VERONICA. 



V. 1. 6. — " Leaves three in a whorl, broadly lanceolate, 

 downy, (harply and finely ferrated. Calyx and braAeas 

 very (hort." — Native of ftony hills of Caucafus, flowering 

 in May and June. Perennial. Whole herb clothed with 

 fine, rather glaucous, pubefcence. Akin to V.fpuria in 

 fioiuers and inflorefcence, but the leaves are much fhorter and 

 broader, with (harper more copious ferratures. Marfch. 



Sedl. 2. Clujlers or fpikes terminal. Lea-ues oppofite. 

 10. V. longi/olia. Long-leaved Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 13. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 4. Willd. n. 5, excluding Eh. 

 rhart's fynonym. Vahl n. 9. Ait. n. 6? " Schrad. Veron. 

 26. t. 2. f. I ?" (V. fpicata latifolia ; Bauh. Pin. 246. 

 Ger. Em. 628. V. prima ereftior latifolia ; Cluf. Hid. 

 V. I. 346. V. major latifolia, foliis fplendentibus et non 

 fplendentibus ; Bauh. Hill. v. 3. 283.) — Leaves oppofite, 

 ovate, pointed, doubly and (harply ferrated, fmooth, on very 

 fhort ftalks. Clufters aggregate, ereft. Calyx ovate, 

 fhorter than the tube of the corolla. — Native of Sweden, 

 Tartary and Auftria. Perennial. Sierm erecl, two feet 

 high, leafy, round, either fmooth, or finely downy, with mi- 

 nute recurved hairs. Leaves two and a half inches long, and 

 nearly one broad, with extremely numerous and (harp, un- 

 equal, and often double, ferratures. Footjlalis broad and 

 very (hort ; to the upper leaves fcarcely any. Clujlers 

 rather denfe, all erett and crowded, forming a fort of pyra- 

 midal panicle. Partial Jlower-Jlalks (lightly downy, for the 

 mod part longer than the calyx, whole four fegments are 

 broad, ovate, and nearly equal. Tube of the corolla about 

 twice as long as the calyx, and equal to the limb. — Such is 

 the real V. longifolia, the Swedilh plant of Linnsus, for 

 which, if we do not greatly err, authors have miftaken 

 the maritima of Fl. Dan. t. 374. This latter is actually 

 quoted for longifolia, by Mr. Dryander in Hort. Kew. on 

 the authority, we prefume, of Schrader, whofe work is not 

 within our reach, and therefore we refer to his plate with 

 hefitation. That the above-mentioned plant of Fl. Dan. 

 may be a diftintl fpecies from maritima, we are readily dif- 

 pofed to allow. But that both of them are perfctlly different 

 from our true longifolia, and eflTentially diftinguifhed from it 

 by the much narrower, and more unequal, fegments of their 

 calyx, to fay nothing of the leaves d^niifootjlalks, is certain. 

 A good figure of the longifolia is wanting, John Bauhin's 

 being the bell that we can find ; as the others are very de- 

 feftive in their foliage. Vahl's defcription anfwers better to 

 the fo often mentioned maritima of Fl. Dan. than to the real 

 longifolia. His variety S, p'. fpicata urtica folio, Amm. Ruth. 

 26, though cited likewife as a variety by Linnaeus, appears to 

 be the true plant, the defcription agreeing precifely, except 

 the " folitary fpike." 



II. V.incana. Hoary Speedwell. Linn. Sp. Tl. 14. 

 Willd. n. 6. Vahl n. 10. Ait. n. 3. " Hoflm. in Comm. 

 Goett. V. 15. 123. t. 6." Marfch. Taur.-Cauraf. v. i. 7. 

 ( V. fpicata lanuginofa et incana, floribus cirulcis ; Amm. 

 Ruth. 21.) 



$. V. negleila ; Vahl n. 1 1 . 



HoaEy and denfely downy. Spike terminal, mollly foli- 

 tary. Leaves oppofite ; lower ones ftalked, crenate or fer- 

 rated ; uppernioft entire, feiTile, tapering at the bafej — Na- 

 tive of the rocky fummits of mountains in Siberia and Tau- 

 ria, flowering in June. An elegant plant, a foot high, its 

 white pubefcence being ftrikingly contrafted with the denfe 

 fpile, rather than clujler, of dark hlue Jloivers. Calyx cot- 

 tony, with four oblong unequal fegments. The leaves cer- 

 tainly vary in acutenefs, as well as in the flrength of their 

 ferratures, and we gladly profit of the hint given by the 

 learned author of the Flora Taurico-Caucajica, to confider 

 Vahl's F. neghda, which is frequent in gardens, as a mete 

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variety. Still we do not concur with the fame great autho' 

 rity in thinking the pubefcence alone diftingui(hes this fpe- 

 cies from V. fpicata; even though fpecimens of luxuriant 

 fpicata, as they appear to us, are pinned by Linnxus in his 

 _ herbarium to the genuine wild incana. 



