Veronica.] scropholaeiace^. 337 



V. Blattaria is very plenliful in the middle States of the Union, in fields and 

 by roadsides, both with white and yellow flowers. 



■|-|- Stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous. 



II. Veronica, Linn. Speedwell. 



" Corolla 4-cleft, rotate, lower segment narrower. Stamens 2. 

 Capsule 2-celled." — Br. Fl. 



A very numerous genus, indigenous to cold or temperate climates, but widely 

 dispersed over the globe. Europe po.ssesses a large proportion of those species 

 known to botanists, which are for the most part herbaceous planls of humble 

 growth, except a few which are shrubby, and even small trees in S. America and 

 New Zealand. 



§ Racemes axillary. Root perennial. 



1. V. Anagallis, L. Water Speedwell. " Eacemes opposite, 

 leaves sessile lanceolate serrated, capsule elliptical slightly emar- 

 ginate, stem erect." — Br. Fl. p. 390. E. B. t. 781. 



In ponds, ditches, slow streams and muddy watery spots, but not very frequent. 

 Fl. June — August. If, oftener ex Wahlenb. 



E. Med. — By the great pond near St. Lawrence. About Newchurch. Wet 

 places near Ryde, and at Brading, W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 



W. Med. — In marsh-ditches at Freshwater Gate, sparingly. On Schoolhouse 

 green. Freshwater. Common in watery places at Brixton. In the moat at Wool- 

 verton, by Shorwell, in plenty. By the mill at Lower Knighton. Pond at 

 Carisbrooke upper mill, 1845. 



2. V. Beccahunga, L. Brooklime. " Racemes opposite, leaves 

 stalked elliptical obtuse subserrated glabrous, stem procumbent 

 at the base and rooting." — Br. Fl. p. 290. E. B. t. 655. 



In and on the margins of clear shallow brooks, ditches, pools, springheads and 

 muddy plashes ; abundantly. Fl. May to end of summer. 2f . 



The trivial name of this plant is a barbarous corruption of the German appel- 

 lation, Bachbunge. 



8. V. Chammdrys, L. Germander Speedwell. Vect. Bird's- 

 eyes. " Racemes elongated many-flowered, leaves cordate-ovate 

 nearly sessile inciso-serrate, stem bifariously hairy, capsule flat 

 obcordate deeply notched ciliated shorter than the calyx." — Br. 

 Fl. p. 291. E. B. t. 623. 



/3. Leaves all shortly stalked, upper ones ovate-oblong, acute. 



y. Flowers very pale, nearly white. 



In woods, groves, meadows, pastures, hedges and grassy shady situations, as 

 orchards, &c. ; everywhere common. Fl. April — June. If. 



;8. In the lane or road leading to Haven-street through Firestone copse, on 

 the hedgebauk a little beyond the farm at Kite Hill, Mr. Thos. Meehan ! 



y. In a lane betwixt Kerne and Alverstone, with the ordinary blue-flowered 

 kind, in some abundance. In Steephill grounds. 



4. V. montana, L. Mountain Speedwell. Mountain Madwort. 

 Racemes lax few-flowered, leaves cordato-ovate stalked inciso- 

 serrate, stem hairy aU round, capsule orbicular 2-lobed flat much 

 larger than the calyx. Sm. E. FL i. p. 23. Br. Fl. p. 291. E. 

 B. xi. t. 766. Curt. Br. Entom. xv. t. 678. Curt. FL Lond. fasc. 

 iv. t. 2. Jacq. FL Aust. ii. 6, t. 109. 



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