CLASS 11. ORDER I.] VERONICA. / 



tire at the extremities and serrated in the middle. Racemes long, 

 flower-stalks (pedicles) longer than the bractea. Cali/.v segments, oh- 

 ovate, longer than the capsule. Corolla flesh-coloured and veined. 

 Capsule ovate, Sfi/le longer than the capsule, its stigma capitate. 

 Seed smooth and flat. 



This species was long confounded with V. saxatilis, but appears to 

 be quite distinct, and one of the rarest of our nati\ e plants. We have 

 been unable to obtain other than cultivated specimens. It has only 

 been found in Scotland, by Dr. Walker upon Ben Cruachan, and Mr. 

 Brown upon Ben Lawers. Sir James Smith, in speaking of it, remarks, 

 " Mr. Brown, whose accuracy is beyond all donbt or ' supposition,' told 

 me he found this plant on Ben Lawers. I trust no further confirmation 

 is requisite to establish it as a native." E. Bot. 



In luxuriant cultivated specimens, the racemes or clusters are fre- 

 quently lateral, the leaves broader at the base and clasping the stem, 

 and the whole plant downy. 



Perennial ; flowering in July. 



4. V. alpi'na, (Fig. 9.) alpine Speedwell. Raceme corymbose, 

 leaves ovate, slightly serrated, smoothish, calyx and bracteas fringed 

 with jointed hairs, capsule obovate, notched at the extremity, style 

 short. 



English Botany, t. 484.— English Flora, vol. i. p. 19.— Lindley, 

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



Stent erect undivided from four to six inches high, branching at the 

 base. Leaves various in size, larger and more deeply serrated than 

 those of V. serpijlli folia. Flowers deep blue, at first in a short compact 

 corymb, afterwards elongated with the lower flower-stalks longer than 

 the upper. Calyx in four unequal segments and as well as the bracteas 

 hairy. Capsule obovate. Stifle very short. Stii/ma capitate. The 

 whole plant scattered with white jointed hairs. 



Hahiiat.—I'onnd only on the summit of the Highland mountains 

 of Scotland, on the margin of rivulets and trickling rills; but rare. 



Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 



6. V. saxat'ilis, (Fig. 10.) blue rock Speedwell. Raceme of few 

 flowers, corymbose, leaves oval, slightly serrated, stems spreading, 

 capsules ovate, of four bifid valves. 



English Botany, t. 1027.— English Flora, vol. i. p. 19.— Lindley, 

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



Root perennial long and fibrous. Stems woody, slender, procumbent 

 at the base and much branched. Leaves smooth, veiny, serrated or en- 

 tire, more or less stalked, turning black when dry. Flowers large, bright 

 blue, richer in the brilliancy of its colour than any other of the genera. 



Habitat.— On exposed rocks inScotland ; rare. Our specimens were 

 collected on Ben Lawers ; il is also found on other mountains of the 

 Breadalbane range. 



Perennial ; flowering in July. 



