VERONICA. 



tlian either, but, as far as we can difcern, always prefcnt. 

 Divifions of the corolla elliptic-obloiig, acute. Capfuk fmall, 

 fhorter than the calyx, cUiptic-obcordatc. 



49. V. mullifida. Fme-cut Speedwell. Linn. Sp. PI. 17, 

 excluding the fynonym. Willd. n. 40. Vahl n. 43. Sm. Tr. 

 of Linn. Soc. v. i. 191. Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. v. I. 12. 

 Curt. Mag. t. J679. (V. n. 38 ; Gmel. Sib. v. 3. 222 ; ex- 

 cluding the fynonym of Tournefort.) — Clufters lateral, on 

 long naked ftalks. Leaves deeply and doubly pinnatifid, 

 downy, with linear revolute fegments tapering downwaids. 

 Calyx very unequally five-cleft. Segments of the corolla 



rounded Native of open fields and hills, in Siberia, Tau- 



ria, and about mount Caucafus, flowering in April and 

 Mav. A much fmaller plant, more delicate in its herbage, 

 than the laft, as well as more downy. The narrow revo- 

 lute fprcading fegments of the leaves, refembling fome kinds 

 of Arlem'ifia, readily diftinguifh it. Tht Jloivers are bright 

 blue, with rounder broader divifions than in V. aujlriaca. 

 The calyx is very fmooth in every flower of the original Lin- 

 nian fpecimen, but in moll others, from various quarters, it is 

 more or lefs downy. The fifth fegment is minute, fcarcely 

 half fo long as the fliorteft of the others. Baron Marfchall 

 a Bieberilein obferves, that all this tribe of Veronicit, with 

 cut leaves, have a five -cleft calyx. 



50. V. tenuifolia. Slender-leaved Georgian Speedwell. 

 Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. 13. — " Clufters lateral. 

 Leaves pinnatifid, with linear-threadfliaped divifions. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx awl-fhaped ; three upper ones very 

 ftjort. Stems afcending." — Gathered in Georgia, by the 

 Chevalier de Steven. Perennial. Akin to the laft, but the 



Jlems are more elongated ; leaves lefs fubdivided ; their feg- 

 ments, efpecially thofe of the lower ones, longer ; partial 



Jlalks equal to the braHcas, or longer ; three upper fegments 

 of the calyx minute. May this be V. parviflora of Vahl ? 

 (fee n.46. ) The Jlo-wers however are by no means fmaller 

 than mulliJitLi'or orientalis. Marfchall. 



51. V. caucafica. Slender-leaved Caucafian Speedwell. 

 Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. 13. — " Clufters lateral. 

 Leaves doubly pinnatifid, with lanceolate or linear feg- 

 ments. Partial ftalks capillary. Segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate, nearly equal. Stem almoft ereft." — From the 

 fame country. Perennial. The leaves are like muUifida, 

 but the divifions of the lower ones are broader. Partial 

 jlalks longer than the braSeas. Segments of the calyx four, 



almolt equal, broader than in the neighbouring fpecies. 

 Lobes of the corolla rounded. Marjchall. 



52. V. ytUionii. Shining-leaved Speedwell. Villars 

 Dauph. v. 2. 8. Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. i. 190. 

 Willd. n. 18. Vahl n. 44. Ait. n. 19. (V. pyrenaica ; 

 AUion. Pedem. v. i. 73. t. 46. f. 3. V. repens, ex alis 

 fpicata, &c. ; Spec. 21. t. 4. V. officinalis /3 ; Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 14. V. n. 2 ; Gcr. Galloprov. 332. V. mas repens 

 pyrenaica, foho longiori glabro ; Slierard Schol. Bot. 46. 

 Tourn. Inft. 143. Pluk. Phyt. t. 233. f. I.)— Clufters 

 lateral, very denfe, obtufe, on long fmooth ftalks. Leaves 

 roundifh-oblong, crenate, rigid, fhining, fmooth as well as 

 the creeping ftems. — Native of mount Cenis, and the alps 

 of Switzerland, Dauphiny and Savoy, flowering in Auguft. 

