VERONICA. 



their lower bradeaj, much longer than the upper, partake of 

 the nature of leaves. 



16. \.pinnata. Wing-leaved Speedwell. Linn. Mant. 24. 

 Willd. n.9. Vahln. 16. Ait. n.7. " Schrad. Vcron. 32. 

 Laxmann in Aft. Pctrop. ann. 1770. 553. t. 29. f. I. 

 Hoffm. in Comm. Goett. v. 15. 130. t. 10." — Cluilers ter- 

 minal. Segments of the calyx lanceolate. Leaves pinna- 

 titid, with linear, acute, divaricated, entire or toothed, feg- 

 ments Found by Laxmann in Siberia, and by Dr. Sib- 

 thorp on mount Athos Like the two laft, this is a hardy 



perennial in the gardens, flowering in June and July ; but 

 though they have been introduced about forty years, 

 they are not become common. The foliage of the prefcHt 

 fpecies abounds with copious, narrow, often capillary, feg- 

 ments. Cliijlcrs numerous, from a fpan to a foot long, con- 

 fifting of a profiifion of liandfome i\\y -blue Jioiwers, whofe 

 calyx is fmooth, almoft equally four-cleft. BraBeas linear, 

 various in length. Capfule inverfely heart-diaped, a little 

 longer than the permanent calyx, tumid, with four valves. 



17. V. bellid'wldes. Daify -leaved Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PL 15. Mant. 316. Willd. n. 21. Vahl n. 17. Ait. 

 n. 12. (V. n. 543. t. 15. f. I ; Hall. Hid. v. i. 235. 

 V. alpina, bellidis folio, hirfuta ; Bauh. Prodr. 116.) — 

 Clufter torymbofe, terminal, hairy, of few flowers. Leaves 

 obovate, crenate. Stem fimple, afcending. Capfule ellip- 

 tical, abrupt, emarginate Native-of the Alps and Pyrenees, 



flowering in .lune and July. This is one of thofe numerous 

 alpine plants, which were firft introduced to the knowledge 

 of Britifh cultivators by Dr. Pitcairn and Dr. Fothergill, 

 who in 1775 fent a fliilful gardener abroad for tliat purpofe. 

 y, beUlilio'ides is perennial, with a creeping _^fm, throwing 

 up perfcftly fimple flowering-branches, a finger's length, 

 bearing two or three pair of oppofite fpatulate haves, 

 fmaller than the more numerous radical ones. Tlie whole 

 of the herbage is more or lefs hairy. Flowers pale greyifli- 

 blue, from five to eight in a terminal vifcid corymb, afterwards 

 elongated and racemofe. 



18. V. grntianotdes. Gentian-leaved Speedwell. Vahl 

 n. 18. Symb. v. i. i. Willd. n. 22. Ait. n. 13. Sm. 

 Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. I. 194. Fl. Grsec. Sibth. v. 1.5. 

 t. 5. Curt. Mag. t. 1002. Venten. Malmaif. t. 86. (V. 

 orientalis ercfta, gentianellx foliis ; Tourn. Cor. 7. V. 

 crcfta, blattarise fncie ; Buxb. Cent. I. 23. t. 35.) — duller 

 corj-mbofe, terminal, hairy. Radical leaves lanceolate, fome- 

 what crenate, fmooth. — Native of Cappadocia, and the 

 mountains of Taurida and Caucafus, as well as of the 

 Bithynian Olympus. Hardy, perennial, and not uncommon 

 in gardeirs, flowering in May and June. But this little 

 .^lpinc plant, originally four or five inches high, by culture 

 rifcs to the height of two feet, with a lax habit, and long 

 clufter of numerous^OTOcrj-. It may always be known by 

 its thick, fmooth, acute leaves, with a pale cartilaginous 

 edge, refembling the foliage of Gcntiana acaulis. The 

 corolla is large, beautifully (Ireaked ; purplifti-blue in a 

 wild ftate ; buieifti-white in gardens. 



10. V. ihymifolia. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. Sm. Fl. 

 Grxc. Sibth. v. i. 5. t. 6. Prodr. n. 19.— CUiRer ter- 

 minal, corymbofe. Leaves revolute, hoary. Stems fome- 

 what Ihrubby, difl'ufe. Lobes of the capfule divaricated — 

 Difcovercd by Dr. Sibtliorp on the fummits of mountains 

 in Crete, flowering on the firll melting of the fnow. A 

 (hrubby little plant, wliofe Jlems are only three or four 

 inches high, (lightly br.uiched, clothed with thyme-like, 

 oppofUe, hoary, elliptical, entire, revolute leaves, tapering 

 down into fliort fonlMks, Flowers blue, very pretty, in 

 (luprs not an inch long. Capfule hairy, inverfely hcart- 

 fliaped, with diftant lobes. 



