VERONICA. 



the leaves are of the latter defcription. 'V\\e flowers are 

 bright blue, rather ihowy, in corymbofe denfe tufts, fubfe- 

 quently lengthened out into long lax cJuJlers. The calyx 

 feems to vary in aeutenefs, but is generally fmooth. 



56. V. pilofa. Hairy-ftalked Germander Speedwell. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 1663, excluding the defcription. Willd. 

 n. 34. Vahl n. 47. (Chamaedn-os falfa fpecies, Teucrium fe- 

 cundum aut quintum Clufii ; Bauh. Hift. v. 3. 286.) — " Cluf- 

 ters fomewhat fpiked. Leaves ovate, obtufe, plaited. Stem 

 proftrate, hairy." — Native of Auftria. Linmeus. This is 

 a very doubtful fpecies, not to be found in the Linnaean 

 herbarium ; and the defcription in Sp. PI. 1664. is erafed by 

 Linnseus himfelf, from his own copy. 



Willdenow's defcription of a Bohemian fpecimen, m his 

 pofTeffion, anfwers very nearly to one of thofe pafted toge- 

 ther as the projlrata, in the Linnasan herbarium,\vhofe haves 

 are more cut, and calyx rather {harper than the three others ; 

 but we cannot think there is any fpecific diftinclion between 

 them. The calyx of this fpecimen has five fegments, though 

 that charafter is not invariable. Willdenow defcribes four. 



57. V. Teucrium. Upright Germander Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 16, fynonyms confufed. Willd. n. 33. Vahl n. 48. 

 Ehrh. PI. Off. 51. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 16. t. 15. (V. 

 montana; Rivjn. Monop. Irr. t. 95. f. i. Chamxdrys 

 fpuria major anguftifolia ; Bauh. Pin. 249. Bauh. Hift. 

 V. 3. 285. chap. 58. Ch. fylveftris ; Dod. Pempt. 45. 

 Ch. vulgaris mas ; Fuchf. Hift. 871. Teucrii quarti tertia 

 fpecies; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 349. ^—Clufters lateral, oppofite, 

 cylindrical, on long ftalks. Leaves feffile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 bluntly ferrated, rough. Stem afcending, hairy. Fifth 

 fegment of the calyx very minute. — Native of Germany, 

 Bohemia, and France, on a dry foil, flowering in May. 

 The root is perennial. Stems feldom quite ereft, a foot long, 

 round, hairy, partly fmooth on two oppofite fides, leafy. 

 Leaves an inch and a quarter long, veiny, hairy, itrongly 

 ferrated, but not cut ; a little dilated at the bafe. Clujlers 

 axillary, ufually two near the top of the ftem, rifmg high 

 above it, on long, parallel, naked, downy ftalks. Flowers 

 copious, rather crowded, large, handfome, of a fine blue. 

 Segments of the calyx oblong, the fifth minute, various, 

 often obfolete. 



Mr. Sieber has fent as a variety of this fpecies the V. 

 dentata of Schmidt, whofe leaves are narrow, linear, and 

 nearly all entire. Yet it is probably not fpecitically 

 diftind. 



58. V. latifolia. Great Germander Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 18. Willd. n.44. Vahl n. 49. Ait. n. 30. Marfch. 

 Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. 10. (V. Teucrium; Roth in Sims 

 and Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. i. 137. V. pfeudo-chamaedrys ; 

 Jacq. Auftr. t. 60. Chamadr^-s fpuria major altera, five 

 frutefcens ; Bauh. Pin. 248. Teucrium majus pannonicum ; 

 Ger. Em. 659. T. quartum ; Cluf. Hift. v. i. 349.)— 

 Clufters lateral, oppofite, tapering, on long ftalks. Leaves 

 feflile, ovate, fomewhat heart-lhaped, rough, deeply ferrated 

 and cut. Stem ereft, hairy. Calyx unequally five-cleft, 

 l^ative of Auftria, Bohemia, Germany, and the Levant ; 

 a common hardy perennial in gardens, flowering in June and 

 July. We have long fuppofed this not fpecifically diftinft 

 from the laft. Vahl and Roth confound them ; Willdenow 

 feems to have been acquainted with their differences, and 

 the old authors were clearly fo. The prefent is a more 

 robuft plant, with broader more jagged leaves. The Jlem is 

 quite fmooth on two oppofite fides, denfely and equally 

 hairy on the intermediate ones. Flowers large, copious, 

 very brilhant, in denfe more tapering clufters. Fifth feg- 

 ment of the calyx half as long as the two next, but on this 

 mark we have Uttle reliance. Linnseus has led Jacquin and 



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others aftray, by citing fynonyms of F. urticiefoHa for his 

 latifolia, of which latter, as above defcribed, the original 

 fpecimen is preferved in his herbarium, nor can we concur 

 with the learned Dr. Roth iu transferring tliis name to the 

 urticlfoUa ; fee his excellent remarks in Ann. of Bot. above 

 cited. Neither do we by any means alTrrt our Teucrium ^d 

 latlfoUum to be more than varieties of each other, Schmidt's 

 dentata perhaps excepted, which is too unlike the latter. 

