6 VERONICA. [class II. ORDER I. 



Habitat. — Chalky gi'ound about Bury St. Edinunirs and r^eumarlict 

 Heath. Rare. 

 Perennial ; flowering July and August. 



V. hyh'rida, (Fig. 6.f) Welsh Speedwell, of Engl. Botany, t. 673, and 

 Engl, Flora, vol. i. p. 17, is now thought to be only a variety of the 

 above; indeed, Dr. Hooker deems it scarce worthy of being com- 

 memorated as a variety, and to differ only in its more luxuriant 

 growth. The whole plant is larger, with broader, more oval and 

 distinctly veined Leaves, stalked, often three in a whorl, unequally 

 serrated, the lowermost ovale and broader. Stem erect and gene- 

 rally bearing three spikes. The whole plant is stoater, rougher, 

 and much larger. 

 Habitat. — Humi)hrey Head, near Cartmel Wells, Lancashire. — 



Ormeshead, and Gloddaeth, near Conway ; Craig Wreiddim, in 



Montgomeryshire. Rare. 



2. V. serpyl'lifolia, (Fig. 7.) thymc-lcaved Speedtvell. Raceme 

 somewhat spiked, leaves ovate, obtuse, slightly crenate, three rib- 

 bed, smooth, capsules inversely reniform, about as long as the style. 



English Botany, t. 1075.— English Flora, vol. i. p. 20. — Lindley, 

 Synopsis, p. 188. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 5. 



/3. V. alpi'na ; stems prostrate. V. humifu'sa, Dicks. Linn. Tr. vol. 

 ii. p. 288. 



Root fibrous. Stem ascending, branching from the base. Leaves 

 opposite, frequently entire, lower ones on footstalks, upper ones nearly 

 sessile. Calyx segments, obovate, equal; blunt. Corolla light blue 

 or flesh-coloured, with dark blue veins. Capsxile in the immature 

 state inversely heart-shaped (obcordatc), when ripe inversely kidney- 

 shaped (reniform). The whole plant is more or less downy, depending 

 upon the situation in which it has grown : if in a wet place, it is smooth 

 and shining ; in a dry one, it is clothed more or less with pubescence. 



Habitat. — Gardens, pastures, &c. Common. /3. On the high 

 mountains of Scotland; on Snowden ; Cheviot Hills, Northumberland. 



Perennial ; flowering from May to July. 



3. V. fruticnlo'sa, (Fig. S.) shrubby Specda'cll. Raceme somewhat 

 spiked, many flowered, leaves ovate-lanceolate, thick, slightly ser- 

 rated, stem ascending, woody and branching at the base, capsule 

 ovate, slightly notched at the extremity. 

 English Botany, t. 1028. — English Flora, vol. i. p. 18.— Lindley, 

 Synopsis, p. 188. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 6. 



Root strong and woody. Stem erect, round, woody towards the root. 

 Leaves opposite on short footstalks, pale green, leathery, frequently en- 



■f It is intended to give- fi;,Mirc.s, ;is in the present instance, of some of the more 

 marked varieties of tiie dilforpnt species of plants, which will be of considerable 

 assistance to the young student in Botany. 