20. V. fruUculofa. FleOi-colourcd Shrubby Speedwell. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 15. Mant. 316. Willd. n. 24. Vahl n. 19. 

 Fl. Brit. n. 5. Engl. Bot. t. 1028. Wulf. in Jacq. CoU. 

 V. 4. 229. t. 5. (V. n. 545 ; Hall. Hift. v. i. 235. t. 16. 

 f. I.) — Clufter terminal, elongated, many-flowered. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate. Stems creft, fomewhat (hrubby. Cap- 

 fule ovate, of four valves. Native of the mountains of 

 Auftria, Scotland, Switzerland, and the Pyrenees, flowering 

 in July. The fleins, at leafl; their flowering branches, are 

 quite ereft, from four to fix inches high. Leaves above 

 an inch long, a little downy at their edges and veins, fome- 

 times quite entire, fometimes crenate or ferrated. Floiuert 

 numerous, in a ipiked rather than corymbofe clufier, pink 

 or flelh-coloured, never blue. Capfule abrupt or rather acute, 

 foon fplitting into four valves. 



21. v. faxalilis. Blue Rock Speedwell. Linn. Suppl. 

 83. Willd. n. 25. Vahl n. 20. Fl. Brit. n. 4. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1027. Bauh. Hift. V. 3. 284. Dickf. Crypt, 

 fafc. 2. 29. (V. fruticulofa ; Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. i. 

 191. Fl. Dan. t. 342. V. n. 545 /S ; Hall. Hift. v. 236. 

 V. tertia fruticans ; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 347. V. fruticans 

 ferpyllifolia ; Ger. Em. 628. ) — Clufter terminal, corymbofe, 

 of few flowers. Leaves elliptical. Stems fpreading, fome- 

 what fhrubby. Capfule ovate, of four valves. — Native of 

 the mountains of Norway, Scotl.uid, Auftria, Switzerland, 

 and the Pyrenees, more frequent than the preceding, flower, 

 ing in July. This is akin to the laft, with which many 

 botanifts, even the greateft, have confounded it. The^ems 

 however are diff^ufe ; leaves fliorter and rounder ; flowers of 

 a rich ultramarine blue, and much fewer in each fhort corym- 

 bofe clufter. The bmdeas too are rounder and fliorter in 

 proportion to the partial flalhs. The flowering branches of 

 both thefe fpecies are herbaceous and annual, though the 

 main ftem of both is ftirubby and perennial, forming woody 



entangled tufts V. nummularta, Gouan. Uluftr. I. t. i. 



f. 2, appears by original fpecimens from the author to be, 

 as Willdenow and Vahl make it, a dwarf variety of the 



faxalilis, with fmall, rounded, crowded leaves. V. pygmeta, 

 Schranck Salilb. n. ii. t. 1. f. 1, feems fcarcely different 

 from the nummularta. 



11. V. alpina. Alpine Speedwell. Linn. Sp. PI. 15. 

 Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 7. t. 9. f. 4. Willd. n. 26. Vahl n. 21. 

 Fl. Brit. n. 6. Engl. Bot. t. 484. Fl. Dan. t. 16. (V. 

 pumila ; Allion. Pedem. v. i. 75. t. 22. f. 5. Spec. 19. 

 t. 3. f. 3. V. inlegrifolia ; Willd. n. 27. V. n. 544 ; 

 Hall. Hift. v. I. 235. t. 15. f. 2.)— Chiller terminal, dcnfe, 

 corymbofe. Leaves ovate, fmoothidi, fomewhat ferrated. 

 Calyx fringed. Stem afcending, fimple. — Native of the 

 alps of Europe, from Lapland to Savoy, flowering in July 

 and Auguft. Vahl thinks this Teucrium fextum of Cluf. 

 Hift. v. I. 350, with the defcription of which it well agrees, 

 but there being no figure, we cannot abfohitely decide. In 

 general, though not unfrequent in boggy alpine fpols, 

 among trickling rills, in Switzerland and Savoy, it feems to 

 have almoft totally efcaped the notice of the earlier writers. 

 The root is perennial, rather creeping. Stems procumbent 

 at the bafc, then afcending obllcpKly, a little -zig-zag, 

 round, leafy, from two to five inches long. Liaves about 

 an inch long, more or lefs broadly elliptical, rarely hairy. 

 Flowers fmall, of a bright light blue, with a white tube, 

 ftiortcr than tlic four ovate, nearly equal, hairy fegments of 

 the ealyx. Capfule >ival-heart(haped, of two comprefled 

 valves. — We reduce to this fpecies, on the authority of Vahl, 

 the y. inlesrifolui ofKSchranck and Willdeiuiw, of « liitli no 

 fpecimcn has fallen in our way ; but we find among thofe 

 of indubitable V. alpina many that anfwcr to thfir de- 

 fcriptions. 



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