, Ger. em. 620, 1. 



Anagallis aquatica vulgaris, sive Beccabunga, Park. 1236. 



Veronica Beccabunga, Lin. S, P. 16. 



Brook^lime. 



Rivulets ; perennial ; June. 



Leaves light green, shining, rather fleshy; spikes oppo- 

 site, many-flowered ; bractecB linear, shorter than the pe- 

 duncles ;^OM;er>s blue; capsules twin. — Leaves eaten in sallads 

 as an antiscorbutic. 



9. Veronica aquatica. Water speedwell. 

 Leaves lanceolate, serrate, sessile ; stem upright ; spikes 



opposite. 



Veronica aquatica longifolia media, Raii 5^b. 280, 9. 



Anagallis aquatica major, Ger. em. 620,2. 



Anagallis aquatica folio oblongo crenato, Park. 123T. 



Veronica Anagallis-aquatica, Lin. S. P. 16. 



Veronica Anagallis, Smith Fl. Brit. 20. 



Great long-leaved brook-lime. , 



Bogs and ditch-sides ; perennial ; July. 

 Leaves pointed, bald, shining; floivers blue; capsules 

 nearly twin. 



10. Veronica august if alia. Narrow-leaved speedwell. 

 Leaves linear, denticulate; spikes alternate; pedimcles 



divaricated. 



Veronica aquatica angustifolia minor, Rail Syn. 280, 10. 

 Veronica scutellata, Lin. S. P. 16. 



Sandy bogs and inundations ; perennial ; July and Aug. 



