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Obf. The ftalk is about three inches high, un- 

 branch'd, and llightly hairy : the leaves are oval, 

 a little hairy, and fometimes fmooth, fcarcely 

 crenated on the edges: eight or ten fmall blue 

 flowers grow in a fliort fpike at the top of the 

 ftalk, mix'd with lanceolate ftipula:. 



ferpylltfolia VERONICA racemd'termlnali fubfpicato, foliis 



3. ovatis glabris crenatis. Lin. Sp. P/. 15. (Gef". 

 Emac, fag. 627./. 2. Oed, Dan, 49 2 J 



Little Smooth Speedwell, or Paul's-Betony. Anglis. 



Frequent in paftures, and by way-fides. %. VJ. 



Obf. The ftalk creeps at firft, but at flowering 

 grows ered : the flowers arife from the AU of 

 the leaves, on fliort fooftalks, having the three 

 upper fegments of the Corolla ftreak'd with 

 longitudinal lines : the middle fegment of thefe 

 three is generally hlue^ the two flde ones of a 

 paler colour, and the lowermoft white. 



heccaiunga V. racemis lateralibus, foliis ovatis planis, caule 



4. repente. Lin. Sp, PL 16, (Ger, Emac, p, 620, /* 

 I. Oed, Ban, t, 511. opt,) 



Common Brooklime- Anglis. 



Frequent in ditches and rivulets. %. VII. 



Obf. It is efteem'd an antifcorbutic ; and is eaten 

 by fome in the Spring as a fallet, but is more 

 bitter and not fo agreeable to the palate as JVater- 

 creffes. The flowers are of a fine blue, and the 

 leaves are fmooth, thick, and fucculent. 



anagallis V» racemis lateralibus, foliis lanceolatis ferratis, 

 aquaiica 5. caule 



