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do it juftice. The wsLvyJlems fpread in every direction, and 

 are merely fringed at each fide with a line of longifh hairs, 

 not only partially naked, as in y. Teucrium and iatifolia. The 

 foliage is akin to the latter, but lefs cut. Clujitrs numerous, 

 generally oppofite, on hairy ilalks, taper-pointed, many- 

 flowered. Bradeas lanceolate, ufually rather (horter than 

 the partial llalks. Flowers large, bright blue, molt ele- 

 gantly veined ; paler at the back. Capftile inverfely heart- 

 ffiaped, fmall. 



63. V. urtictefolia. Nettle-leaved Speedwell. Linn. 

 Suppl. 83. Willd. n. 43. Vahl n. 53. Ait. n. 29. 

 Jacq. Aultr. t. 59. (V. n. 535; Hall. Hift. v. i. 232. 

 V. pratenlls, omnium maxima ; Buxb. Cent. i. 23. t. 34. 

 V. maxima ; Dalech. Hift. 1165. Charaaedrys fpuria 

 major Iatifolia; Bauh. Pin. 248.) — Clufters lateral, lax, 

 with capillary ftalks. Leaves felTile, heart -ihaped, pointed, 

 fharply feri-ated. Stem quite ereft. Calyx four-cleft, 



ovate Native of woods in Auftria, Bavaria, Switzerland, 



and Bithynia, flowering in May and June. This fpecies 

 was not known to Linnseus, till Jacquin, who originally 

 took it for lat'ifolia, fent him a fpecimen. Under this latter 

 name it ia defcribed by Dr. Roth, in Sims and Kon. Ann. 

 of Bot. V. I. 137, but was never what Linnaeus intended. 

 No fpecies is better defined nor better named. The large 

 nettle-like leaves at once determine it. The roots are 

 perennial, moderately creeping. Stems ereft and ftraight, 

 flender, eighteen inches or two feet high, quite fimple, 

 marked with a flight hairy line. Clujiers numerous, axillary, 

 oppofite, ereft, loofe and flender. Flowers fniall, flelh- 

 coloured, with crimfon lines. Capfule of two femi-orbicular 

 lobes. 



64. V. Pon<c. Rock Germander Speedwell. Gouan 

 lUullr. I. t. I. f. I. Willd. n. 23, excluding the variety. 

 Vahl n. 54. (V. petrea; Pon. Bald. 1 79 ? Cluf. Hill. 

 V. 2. ^36?) — duller nearly terminal, lax, of few flowers. 

 Leaves feflilc, heart-fliaped, obtufe, coarfely lerrated. Stem 

 ereft. Calyx fivc-cleft, fmooth. — Native of the Pyrenees, 

 and perhaps of mount Baldus. Perennial. Stem four or 

 five inches high, quite fimple and upright. Lower leaves 

 fmalleft, roundi(h,crenate; the rell an inch long, very blunt, 

 coarfely ferrated, entire at the extremity, befprinkled with 

 diftant clofe-preiTed hairs. BraSeas linear, the length of 

 the partial llalks. Flowers diftant, the fize of /^. Cha- 

 niiedrys. Such is Vahl's defcription of Gouan's plant, 

 which lie received from that author, and found himfclf alfo 

 on the Pyrenees. He alftrts it to be a dillinft fpecies, nor 

 do we doubt his accuracy. We neverthelcfs have great 

 doubts refpcfting Pona's plant, which may be a Linnasan 

 Paderola, as Linnxus fuppoled ; for the figure very clofely 

 agrees with Micheli's Buonarota, t. 15. Gouan himfclf 

 feems not quite certain of Seguier's plant, from mount 

 Baldus ; nor do we imphcitly confide in Gouan's learning 

 with regard to fynonyms. The references to Plukenet, 

 Phyt. t. 233. f. 2. and 3, are beft omitted. Willdenow is 

 furely wrong in referring hither Allioni's F. pum'tla, which 

 Vahl more judicioufly conlidcrs as F. alpina; fee our n. 22. 



65. V. montana. Mountain Germander Speedwell. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 17. Suppl. 83. Willd. n. 37. Vahl n. 55. 

 Fl. Brit. n. I I. Engl. Bot. t. 766. Curt. Lond. fafc. 4. 

 t. 2. Jacq. Auftr. t. 109. HofTm. Germ. ann. 1791. 

 t. I. Fl. Dan. t. 1201. ( V. procumbens; Rivin. Monop. 

 Irr. t. 93. Alyfl^um Dioicoridis montanum ; Column. 

