DIANDRIA MOXOGYNIA. Veronica. 5 



lax, of few flowers. Leaves egg"-shaped, stalked, saw- 

 toothed. Stem spreading-, hairy all round. E, B. 

 766. C. 4. 2. 



Shady ivoods. Shotover plantations. Stokenchurch. Nettlebed 

 woods. Sb. (Bagley \Yood.) Bx. Pig's Lane, Tilehurst, 

 Berks. R. \Y. 



Per. May. 



Ste?n lying down, hairy. jF7. pale, painted with purple. Cajys. 

 formed, as it were, of two round cells, compi-essed. 



V. afflcindlis. Male^ or Common SpeediveU. Clusters 

 from the sides of the stem ; partial stalks shorter than 

 their bracteas. Leaves broadly elliptical, saw-toothed, 

 roughish. Stem lying down. Stigma headed. E. 

 B. 765. C. 3. 1. V. vera et major. G. E. 626. 



Dry MUy pastures. 



Per. June. 



Fl. light blue, w^ith dark streaks. 



This species formerly recommended as a substitute for the 

 Chinese tea, but it is more astringent, and bitter, and less grateful. 



V. Chamcedrys, Germander Speedwell. JVild Ger- 

 mander. Clusters from the sides of the stem. Leaves 

 egg-shaped, stalkless, rugged, deeply saw-toothed. 

 Stem spreading-, with a hairy line on each side. Calyx 

 four-cleft, spear-shaped. E. B. 623, C. 1. 2. Ch. 

 sylvestris. G. E. 657- 

 Pastures, trader hedges. 

 Per. May. 



Ls. egg-shaped, inclining- to heart-shaped. Fl. large bright blue. 

 Caps, inversely heart-shaped. 



Few of our wild flowers can vie in elegance, and brilliancy with 

 this species. At night, and in moist weather the corolla closes, 

 expands in dry, bright weather. This is not the German " Forget- 

 me-not." Myosdtis palustris is the true one. 



* * * Flowers axillary, solitary. Root anmml. 



V. agrestis. Sm. Green Procumbent Field Speedwell. 

 Germander ChicTcweed. Flowers solitary. Leaves 

 egg-shaped, deeply saw-toothed, shorter than the 

 flower-stalks. Stems lying down. Segments of the 

 calyx egg-shaped. Seeds about six in each cell. 

 Herbage pale green, not greyish. CaL-segments more 

 narrow, egg-spear-shaped, or oblong, blunt : not egg- 

 shaped, acute. Cor. pale blue, or rose colour in the 

 upper half, white in the lower, or quite white. Caps. 