12. V. fpicata. Spiked Speedwell. Linn. Sp. PI. 14. 

 Willd. n. 7. Vahl n. 12. Fl. Brit. n. i. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 2. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 19. t. 19. FL Dan. t. 52. 

 (V. fpicata minor; Bauh. Pin. 247. Vaill. Parif. t. 33. 

 f. 4. V. refta minima ; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 347. Ger. Em. 

 627. V. fpicata recla minor ; Bauh. Hill. v. 3. 282.) 



fi. V. altera erefta anguftifolia : Cluf. Hift. v. I. 346. 

 (V. fpicata refta major ; Bauh. Hift. v. 3. 282. V. afiur- 

 gens, five fpicata ; Ger. Em. 628. ) 



Spike terminal, moftly fohtary. Leaves oppofite, ftalked, 

 bluntifli, witii (hallow ferratures, fomewhat downy ; the 



extremity entire. Stem afcending, unbranched Native of 



open, chalky, mountainous, or alpine paftures, throughout 

 moft parts of Europe, from Sweden to Greece, flowering 

 from July to September. The root is creeping, perennial, 

 a httle woody. Stems from three to ten or fourteen inches 

 high, each bearing ufually a fingle denfe fpike of dark-blue 

 flowers ; but the luxuriant variety (? has ieverdX fpikes. The 

 lower flowers are not feffde. The fegments of the calyx are 

 oblong and downy. The whole heri is more or lefs downy, 

 or finely hairy, but by no means cottony, or hoary, in the 

 manner of the laft. The leaves vary in breadth, and are 

 fometimes almoft entire. 



13. W.hybrida. Welfti Speedwell. Linn. Sp. PI. 14. 

 Willd. n. 8. Vahl n. 13. Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 673. (V. fpicata cambrobritannica, bugulae fubhirfuto 

 foho ; Rail Syn. ed. 3. 278. t. 11.) — Spikes terminal. 

 Leaves oppofite, elhptical, obtufe, roughilh, unequally and 



bluntly ferrated. Stem nearly ereft Native, of feveral 



parts of Europe, but rare. It is found in the AVellh county 

 of Montgomery, as well as in Lancafliire. Linnxus fuf- 

 pefted this might be a mule between V. ojlcinalis 2i\\A fpicata, 

 though furely without authority. It is moft akin to the 

 laft, but twice as large in every part, with rougher leaves 

 zndjlem, nor does it alter by culture. The fpiies, or rather 

 clujlers, are very long and denfe, feldom folitary, and con- 

 fift of innumerable h\\ie flowers. 



14. V. incifa. Cut-leaved Speedwell. Ait. ed. 1. v. 1. 

 19. ed. 2. n. 9. Willd. n. 11. Vahl n. 14. "Schrad. 

 Veron. 33." — Clufters terminal. Bradeas as long as the 

 calyx and flower-ftalk. Segments of the calyx hnear-lan- 

 ceolate, longer than the tube of the corolla. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, deeply pinnatifid, fmooth Native of Siberia. 



The whole habit of this fpecies is very (lender. Stem 

 branched, about two feet high, leafy, round, flightly downy. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, or varioufly pinnatifid and cut, 

 very narrow, with axillary tufts of ftill narrower and much 

 fmaller ones. Clujlers folitary at the ends of the branches, 

 lax, many-flowered. Partial_/?a/ij capillary, a httle downy, 

 fhorter than the calyx, which is four-cleft, unequal, fmooth. 

 Bradeas linear, channelled, fmooth, various in length, but, 

 in the lower part of the clufter at leaft, extending beyond 

 the points of the calyx. Corolla blue, with acute fegments. 



15. V.laciniata. Jagged-leaved Speedwell. Ait. ed. I. 

 V. I. 19. ed. 2. n.8. Willd. n. ic. Vahl n. 15. " Sclirad. 

 Veron. 32." ('• V. fpuria ; Junghajis Ic. Rar. cent. i. 

 fig. 2, excluding the fynonyms." Willd. ) — Clufters ter- 

 minal. Brafteas as long as the flower-ftalk. Segments of 

 the calyx ovato-lanceolate, as long as the tube of the 

 corolla. Leaves lineal-, pinnatifid. — Native of Siberia. Akin 

 to the laft, but the Ihorter more ovate fegments of the calyx 

 afford a clear diftiiiftion. The cluflers are very long, and 



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