 Ecphr. V. 1. 286. t. 288.) — Clufters lateral, elongated, lax, 

 of few flowers. Leaves ovate, ftalked, ferrated. Stem 

 diffufe, hairy all round. Native of fliady rather mountain- 

 ous woods, cfpecially on a calcareous foil, in Denmark, 

 England, Germany, and Italy, flowering in May and June. 



A very diftinft perennial fpecies, which fome botanifts have 

 incautioufly confounded with V. Chamitdrys. Scopoli, ftill 

 more unaccountably, united them both with V. Teucrium. 

 Slierard, who firft noticed the montana in England, and 

 Curtis, have been more exaft in their obfervations. The 

 Jlem being hairy in every direftion, and the large capfule 

 formed of two orbicular lobes, not obcordate, are abun- 

 dantly fufficient dillinftions. The leaves are thinner, and 

 more Ihining, than in ChamxJrys ; Jinwers fmaller, paler, 

 much lefs beautiful ; fegments of the calyx obovate. We 

 regret that a niiftake of the late very accurate Mr. W. 

 Brunton is recorded in Turner's and Dilhvyn's Botanift's 

 Guide 666. He feems to have taken up a portion of the 

 root of Chamedrys along with montana, and thought the 

 latter was, in the following feafon, transformed into the 

 former. His fpecimens are before us ; and of the obvious 

 and abfolute diftinftnefs of the fpecies there can be no 

 doubt, however thev came together. 



66. V. calycina. Long-cupped New Holland Speedwell. 

 Br. n. 5. — Clufters lateral, of few flowers. Leaves ftalked, 

 ovate, rugofe, unequally crenate, hairy as well as the creep- 

 ing Item. Calyx hairy, fringed, longer than the capfule. 

 Obfrrved by Mr. Brown, in Van Diemen's ifland, and on 

 the fouth coall of New Holland. 



67. V. dijlans. Diltant-flowered New Holland Speed- 

 well. Br. n. 6. — Corymbs lateral, ftalked, of few flowers. 

 Leaves ovate, broadly ferrated, fmooth. Footftalks fringed. 

 Stem decumbent, with a hairy line at each fide. — Gathered 

 on the fouth coaft of New Holland, by Mr. Brown. 



68. V. arguta. .Sharp-toothed New Holland Speed- 

 well. Br. n. 7. — Clufters lateral, lax. Leaves ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, fmooth, unequally ferrated. Stem downy on two 

 oppofite fides. Lower footftalks one-third the length of 

 the leaves — Gathered by Mr. Brown at Port Jackfon, 

 New South Wales. A fpecimen from the fame country, 

 communicated by Mr. Lambert, anfwers in every refpeft 

 to the above definition, except that the leaves are triangular- 

 heartfliaped ; but perhaps it may be a variety only. TTie 

 calyx has four obovate fegments, rather longer than the 

 nearly orbicular capfule. 



69. V. pleheia. Common New Holland Speedwell. Br. 

 n. 8. — Clufters lateral, lax. Leaves ovate, unequally and 

 deeply ferrated, fmooth. Stem very finely downy. Lower 

 footftalks half as long again as the leaves. — Gathered at 

 Port Jackfon, by Mr. Brown, who fpeaks of it as very 

 clofely related to the lail. 



Seft. 4. Stalks Jingle-jlowered, axillary. 



70. V. biloba. Two-lobed Speedwell. Linn. Mant. 

 172, excluding the fynonyms of Columna and Bauhin. 

 Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. i. 193. Willd. u. 46. Vahl 

 n. 56. (V. orientahs, ocymi foho, flore minimo ; Tourn. 

 Cor. 7. V. arvenfis annua, chamsedryos folio ; Buxb. 

 Cent. I. 24. t. 36.) — Flower-ftalks thread-fliaped. Leaves 

 ovate, acute, ferrated, nearly fmooth. Calyx of the fruit 



in four deep, ovate, three-ribbed, almoft equal, fegments 



Gathered by Tournefort in corn-fields in Cappadoeia ; and 

 by the Chevalier de Steven on the cailern mountains of 

 Caucafus. The rnol is annual. Stems two to four inclies 

 high, ereft, branched, downy. Leaves fomewhat heart- 

 fhapcd ■at the bafe, half or three-quarters of an inch long, 

 on ftiort ftalk-s. Flowers axillary, folitary, alternate, about 

 the lop of the iKm and branches, the leaves which .iccom- 

 pany them being more entire, and felfilc, than the reft. 

 Segments of the ralyx lanceolate while in flower, the two 

 uppcrmoft fliorteft ; afterwards they become much larger, 

 ovate, fringed, marked with two evident hter.il ribs belides 

 the central one. Corolla fmall, white. Cap^le hairy, of 



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