cr.ASSIl, DRIVER I.] VKRONICA. 9 



8. V. scutella'Ut, (Fig. 13.) Narrow-leaird Marsh SpecilweU. Ra- 

 cemes lateral, alternate, pedicles spreading-, in fruit deflexed ; 

 leaves linear, slightly toothed. 



English Botany, t. 782.— English Flora, vol. i. p. 21. — LiiuUey, 

 Synop.sis, p. 188. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. (5. 



Stem six to twelve inches long, weak, nearly erect. Leaves toothed 

 or entire. Racemes long, generally simple, sometimes divided, and the 

 divisions, as well as the ilower-stalks, spreading. Calyx ovato -lanceo- 

 late, half the length of the capsule. Corolla tlesh-coloured. with dark 

 blue veins. Capsule of two Hat orbicular membranous lobes. Style 

 nearly as long as the capsule. Sliyma capitate. Whole plant gene- 

 rally smooth, but sometimes it is found covered with more or less 

 pubescence, depending, like V. serpyllifolia, upon the situation in which 

 it has grown ; the racemes also vary considerably in their length, 

 which likewise depends upon the place of its growth. 



Habitat. — In marshy and boggy wet places not uncommou. 



Perennial; flowering in July and August. 



On a common near Esher, Surrey, we have gathered specimens of 

 this plant remarkably slender, with racemes nearly twice the usual 

 length, but differing in no other respect from the common appearance 

 of the plant. 



9. V. hirsu'ta, (Fig. 14.) small hairy Speedwell, Racemes lateral, 

 slender, leaves ovato-lanceolate, somewhat serrated, scattered with 

 hairs, stem procumbent, hairy, capsule obcordate, undivided. 



Hopkirk, Flora Glottiana, p. 9. — English Flora, vol. i. p. 22. — 

 Hooker, in English Botany Supplement, t. 2673. 



V. setigera, D. Don's Description of Rare Plants of Scotland, p. 4. - 

 Lindley, Synopsis, p. 180. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 7. 



Stem procumbent, liranching at the base, slender. Leaves narrow, 

 acute, tapering into a footstalk. Racemes slender, the lower flowers 

 distant, the upper more compact. Floicer-stalks shorter than the hrac- 

 teas. C'oro//a pale blue, .4 /(//(ec.v purple. »S'</(/Hia capitate. Capsule ire- 

 quently abortive. A very .sniull species, having the appearance of a 

 starved specimen of V. officinalis, and doubts are entertained as to its 

 being any other. The abrupt undivided capsule, which Sir J. Smith 

 considers as its most marked distinguishing character, we not unfre- 

 quently find in V. officinalis, but it retains its diminished size and the 

 above characters after long cultivation. 



Habitat. — In dry heathy places in Carrick, Ayrshire — Mr. James 

 Smith. 



Perennial ; flowering in June, 



10. V. officina'lis, (Fig. 15.) common Speedwell. Racemes lateral, 

 leaves opposite, ovate, serrated, petiolated, downy, stem prncnm- 

 bant, very downy. 



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