DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 21 



V. Beccabunga. Linn. Sp. PL 1 6. IVilld. v. 1 . 64. Vahl Eniim. 

 V. 1. 69. FL Br. 20. Engl. Bot. v. 10. t. 655. Curt. Lond. 

 fasc. 2. L 3. fVoudv. t. 7. Hook. Scot. 6. Fl. Dan. t.5\\. 

 V. aquatica rotundifolia, Becabunga dicta, minor. Raii Syn. 280. 

 Beccabunga. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 100./. 1. 

 Anagallis, seu Becabunga. Ger. Em. 620. /. 

 Sium. Fuchs. Hist. 725. f. 



In clear ditches and rivulets. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Herb deep green, smooth, shining, juicy. Stems round, procum- 

 bent or floating, branched, with long, simple, fibrous roots. 

 Leaves obtuse, ribbed, variously and bluntly serrated. Fl. dull 

 blue, numerous, in long, axillary, stalked clusters. Bracteus 

 linear. Cal. ovate. Caps, roundish, tumid, cloven. 



Beccabunga comes from the German Bach-pungen, bach meaning 

 a rivulet j in Yorkshire and Norfolk a beck. 



8. V. A7iagallis. Water Speedwell. Long-leaved 

 Biooklime. 



Clusters lateral, opposite. Leaves lanceolate, serrated. 

 Stem erect. 



V. Anagallis. Linn. Sp. PL 16. Willd. v. 1. 65. Vahl Enum. 



V. 1. 69. Fl. Br. 20. EngL BoL v.W. t.78l. Curt. Lond. 



fasc. 5. t. 2. Hook. Scot 6. FL Dan. t. 903. 

 V. aquatica longifolia media. Raii Syn. 281. 

 Anagallis aquatica major. Ger. Em. 620. f. 



In ditches, and muddy watery places. 



Perennial. July. 



Akin to the last, but larger, upright, with long, acute, more ser- 

 rated, rather paler, leaves. Clusters long, acute. Cal. acute. Fl. 

 light blue ; sometimes flesh-coloured. Root creeping. Whole 

 plant smooth. 



9, V. scutellata. Narrow-leaved Marsh Speedwell. 



Clusters lateral, alternate; fruit-stalks reflexed. Leaves 

 linear, slightly indented. 



V. scutellata. Linn. Sp. PL 16. WHld. v. 1. 65. Vahl Emm. 70. 



Fl. Br. 21. EngL Bot. v.ll. t. 782. Curt. Lond. fasc. 5. t. 3. 



Hook. Scot 5. FL Dan. t. 209. Poit. ^ Turp. Par. 15. L 13. 

 V. aquatica angustifolia minor. Raii Syn. 280. 

 V. palustris angustifolia. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 96. f. 1. 

 Anagallis aquatica quarta. Lob. Ic. v. 1. 467- f Ger. Em. 621. f. 

 (3. V. parmularia. PoiL Sf Turp. Par. 16. M 4. Fl. Dan. t. 1561, 

 In watery, s])ongy bogs, chiefly on a sandy soil. 

 Perennial. Jufy, August. 