 Rout perennial, creeping. Stems round, procumbent, leafy, 

 creepmg alfo to a great extent. Leaves roundifh, or obo- 

 vate, firm and coriaceous ; paler beneath : on fliort broad 

 fooljlalks. Clujlers axillary, folitary, fcarcely more than one 

 to each branch, on a round, naked, firm, afcending ftalk, 

 thrice the length of the leaves ; the clujler itfelf an inch 

 long, downy, elliptic-oblong, obtufe, of numerous, crowded, 

 violet-blue Jlowers, with very fhort partial Jlalks, not half 

 the length of the obtufe brafleas. Calyx in four oblong, 



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unequal fegments. Villars mentions a hairy variety. This 

 fpecies, confounded by Linnxus witli the following, is of a 

 much more rigid, compact, and fmooth habit, of a darker 

 hue, and unqueftionably very diftniCl. Its infufion, ufed 

 medicinally in the fouth of France, for colds, coughs, de- 

 bihty of the ftomach, &c. is faid to be more fragrant and 

 aromatic than that of V. ojicinalis, a popular medicinal tea 

 in the northern parts of Lurope. 



53. V. officinalis. Common Male Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 14. Willd. n. 17. Vahl n.45. Fl. Brit. n. 3. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 765. Curt. Lond. fafc. 3. 1. 1. Purfti n. 2. Woodv. 

 Suppl. t. 219. Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 93. Fl. Dan. 

 t. 248. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 12. t. 8. (V. mas; Fuchf. 

 Hift. 166. V. vera et major; Ger. Em. 626.) — Clufters 

 lateral, ftalked, flender, acute, rather lax. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, ferrated, rough, ftem procumbent. — Native of dry 

 fandy banks, heaths and woods, on a barren foil, through- 

 out Europe and North America, flowering in May aud 

 June. Perennial. Stems traiHng, branched, forming broad 

 tufts or fcattered patches. Whole plant hairy. Leavet 

 more oblong, acute, pliant, paler, and more deeply ferrated, 

 than in the former. Flowers pale blue, or light pink, 

 ilriated, in long, rather lax, alternate, axillary clujlers, on 

 hairy ftalks, about twice the length of the leaves. Capfule 

 inverfely heart-fliaped, fplitting into four valves. 



The late Mr. Mackay has fent us from the mountains 

 above Blair in Athol, and from Ireland, a fort of inter- 

 mediate variety between this and V. /Illionii, partaking of 

 the rigidity and fmoothnefs of the latter, but even more 

 ftrongly ferrated than ojjicinalis. We fcarcely hcfitate to 

 which fpecies to refer it, though we have never compared 

 living fpecimens. 



54. V. reniformis. Kidney-leaved Speedwell. Purfli 

 n. 3. — Spikes lateral, ftalked. Leaves kidney-heartfliaped, 

 deeply crenate, fmooth. Stem creeping. — Collefted by 

 Meflrs. Lewis and Clark, in boggy foil, on the banks of 

 the Mifl^ouri, flowering in June. Perennial. Stem creep- 

 ing, thread-ftiaped, taking root at the joints. Leaves op- 

 poiite, on long ftalks, deeply cut and notched. Floiuer- 



Jlalks axillary, alternate, round, fmooth, the length of the 

 leaves, bearing towards the top a fingle, oblong, crenate 

 braSea. Spike oblong, fliort. Floiuers large, crowded, 

 pale blue. Calyx four-cleft ; the two upper fegments ob- 

 long ; two lower linear, much fmaller. Corolla flat, with 

 oblong acute fegments, thrice the lengtli of the calyx ; the 

 lower one linear. Filaments the length of the corolla. 

 Purjh. ' 



ij^. V. projlrata. Trailing Germander Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 17. Willd. n. 35. Vahl n. 46. Ait. n. 24. 

 Ehrh. Herb. n. 71. Roth in Sims and Kon. Ann. of 

 Bot. V. I. 137. (V. anguftifoHa minor; Rivin. Monop. 

 Irr. t. 95. f. 2. Chamsedrys fpuria minor anguftifolia ; 

 Bauh. Hift. V. 3. 287.) 



0. V. fatureiaefolia ; Poit. et Turp. Parif. 18. t. 17. 



Clufters lateral, moftly oppofite, corymbofe. Leaves ellip- 

 tic-oblong, varioufiy ferrated, nearly feffile ; upper ones n.ir- 

 rower and entire. Stem afcending, partially naked at each 

 fide. Calyx five-cleft, very unequal — Native of Germany, 

 Switzerland, Italy, France, and the Levant. A h.irdy 

 perennial, flowering in May and June. The herbage is 

 light green, more or lefs downy, (lightly hoary. Stems 

 not a fpan long, clothed with fliort dciife recurved pu- 

 befcence, which is partly fmoothed away, here and there, 

 in oppofite lateral lines. Leaves three-quarters of an inch 

 long, rarely more, rather blunt, crenate or deeply ferrated 

 for the moft part ; the upper ones only being linear, revo- 

 lute and entire ; but in the variety, aa we judge it, moft of 



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