VERONICA. 



23. 'V . ferpyllifolta. Smooth Speedwell, or Paul's Betony. 

 Linn. Sp. PI.' 15. WiUd. n. 28. Vahl n. 22. Fl. Brit, 

 n. 7. Engl. Bot. t. 1075. Curt. Lend. fafc. I. t. 3. 

 Purdin. 4. Fl. Dan. t. 492. ( V. humifufa ; Dickf. Tr. 

 of Linn. Soc. v. 2. 288. V. minima repens ; Rivin. Mor.op. 

 Irr. t. 99. f. I. V. minor; Ger. Em. 627. V. minor 

 ferpyllifolia ; Lob. Ic. 472.) — duller terminal, fomewhat 

 fpiked. Leaves ovate, flightly crenate, three-ribbed, fmootli. 

 Capfule inverfely heart-fhaped, fhorter than the ftyle. — 

 Native of Europe and North America, in paftures, and by 

 road-fides, very frequent, flowering in May and June. The 

 herbage in moill fituatione is fmoolh, (hining, and rather 

 juicy ; in dry open or hilly ground it becomes downy or 

 hairy. The roots are perennial. Stems from two to twelve 

 inches long, ereA or proftrate. Clujltrs elongated, lax, with 

 ovate brafteas. Corolla fmall, elegantly variegated with 

 bright blue and white, ftreaked with dark blue. 



24. V. tenella. Little Round-leaved Speedwell. AUion. 

 Pedem. v. i. 75. t. 22. f. i. Willd. n. 29. Vahl n. 23. 



Symb. V. 3. 5 " Leaves roundifh, fomewhat rugged and 



crenate, all ftalked. Stem creeping, villous as well as the 

 calyx." — Native of the Pyrenean mountains, and the alps 

 of Savoy. This is faid to differ but httle from the laft. 

 Indeed Plukenet's t. 233. f. 4, cited for the prefent, can 

 hardly be any thing elfe than the ferpyllifolia. Allioni , 

 defcnbes the leaves as lefs firm and even than t!iat fpecies, 

 but the creeping^cm and lefs denfe clufter, are charafters of 

 no moment. We luve not examined the plant. 



25. V . telephiifolia. Orpine-leaved Speedwell. Vahl n. 24. 

 (V. orientahs, telephii folio ; Tourn. Cor. 7.) — " Leaves 

 obovate, nearly entire. Stem creeping." — Gathered in 

 Armenia by Tournefort, and defcribed by Vahl from his 

 herbarium. Stems thread-ihaped, fmooth. Leaves ftalked, 

 hardly half the length of the nail, very obtufe, fmootl\, with 

 one or two obfcure notches about the extremity ; acute at 

 the bafe. Floiuers (and we prefume inflorefcence') wanting 

 ill the fpecimen. Vahl. 



26. V. ruderalis. Round-leaved Peruvian Speedwell. 

 Vahl n. 25. (" V. ferpylLfoha ; Fl. Peruv. v. I. 6.")— 

 " Leaves roundilh, crenate, obfcurely five -ribbed ; the 

 upper ones [lightly fringed and entire. Stem creeping." — 

 Native of wafte ground, borders of fields, and cool w-atery 

 fituations, in Peru. Perennial. 5/t7Bj many, diffufe, thread- 

 fhaped, purplifh ; downy in the upper part. Lower leaves 

 on fhort ftalks, fpreading ; upper feffile. Partial floiver- 



flalis thread-fliaped, the length of the IraSeas. Corolla 

 violet ; its fmalleft fegment white. Vahl. This is evidently 

 very near V. ferpyllifolia. 

 Seft. 3. Cluflers lateral. 



27. V. parviflora. Small-flowered Shrubby Speedwell. 

 Vahl n. 26. Symb. v. 3. 4. Willd. n. 16. — Clufters axil- 

 lary, about the ends of the branches. Segments of the 

 calyx ovate, fringed. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 pointed. Stem Ihrubby. — Gathered by fir Jofeph Banks 

 and Dr. Solander in New Zeeland. Thev gave a fpecimen 

 to the younger Linmus, by the name of V.floribunda. The 



flem is perhaps feveral feet in height, with forked, twifted, 

 round, fcarred, woody branches, leafy only while young. 

 Leaves crowded, feffile, crofling each other in pairs, from 

 one to two inches long, very fmooth and even, fingle-ribbed, 

 deciduous. Clujlers axillary, and fomewhat terminal, ftalked, 

 denfe, many-flowered, nearly fmooth, longer than the leaves. 

