PI ex. cor. 22. RHINANTHACEiE. 64. Veronica. 307 



Stem weak, diffused ; flowers small, blue, flesh- colour, 

 streaked. 



^. puhescens. Stem and leaves downy. 



1 1 . Veronica montana. Mountain speedwell. 

 Leaves ovate, petioled, serrate; stemhaSxy; petioles hairy; 



spikes alternate, loose, threadshape, few-flowered. 



Veronicf^! chamaedryoides, foliis pediculis oblongis insidentibus, Rati 

 Syn. 281, 1« 



Veronica montana, Lin. S. P. 17. 

 Madicort. 



Woods and hedges, chalky soils ; perennial ; May, June. 

 Stem weak ; leaves shining ; flowers pale blue streaked 

 with purple ; capsules margined, fringed. 



12. Veronica libarbata. Two-learded speedwell. 

 Leaves ovate, sessile, wrinkled, cut, serrated ; stem with 



2 opposite rows of hairs ; spikes opposite, many-flowerd. 



Veronica Chamaedrys sylvesfris dicta, Raii Syn. 281. 

 ChamoBdrys sylvestris, Ger. em. 657,3. 

 Chamaedrys spuria sylvestris. Park. 107, 

 Verooica Chamaedrys, Lin. S. P. 18. 

 Veronica bibarbata, Stokes Bot. M. itf. 31. 

 Wild germander. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial ; May. 



Stem decumbent ; flowers large, light contused-flesh 

 colour; capsules reverse heartshape. — Leaves substituted 

 for those of tea, more grateful than those of veronica offi- 

 cinalis. 



13. Veronica officinalis. Shop speedwell. 

 Leaves reverse oval, toothed, hairy, rough ; stem pro- 

 cumbent, hairy. 



Veronica supina et vulgatissima, Raii Syn. 281, 2. 

 Veronica vera et major, Ger. em. 626, 1. 

 Veronica mas et supina. Park. 550. 

 Veronica officinalis, Lin. S. P. 14. 

 Fluellin. Speedwell. 



Bare sandy places ; perennial ; May and June. 



Stem diffuse ; spike solitary, many-flowered ; flowers light 

 blue, veined. — Leaves substituted for those of tea, but are 

 rather too astringent and bitter. 



c. Flowers solitary, axillary ; leaves alternate ; root anmial. 



14<. Veronica verna. Vernal speedwell. 



Flowers solitary ; leaves finger-parted ; peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves ; stem upright, stiff. 



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