VERONICA. 



the bafe. Capfule of four valves. — Native of Port Jack- 

 fon. New South Wales Flowers dark blue. 



41. V. Billardkrl. Sharp-leaved Syrian Speedwell. Vahl 

 n. 36. — Clutters axillary, many times longer than the lance- 

 olate-oblong, entire, hoary leaves. Stems proftrate, hoary. 

 — Gathered in Syria by M. Labillardiere. The j}(ms are 

 feveral, thread-(haped, fomevvhat branched, hoary and vil- 

 lous, like the foliage and flovver-ftalks. Leaves nearly 

 feffile, hardly the length of the nail, fliarpifh, without ribs 

 or veins, and accompanied by axillary rudiments of linear 

 leaves. Clujlcrs after flowering two or three inches long. 

 BraBeas linear, the length of the partial italks. Calyx in 

 four linear, equal fegments, the length of the fame. Cap- 

 fule inverfely heart-ftiaped, compred'ed, as long as the calyx, 



becoming fmoother as it ripens. Vahl. 



42. V. macrojlncbya. Blunt-leaved Syrian Speedwell. 



Vahl n. 37 Clufters axillary, many times longer than the 



linear -oblong, obtufe, deeply ferrated, hoary leaves. Stems 

 proftrate, hoary. — Native of Syria. Labillardiere. Every 

 part of the herb is villous and hoary. Stems feveral, a fpan 

 long, thread-fliaped, fomewhat branched. Leaves feflile, 

 the length of the nail ; a httle dilated, and deeply ferrated, 

 towards the extremity. Clujlers long. BraSeas linear. 

 Calyx in four linear fegments. Capfule as in the laft. In a 

 garden the flem becomes eighteen inches, and each clufler 

 two feet, in lengtii ; with very foft downy leaves. Vahl. 



43. V. pedinata. Pectinated Speedwell. Linn. Mant. 24. 

 Willd. n. 36. Vahl n. 38. Sm. Prodr. FI. Grxc. Sibth. 

 n. 25. (V. conftantinopolitana incana, chamsdryos folio; 

 Tourn. Cor. 7. Buxb. Cent. i. 25. t. 39. f. i.; — Clufters 

 lateral, on leafy ftalks. Leaves oblong, with deep parallel 

 ferratures. Stems proftrate. — Gathered by Buxbaum, and 

 fince by Sibthorp, on craggy flielvy mountains, bordering 

 both fhores of the Bofphorus, flowering in fpring. Mr. 

 Hawkins met with this plant on the higheft fummits of the 

 Sphaciote mountains of Crete. It has a woody perennial 

 root, and feveral woody flems, a finger's length, chiefly 

 hairy on two oppofite fides. Leaves nearly feffile, not an 

 inch long, with parallel, bluntifli, rather deep incifions. 

 Flowers blue, in long, loofe, downy clujlers, whofe Jlalhs 

 bear feveral, alternate, partly entire, leaves. Segments of 

 the calyx linear, obtufe, hairy, two of them much longer 

 than the other two. 



44. V. orientalis. Various-leaved Speedwell. Mill. Dift. 

 ed. 8. n. 10. Ait. n. 27. Willd. n. 39. Vahl n. 39. 

 Marfch. Taur.-Cauc. v. i. 12. (V. auftnaca /S ; Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 17; the fpecimen marked V. cappadocica, fohis laci- 

 niatis ; Tourn. Cor. though no fuch name occurs there. 

 V. heterophylla ; Salilb. Ic. 7. t. 4. V. montana, foho 

 vario ; Buxb. Cent. I. 24. t. 38.) — Clufters lateral, lax, on 

 partly leafy ftalks. Leaves pinnatifid, fmooth, acute ; ta- 

 pering at the bafe ; the uppermoft linear -lanceolate, nearly 

 entire. Partial ftalks capillary, longer than the bra6teas. — 

 Native of grafly paftures in Armenia, Georgia, and Tauria, 

 flowering in June and July. Miller cultivated it in 1748, 

 and it is ftill preferved in the gardens ; but there was no 

 reafon for retaining his unmeaning name, which had not 

 come into general ufe, inftead of the expreflive one of he- 

 terophylla. This evil it is now too late to remedy. The 

 plant is hardy and perennial, bufliy, of a pale and fmooth 

 appearance, the leaves varioufly cut, thin, flat, and pliant. 

 Flowers copious, rather large, light blue, prettily ftriate4. 

 Calyx and bradcas linear, ratlier downy. Capfule kidney- 

 Ihaped. 



45. V. taurica. Narrow-leaved Taurian Speedwell. Willd. 

 11.42. (V. orientalis /3 ; Vahl n. 39. Marfch. Taur.-Cauc. 