 We have only aimed at collefting their fynonyms, and in- 

 dicating what diftinaions we could find, for future inquiry. 



59. V. peduncularls. Long-ftalked Germander Speed- 

 well. Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. 11. Sims and Kon. 

 Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 401. (V. pedunculata ; Vahl n. 50. 

 V. chamadryos fohis parvis ; Buxb. Cent. 1. 26. t. 41. f. I.) 

 — Clufters lateral, oppofite ; with long capillary partial 

 ftalks. Leaves ftalked, ovate, deeply ferrated and cut ; 

 their fegments toothed. Calyx in four, nearly equal, 



bluntifli fegments Native of fliady thickets and groves of 



mount Caucafus, flowering in May. Perennial. Akin to 

 V. Chamtedrys hereafter defcribed, but the Jlems are hairy 

 almoft all round ; leaves ftalked, fmaller, and yet more cut, 

 in an unequal or compound manner. The partial Jlotiier- 



Jlalks are alfo longer ; the bradeas and fegments of the calyx 

 broader and more obtufe. The variety y of Fl. Taur.- 

 Caucaf. fent by the Chevaher de Steven, is of a very differ- 

 ent and diminutive afpeft ; the leaves fcarcely ftalked, or 

 cut. 



60. V. umlrofa. Wood Germander Speedwell. Marfcli. 

 Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. 11. — " Clufters lateral, of few flowers. 

 Leaves oblong, obtufe, diftantly ferrated, rough ; upper- 

 moft linear-lanceolate, entire. Stems creeping. Calyx as 

 long as the corolla."— Native of the denfe ftiady forefts of 

 Tauria, about the town of Karaffubafar, flowering in 

 April and May. Perennial, forming loofe tufts. Par- 

 tial fower-Jlalks thread-fhaped. Segments ^of the calyx 

 linear. 



Specimens fent by the Chevalier de Steven from Tauria, 

 under this name, have fmooth leaves, except the edges ; 

 clufters of rather numerous, though diftant, large and hzxid- 

 iome hXue flowers ; braSeas ovate, as well as the fegments 

 of the calyx, which laft is but half the length of the 

 corolla. 



61. V. Michauxii. Michauxian Speedwell. Lamarck 

 Illuftr. V. 1. 44. Dia. V. 8. 532. Vahl n. 51 — " Cluf- 

 ters lateral. Flowers fomewhat crowded. Leaves ovate, 

 toothed, feffile. Herbage hairy and glutinous." — Brought 

 from the Eaft by Michaux to the Paris garden. Stems four 

 to fix inches long, clothed with whitifli vifcid hairs. Leaves 

 oppofite, obfcurely toothed, bluntifti, an inch and a half 

 long, fix lines broad, without ribs. Stalks axillary, op- 

 pofite, fome of them at the ends of the (hort lateral leafy 

 branches all downy, hardly fo long as the leaves. Flowers 

 on very fliort downy ftalks, crowded. BraSeas lanceolate. 

 Segments of the calyx four, oval, ftiarpifh, fcarcely downy. 



62. V. Chamxdrys. Wild Germander Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 17. Willd. n. 38. Vahl n. 52. Fl. Brit. n. 12. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 623. Curt. Lond. fafc. I. t. 2. Mart. Ruft. 

 t. 66. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 13. t. 9. Fl. Dan. t. 448. 

 (V.pratenfis latifoUa; Riv. Monop. Irr. t.94. Chamaedrys; 

 Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 125. Ch. vulgaris foemina ; Fuchf. 

 Hift. 872. Ch. fylveftris; Ger. Em. 657. •— Clufters 

 lateral. Leaves ovate, feflile, rugged, deeply ferrated. 

 Stem difi"ufe, with a narrow hairy hue at each fide. Calyx 

 four-cleft, lanceolate — Native of graffy paftures, groves, 

 and banks throughout Europe, and even in Japan, peren- 

 nial, flowering in May. Few of our •ivild flowers can vie 

 with this in elegance and brilliancy, nor can the pencil eafily 



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