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Germander V. Not unfrequent in most parts of England and Ireland, as 

 ■well as in several Scotch counties. Fl. spring and summer. 



10. Germander Veronica. Veronica Chamsedrys, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 623.) 



Stems weak, creeping at the base, then ascending, often ahove a foot 

 long, and remarkable by tlie hairs collected into two opposite lines down 

 the stem from between each pair of leaves to the leaf next below, whilst 

 the rest of the stem is glabrous or nearly so. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 ovate, cordate, crenate, and hau-y. Eacemes axillary, one only from each 

 pair of leaves, much longer than the leaves, with rather larger bright blue, 

 or rarely smaller pinkish flowers, on rather long pedicels. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Capsule flat, very broad, and notched at the top, narrowing towards the base. 



In woods, pastures, hedge-banks, roadsides, etc. ; very common all over 

 Europe and Russian Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle. 

 Extends all over Britain. Fl. spring and sitmmer. 



11. Ivy Veronica. Veronica hedereefolia, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 784.) 



An annual, usually not so hairy as the proeamhent V. ; the leaves of a 

 thicker and smoother consistence, more distinctly stalked, broadly orbicular, 

 with 5 or 7 coarse teeth or short lobes, the middle one broad and rounded ; 

 but the chief distinction is in the calyx, the divisions of which are broadly 

 heart-shaped, not naiTOwed at the base. Corolla and capsule nearly those 

 of the procumbent V., but there are usually but 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. 



In waste and cultivated places, in Europe and Russian Asia, extending 

 as a weed of cultivation over nearly the same area as the procumbent V., 

 but generally less abundant. In Britain, not near so common as the pro- 

 cumbent V. Fl. all summer. 



12. Procumbent Veronica. Veronica a^estis, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 783, and Suppl. t. 2603.) 



A more or less hairy, much branched annual, \\-ith procumbent or pros- 

 trate stems, from 3 to 8 or 10 inches long. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate 

 and toothed ; the lowest opposite, without flowers, but the greater number 

 alternate, each with a pedicel in its axU, usually shorter than the leaf, 

 bearing a single, small, blue or pinkish-white flower. Sepals ovate or ob- 

 long, usually longer than the corolla. Capsiile composed of 2 ovoid, erect 

 lobes, each containing a smaU. number of seeds, which are rough and convex 

 on the outside, and hollowed out into a cup on the inner face. 



In waste and cultivated places ; a very common weed all over Europe 

 and Eussian Asia, and introduced into North America and other countries. 

 Very abundant in Britain. Fl. the whole season. It varies in the shape of 

 the sepals, and the size and colour of the corolla, and has been divided into 

 three more or less marked varieties or races : — Fi agrestis, with oblong 

 sepals, and white or pink flowers ; V. polita, with ovate sepals, and larger 

 blue flowers ; V. opaca, with spathulate sepals and fewer seeds ; but none 

 of these characters have sufficient constancy to justify their maintenance as 

 distinct species. 



13. Buxbaum's Veronica.' Veronica Buxbaumii, Ten. 

 (Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2769.) 

 This closely resembles the procumbent V., but is much larger in all its 



