VERONICA. 



anotlier point of relembkiiice to the Jafminct, fee ii. 27. 

 The fame writer juftly obferTes, that the fegments of the 

 corolla are more equal than is ufual in Veronica, and fome- 

 times vary to five. The eapfule is oval, fcarcely emarginate. 

 ■>,Z.V . formnfa. Elegant Slirubby Speedwell. Brown n.i. 

 — Clutters corymbofe, axillary, of few flowers. Leaves lance- 

 olate, entire ; acute at the bafc. Stem (hrubby. Branches 



with two oppofite hairy Unes Gathered by Mr. Brown in 



Van Diemen's idand. The leaves are evergreen, in pairs 

 crofCng each other, very fmooth. Brown. 



33. V. catarrada. Water -fall Shrubby Speedwell. Forft. 

 Prodr. 3. Vahl n. 30. Ait. n. 12. — Clufters axillary, elon- 

 gated, lax. Leaves ftalked, lanceolate, dillantly ferrated. 

 Stem fomewhat (hrubby. — Gathered by Forfter in New 

 Zeeland, we prefume near fome remarkable cafcade. The 

 leaves are an inch long, acute at each end, fmooth ; paler 

 beneath. Clujlers from the bofoms of the upper leaves, 

 four inches long, with (mooth J!ower-/lalis in dillant pairs. 

 Calyx with four awl-fhaped fcgments, Ihorter than the ob- 

 long cap/tile. Vahl. 



34. V. labiata. Labiated Speedwell. Brown n, 2. Ait. 

 Epit. 376. Curt. Mag. t. 1660. (V. Derwentia; Little- 

 john in Andr. Repof. t. 531. ) — Clufters axillary, elongated. 

 Leaves feflile, ovato-lanceolate, taper-pointed, unequally fer- 

 rated. — Native of Van Diemen's iiland, and the fouth coaft 

 of New Holland, flowering with us moft part of the 

 fummer. It is perennial and herbaceous, increafed by part- 

 ing the roots, but hitherto treated as a greenhoufe plant ; 

 though, not being fhrubby, it will probably bear our cli- 

 mate. "Thi^JIems are fimple, erect, about two feet or more 

 in height, round, leafy, very fmooth. Leaves oppofite, 

 clafping the ilem by a fort of dilat.-ition, fcarcely to be 

 termed a footllalk, veiny, quite fmooth, three or four inches 

 long, acutely and copioufly ferrated. Clujlers numerous, 

 oppofite, about the top of the Ilem, afcending, (talked, 

 many-flowered, rather dunfe, a little downy ; their partial 



Jlalks fometimes aggregate. Bra^eas awl-fhaped. Segments 

 of the calyx four, lanceolate : tiiofe of the pale blue co- 

 rolla elhptic -lanceolate, unequal, acute. Capfiile of four 

 valves. 



35. V. aphylla. Naked-ftalked Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 14. Willd. n. 20. Vahl n. 32. Ait. n. il. (V. n. 541 ; 

 Hall. Hill. V. I. 234. V. alpina puniila, caule aphyllo ; 

 Bocc. Muf. 17. t. 1, and t. 9. V. faxatilis parva, caulibus 

 nudis ; Pluk. Phyt. t. 114. f. 3. Segu. Vcron. v. i. 241. 

 t. 3. f. 2. Teucrium minimum ; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 350.) 



/S. V. Kamtchatica ; Liiui. Suppl. 83. ("V. grandi- 

 flora ; Gsertn. Nov. Coram. Pctrop. v. 14. p. 1. 531. t. 18. 

 f. I." Vabl.) 



Leaves obovate, crenate, hairy. Flower-ftalks ereft, 

 naked, thrice as long as the branches, about three-flowered. 

 — Native of alpine fituations in the fouth of Europe, and 

 north of Afia ; not uncommon on the mountains of Switzer- 

 land and the north of Italy, flowering in July ; but it has 

 never been found in Britain or Ireland. The perennial trail- 

 ing Jlems throw up fevcral Ihort leafy branches, about an inch 

 in length. Leaves crowded, oppofite, llalked, ufually an 

 inch long, fometimes much lefs, bhintifh, with numerous 

 fhallow notches ; their pubefccnce finely jointed. Flower- 

 Jlalks folitary, near the top of each branch, two or three 

 inches long, each bearing two or three light-blue Jlowers, 

 on flender downy partial ftalks, accompanied by oblong ob- 

 tufc Iraclcas. Calyx hairy, in four obovale fegments. Cap- 

 fule twice the length of the calyx, obovate, cmarginati-, 

 thin, comprefTed, hairy. The variety 6 differs merely in 

 the fomewhat larger fize of every part ; the pubcfcence 

 being not more articulated in this than tht common V. 



aphylla, as we have long ago remarked ; Tr. of Linn. Soc. 

 v. I. 190. 