 Floiuers fraall, we believe them to be white. BraHeas 

 minute, fringed. Calyx the length of the tube of the 

 corolla, and only one-third as long as the ovate, fmooth, 

 finally four-valved and quadrangular capfuk. The ^yle is 

 remarkably long and capillary, deciduous. 



This is one among many Ihrubby or arborefcent white, 

 flowered fpecies, referrible to Juflleu's and Commerfon'i 

 genus of Hebe, which are indeed fo unlike moft Veronicn in 

 habit, that one could \vi(h their fruftification afforded any 

 generic diftinftion. They ferve to approximate the prefent 

 genus, by fome points of refemblance, to the Jafminex. 



28. V. macrocarpa. Large-fruited Shrubby Speedwell. 

 Vahl n. 27. Symb. v. 3. 4. — Clufters axillary, about the 

 ends of the branches, ereft. Segments of the calyx lanceo- 

 late. Leaves lanceolate, entire, flat. Stem Ihrubby. 



Native of New Zeeland. The leaves are four inches long, 

 fmooth and even, without lateral ribs, or veins. Tube of 

 the corolla twice, and capfule thrice, the length of the calyx. 

 Vahl. 



29. V. falicifolia. Willow-leaved Shrubby Speedwell. 

 Forft. Prodr. 3. Vahl n. 28. Symb. v. 3. 4. Willd. 

 r.. 15. — Clufters axillary, about the ends of the branches, 

 drooping ; partial ftalks aggregate. Segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate. Leaves lanceolate, entire ; tapering at each end. 

 Stem (hrubby. — Gathered in New Zeeland by fir Jofeph 

 Banks and Dr. Solander. This appears to be nearly re- 

 lated to the laft, but the leaves are narrower at the bafe. 

 In our fpecimen they are little more than two inches long, 

 fcarcely perceptibly undulated at the very edge. Clujlers 

 longer than the leaves, their capillary partial flails very 

 numerous, feveral from the fame point, each accompanied 

 by its own little fliort lanceolate bra&ea. Tube of the 

 corolla twice the length of the calp: ; fegments of its limb 

 eUiptic -lanceolate, acute ; not, as in the two preceding, 

 obtufe. Capfule, according to Vahl, oblong and acute, 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



30. V. elliptica. Elliptic -leaved Shrubby Speedwell. 

 Forft. Prodr. 3. Vahl n. 29. Willd. n. 13 Clufters axil- 

 lary, about the ends of the branches, fimple, of few flowers. 

 Segments of the calyx ovate, acute. Leaves eUiptic -lan- 

 ceolate, pointed, entire, flightly revolute. Stem fhrubby 



Native of New Zeeland, from whence Mr. Menzies has 

 favoured us with a fpecimen in feed. No writer has yet 

 given any detailed defcription of this fpecies. Its woody 

 branches are rough with very protuberant fears, where the 

 leaves have been, and when young are quadrangular. Leaves 

 crowded, croffing each other in pairs, about an inch long, 

 acute at each end, fingle-ribbed, fmooth, very flightly revo- 

 lute, or reflexed at the margin. Cluflers of not more than 

 fix or ei^X flowers, at firft probably fliort and denfe ; when 

 in fruit hardly longer than the leaves; their flalis all an- 

 gular and fmooth. Bradeas minute, acute, permanent. 

 The corolla we have not feen. The permanent calyx is 

 fmooth, acute, half the length of the ovate, acute, tumid, 

 four-valved capfule. 



■^l.V. decujfata. Crofs-lcaved Shrubby Speedwell. Ait. 



n. 20. Vahl n. 31. Willd. n. 19. Curt. Mag. t. 242. 



Clufters axillary, about the ends of the branches, fimple, 

 of few flowers. Segments of the calyx ovate. Leaves el- 

 liptical, obtufe, entire, flightly revolute. Stem fhrubby. 

 — Native of Falkland iflands, and the ftraits of Magellan ; 

 yet it requires the ftielter of a greenhoufe in this country. 

 Dr. Fothergill is faid to have firft cultivated this flirub in 

 1776. It flowers, but not freely, in July and Auguft, and 

 the foliage is evergreen. This fpecies is fo nearly related to 

 the laft, that they muft neceffarily be placed next to each 

 other, nor are we well affured of a fpecific diftinftion be 

 tween them. The leaves of the prefent are indeed much 

 fliorter, rounder, and lefs pointed, but their figure is not 

 invariable. The inflorefcence is precifely fimilar. T^he flowers 

 are white, large and elegant, obferved by Mr. Curtis to have 

 a moft delicious fragrance, fimilar to that of Olea fragrans ,- 



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