 V. I. 12.) — Clufters lateral, lax, on naked ftalks. Leaves 



linear, revolute, downy, tapering at tho bafe ; entire, or 

 fomewhat toothed. Partial ftalks longer than the obtufe 

 brafteas Native of Tauria, on chalky ftony hills, flower- 

 ing from June to Auguft. We cannot agree with Vahl in 

 reducing this to V. orientalis. Our wild fpecimens, from 

 the Chevalier de Steven, fliew it to be a more firm and rigid 

 plant, with woody roots. The decumbent _/?^mx are not a 

 finger's length. Leaves almoft coriaceous, bright green, 

 an inch long, fomewhat downy on both fides, very narrow 

 and revolute in their lower part ; fome of them cut into 

 two, rarely more, ftrong, lateral, tooth-like fegments. Cluf- 

 ters axillary, greatly overtopping the branches, as in the 

 foregoing ; but the lower part of their long firm ftalks is 

 naked, never leafy. The bradeas, and fegments of the 

 calyx, are obovate and obtufe, not linear. Flowers but half 

 the fize of the laft ; according to Willdenow rofe-coloured, 

 as they feem in our fpecimen. Capfule abrupt, fcarcely 

 lobed. 



46. V. parviflora. Small-flowered Oriental Speedwell. 

 Vahl n. 40. (V. orientahs minima, foliis laciniatis ; Tourn. 

 Cor. 7. Buxb. Cent. i. 26. t. 41. f. 2.) — Clufters feveral, 

 lateral, on naked ftalks. Leaves pinnatifid, linear, revo- 

 lute. Brafteas hnear, obtufe, as long as the partial ftalks. 

 — Native of Cappadocia and Armenia, in grafly hilly paf- 

 tures, flowering in June. Linnsus confounded it with V. 

 pedinala, though nothing can be more diftinft ; nor can 

 there be lefs difficulty in diftinguifhing this fpecics from the 

 two laft. m\ie flems are hardly a finger's length. Leaves 

 deeply and regularly pinnatifid, thick, obtufe, revolute, and 

 in our fpecimen rather downy, as in taurica; Vahl fays 

 fmooth. Clujlers from four to fix about the top of the 

 ftem, and rifmg far above it, downy all over, on long, 

 round, downy, leaflefs ftalks. Partial Jlalks rather fliorter 

 than the braSeas. Flowers blue, much fraaller than even 

 the laft. Calyx with four hnear, obtufe, very unequal feg- 

 ments. Capfule inverfely heart-ftiaped, more deeply divided 

 than in taurica. 



47. V. rofea. Rofe-coloured Speedwell. Dcsfont. At- 

 lant. V. I. 13. Vahl n. 41. — Clufters denfe, axillary, nearly 

 terminal, on naked ftalks. Leaves unequally pinnatifid, 

 minutely hairy ; lower ones wedge-fliaped, obtufe, toothed. 

 Brafteas linear, nearly as long as the partial ftalks. — Found 

 by Desfontaines, on mount Atlas, near Tlemfen. 'Y\\sjlenti 

 are ftirubby, numerous, afcending, from four to eight inches 

 high. Leaves an inch long, acute, tapering at the bafe into 

 a Short footjlali. Calyx in four linear-lanceolate unequal feg- 

 ments. Corolla rofe-coloured, the fize of V. Teucrium, here- 

 after defcribed. 



48. V . aujlriaca. Auftrian Speedwell. Linn. Sp. PI. 17. 

 Willd. n. 41. Vahl n. 42. Ait. n. 28. (V. multifida et 

 auftriaca ; Jacq. Auftr. v. 4. 15. t. 329. Chamaedrys fpuria« 

 tenuiflim^ laciniata ; Bauh. Hift. v. 3. 287. Morif. feft. 3. 

 t. 23. f. 17.) — Clufters lateral, on long naked ftalks. Leaves 

 flightly hairy, varioufly pinnatifid, or bipinnatifid ; moft 

 deeply towards the bafe. Partial ftalks capillary. Calyx 

 very unequally five-cleft, fomewhat hairy. — Native of Auf- 

 tria, Silefia and Carniola, a hardy perennial in our gardens, 

 flowering from June to Auguft. The herbage is more or 

 lefs downy, but fcarcely hoary, except the Jlems, which are 

 round, leafy, a fpan or more in height. Leaves various in 

 their divifions,' the fegments generally broader upwards, all 

 decurrent, fometimes as narrow and compound as m V. mul- 

 iijida, with which moft botanifts have always confounded 

 the prefent fpecies. Flowers light blue, in feveral long, 

 lax, axillary clujlcrs, rifing high above the ftem. Segments 

 of the calyx acute, the two lowermoft very long, the fifth 

 oppofite to them, between the two others, much fmaUer 



than 



