18 DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



V. hybrida. Linn. Sp. PL 14. mild. v. 1. 57. Vahl Enum. v.\. 



60. Fl.Br.XQ. Engl. Bot.v.\0.t. 673. Schrad.Germ.v. 1.17 . 

 V. spicata. Poit. 5,- Turp. Par. 19. M9 ? 

 V. spicata cambrobritannicaj bugulse subhirsuto folio. Rail Syn. 



278. <. 11. 

 V. mas recta latifolia, spic^ aerulea. Barrel. Ic. t. 682. according 



to Schrader. 



At the sides of mountains, very rare. 



Gathered on Craig Breiddin, or Brytlien, Montgomeryshire, by 

 Mr. Bowman, in 1817 ; where Mr. Lhwyd discovered it in Ray's 

 time. On Humphrey head, a steep rock near Cartmel Wells, 

 Lancashire. Mr. Crowe and Mr. Woodward; also Rev. Mr. 

 Bingley, 



Pereimial. July, August. 



Larger and rather more hairy, especially about the calyx, than the 

 preceding, having usually 1 or 2 lateral spikes, or rudiments of 

 them. The lower leaves are nearly ovate, being abrupt at the 

 base, towards the footstalks. All the leaves are of a broader, 

 rather elliptical, figure; their serratures stronger, more copious 

 and general, and their hue a more grassy green. These two 

 species ai*e certainly very near akin, but Professor Schrader, one 

 of the greatest European botanists, keeps them distinct. 



3. V. fruticidosa. Flesh-coloured Shrubby Speed- 

 well. 



Cluster terminal, elongated, many-flowered. Leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate. Stems erect ; shrubby below. Capsule 

 ovate, with four lanceolate valves. 



V. fruticulosa. Linn. Sp. PI. 15. Mant. 316. fVilld. v. 1. 61. 



Fahl Enum. v. 1. 62. Fl. Br. IS. Engl. Bot. v. 15. t. 1028. 



Wutf.inJacq.Coll. V.4. 229. t. 5. Hook. Scot. 5. DonH.Br.202. 

 V. frutescens. Scop. Cam. v.\. \9 ; excluding Morison's syn. 

 V. n.545. Hall. Hist. v. I. 235. t. 16. f. I. 



On the mountains of Scotland, in moist places. 



Gathered on Ben Cruachan, Argylshire, by the Rev. Dr. Walker, 

 from whose original plant, cultivated in his garden, I have 

 specimens. Mr. R, Brown, whose accuracy is also beyond all 

 doubt or "^supposition," told me he found this plant on Ben 

 Lawers. I trust no further confirmation is requisite to establish 

 it as a native. 



Perennial. July. 



Root strong and woody. Stems branched, entangled and shrubby 

 at their base; the flowering branches erect, about 6 inches high, 

 round, slightly downy, leafy, mostly simple. Leaves distantly 

 notched or serrated, rather pale, downy at their edges and veins ; 

 sometimes quite entire. C'/MS/er usually solitary, minutely downy. 