36. V. Beccabunga. Brooklime Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 16. Willd. n. 30. Vahl n. 33. Fl. Brit. n. 8. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 655. Curt. Lond. fafc. 2. t. 3. Woodv. Med. 

 Bot. t. 7. Purih n. 5. Fl. Dan. t. 5 1 1. (Beccabunga; 

 Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 100. Anagallis feu Becabunga ; Gcr. 

 Em. 620. Sium ; Fuchf. Hiit. 725.) — Clufters lateral. 



Leaves elliptical, flat. Stem creeping Native of clear 



ditches, and limpid ftrcams, throughout Europe, from 

 Sweden to Greece, as well as in North America, flowering 

 in June and July. Perennial. Stews procumbent or float- 

 ing in their lower part, fending out long fibrous radicles 

 from the joints ; round, fucculent, fmooth and Ihiiiing, like 

 every other part of the herb, and extending two or three 

 feet. Leaves flightly lerrated, of a bright rich green, from 

 one to two inches long, on fhort broad ftalks. Clujlers 

 axillary, oppofite, ftalked, longer than the leaves, of feve- 

 ral, not very brilliant, h\\xe Jloiuers . Segments of the calyx 

 ovate, as long as the roundifti, emarginate capjule. De 

 Theis fays, the old name Beccabunga is corrupted from 

 Bach-punghen, the German appellation of this plant ; bach 

 meaning a rivulet ; from whence comes the word beck, ufed 

 for a brook in Yorkfliire and Norfolk. However this may 

 be. Dr. Sibthorp found Becabunga the Turkifll name of this 

 Veronica; adopted perhaps from fome European doftor. 



37. V. Anagallis. Water Speedwell, or Long-leaved 

 Brooklime. Linn. Sp. PI. 16. Willd. n. 31. Vahl n. 34. 

 Fl. Brit. n. 9. Engl. Bot. t. 781. Curt. Lond. fafc' 5. 

 t. 2. Purfli n. 6. Fl. Dan. t. 903. (Anagallis aquatica 

 major; Ger. Em. 620.) — Clullers lateral, oppofite. Leaves 

 lanceolate, ferrated. Stem ereft. — Native of ditches, the 

 borders of rivers, and other watery fituations, throughout 

 Europe ; more general in North America than the fore- 

 going ; and found alfo in Japan. Perennial, and apreeing 

 in habit with V. Beccabunga, but taller, more ereft, and 

 readily known by its long, acute, lanceolate leaves. The 

 clujlers alfo are longer and more pointed, and the Jio>uiers 

 fmaller, occafionally flefh-coloured. 



38. V . fcutcllata. Narrow-leaved Marfli Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 16. Willd. n. 32. Vahl n. 35. Fl. ferit. n. 10. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 782. Curt. Lond. fafc. y. t. 3. Purlh n. 7. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 209. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 15. t. 13. (V. pa- 

 luftris anguftifolia ; Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 96. f. 1. Ana- 

 gallis aquatica quarta ; Lob. Ic. 467. Ger. Em. 621.) — 

 Clufters lateral, alternate ; partial flower-ftalks div.iric.ited. 

 Leaves linear, flightly indented. — Native of watery places, 

 efpecially on fpongy bogs, or a fandy foil, in various parts 

 of Europe and North America ; much lefs common in 

 England than the two laft ; flowering in July and Auguft. 

 A (lender, weak, often purph(h, perennial herb, with long 

 narrow leaves, occafionally downy. Fluivers pale flcfli- 

 coloured, with purple veins ; ihcWJlalls bent quite b.ick as 

 the eapfule ripens. The clujlers are axillary, rarely oppofite. 

 V. parmularia, Poit. et Turp. Parif. 16. t. 14, is only the 

 hairy variety of this fpccies, mentioned in Fl. Brit., which 

 is rather of a fmaller fize, and hairy or downy in every part 

 of the herbage ; but even the authors cited elteem it only a 

 variety. 



39. V. gracilis. Slender New-Holland Speedwell. Br. 

 n. 4. — " Corymbs lateral, of few flowers. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, nearly entire, very fmooth as well as the nearly 

 fimple ftem." — Native of Port Jackfon, New South Wales. 

 Partition of the eapfule contrary to the valves. Brown. 



^o. V . pi-rfoliata. Perfoliate Speedwell. Br. n. 3. Curt. 



Mag. t. 1936 Clufters later;il, (lalkcd, many-flowered. 



Leaves entire, very tmooth, ovate, pointed ; combined ;it 



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