24 DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



V. chamaedryoides, foliis pedlculis oblongis insidentibus. Rail 



Syn. 281 

 V. procumbens. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 93. 

 Alyssum Dioscoridis montanum. Column. Ecphr. v. 1. 286. i. 288. 



In woods, chiefly on a moist calcareous soil, but not very common. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Columna first described, and admirably figured, this species ; the 

 great Sherard first detected it in England, in Charlton-wood, 

 Kent ; and Curtis has elucidated it beyond all future doubt. 

 A foolish story is told of its changing to V. Chamcedrys, which 

 out of regard to a most excellent botanist, whose own specimens 

 are before me, ought not to have appeared in print. No two 

 species can be more distinct. The universal hairiness of the 

 stem ; stalked, thinner, and more shining, lectves ; and smaller 

 paler^^oioers, are sufficient marks ; but the compressed, dilated 

 capsules, formed as it were of two orbicular cells, and thrice as 

 large as the foregoing, are decisive. 



*** Flcmers axillary., solitary. Root anraial. 



14. V.agreslis. Procumbent Field Speedwell. Ger- 

 mander Cliiekweed. 



Flowers solitary. Leaves ovate, deeply serrated, shorter 

 than the flower-stalks. Stems procumbent. Segments 

 of the calyx ovate. Seeds cupped. 



V. agrestis. Linn. Sp. PI. IS. Willd. v. I. 72. Vahl Enum. 



V. 1. 80. Fl. Br. 23. Engl. Bot. v. \l. t. 783. Curt. Lond. 



fuse. \. t.\. Hook. Scot. 7. Fl. Dan. t.449. 

 V. folio chameedryos. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 99. f. 2. 

 Alsine foliis trissaginis. Ger. Em. 616./. 

 A. media. Fuchs. Ilist. 22. f. 



A common weed in all cultivated ground. 



Annual. April — September. 



Root small. Stem hairy on two opposite sides, branched at the 

 base only, spreading on the ground in every direction, flaccid. 

 Leaves on short stalks ; the uj)per ones, or rather all which bear 

 flowers, alternate. Herbage all rough, and more or less hairy. 

 Fl. small, bright blue ; their stalks long, recurved after flower- 

 ing. Cal. fringed, now and then irregularly toothed ; dilated 

 much as the fruit advances. Caps, of 2 round, tumid lobes, 

 rough. Seeds about G in each cell, hemispherical, rugged ; con- 

 cave and peltate beneath. 



15. V. arvefisis. Wall Speedwell, Speedwell Chick- 

 weed. 



Flowers solitary, nearly sessile. Leaves ovate, deeply ser- 



