VERONICA. 



tlie prefent fpccies had appeared in Engl. Bol., that it is 

 fcarcely to be found with us in flower later than May, and 

 that the Norfolk farmers call it Winter-weed. 



78. V .jiltform'ts. Capillary-llalked Speedwell. Sin. Tr. 

 of Linn. Soc. v. i. 195. Willd. n. 50. Vahl n. 63. 

 Marfch. Taur.-Caucaf. v. i. ij. (V. orientalis, foliis he- 

 derx terreilris, magno flore ; Tourn. Cor. 7. Buxb. Cent. 

 I. 25. t. 40. f. I.) — Flowers folitary. Leaves heart -ihaped, 

 crenate, much fhorter than the long flender fiower-ilalks. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate. — Native of the Levant ; 

 found by the Chevalier de Steven in mountainous fields of 

 Georgia, flowering early in the fpring. We have com- 

 pared his fpecimens with Tournefort's, nor is there any 

 difference, though the reference to this author is direfted 

 in the Fl. Taur.-Caucaf. to be (truck out. The root is 

 annual. Stems long and trailing. Leagues a quarter of an 

 inch long, alternate, on fliort llalks, and fliaped more like 

 thofe of arvenjls or agrejlis than of heJerifolia. Floiuer- 



Jlalhs four times as long as the leaves. Segments of the 

 calyx elliptic-lanceolate, obtnfc, (lightly three-ribbed. Cap- 



fuk inverfely hcart-(haped, reticulated with veins. Seeds 

 fomewhat cupped. 



79. V. Crifla-galU. Crefted Speedwell. Stev. Tr. of 



Linn. Soc. v. 11. 408. t. 31 Flower-ft.alks folitary, as 



long as the ovate, ferrated, nearly feffile, leaves. Calyx of 

 the fruit divided to the bafe into two heart-(haped, cloven, 

 ferrated, conipre{red leaves. — Found by the Chevalier de 

 Steven, to whom we are obliged for a fpecimen, very plen- 

 tifully in the denfe fhady forefts of Eaftern Caucafus, above 

 Kubam, flowering in May. The root is annual. Stem a 

 fpan high, afcendmg, fimple,or alternately branched, (lender, 

 downy, on two oppofite fides. Leaves mod like l^. agreflis, 

 uniform ; the floral ones alternate, the reft oppofite. Stalks 

 axillary, flender, downy. Floiuers extremely minute and fuga- 

 cious, blue. Calyx greatly enlarged after flowering, of two 

 flat, parallel, llrongly ferrated, venied, heart-fliaped valves, 

 each with two points, being altogether peculiar in this 

 genus, and about the diameter of the leaves. Capfule of 

 two nearly orbicular lobes, (horter tlian the permanent 

 calyx, very minutely fringed. Seeds folitary in each cell, 

 black, rugged ; concave, or umbilicated, at one fide ; in- 

 ferted nt the top of the cell. 



80. V. Iriphyllos. Blunt-fingered Speedwell. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 19. Willd. n. 51. Vahl n. 64. Fl. Brit. n. 16. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 26. Sm. Fl. Grsc. Sibth. v. 1.8. t. 10. 

 Curt. Lond. fafc. 6. t. 2. Fl. Dan. t. 627. (V. folio rutae ; 

 Rivin. Monop. Irr. t. 96. Alfine refta; Ger. Em. 612.) — 

 Flowers folitary. Upper leaves in deep, finger-likc, obtufe 

 fegments. Fiower-ilalks longer than the calyx. Seeds 

 flat. — Native of fandy fields, here and there, throughout 

 Europe ; rare in England, occurring chiefly in the fandy 

 confines of Norfolk and Suffolk, flowering in April. Dr. 

 Sibtliorp found it, very luxuriant, in fields bordering on the 

 Euxine fea. A fmall upright annual plant, more or lefs 

 branched, leafy, downy, a little vifcid .ind hoary. Lower 

 /iTfltw oppofite, undivided, fcarcely lobed ; upper alternate, in 

 three deep fegments, the lateral ones often cloven. Flowers 

 of a rich dark blue. Two fegments of the calyx fometimes 

 notched. Capfule alinoft orbicular, emarginate. Seeds nu- 

 merous, obovale, flat. Tliis plant turns black in drying, 

 like moft of the following fpecies. 



81. V. verna. Vernal Speedwell. Linn. S]). PI. 19. 

 Willd. n. 52. Vahl n. 65. Fl. Brit. n. 17. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 25. Rote Elcm. app. 444. t. 2. f. 1. Fl. Dan. t. 252. 

 Poit.etTurp. Parif. 21. t.22. (V. Belludi; Willd. n.56. 

 AUion. Pedem. v. 1. 77. t. 85. f. I. V. fuceulenla ; ibid. 

 78. t. 22. f. 4. ) — Flowers folitary. Leaves pinnatifid. 

 Flower-ftalk* (horter than the calyx. Stem crcd.— Native 



of dry open fandy fields in various parts of Europe, flower- 

 ing in April. In England it chiefly occurs about Bury, 

 Thctford, and the fame fandy country as the lad, but there 

 in the grcatell abundance, though fooii difappearing after 

 the feed is flied. This diminutive fpecies is moR akin to 

 F. ar-ueti/is, in the flat elliptical form of its feeds, general 

 habit and colour ; not turning black in drying, hke triphyllos 

 and mo(l of its allies. But the leaves, iinlefs fl.arved, are 

 deeply fingered, or pinnatifid, their terminal lobe often large 

 and rounded, hke triphyllos ; even the floral ones are deeply 

 three-cleft. The_/7m, whether branched or not, is iliff and 

 ereft, from one to four inches high. Calyx in four nearly 

 equal, lanceolate, acute fegments. Capfule inverfely heart- 

 fhaped. TJie herb varies fo much in luxuriance, and confe- 

 quenlly in the divifions of its haves, that fcarcely two re- 

 prefentations of it are alike. 



82. V.digitata. Slender-fingered Speedwell. Vahl n. 66. 

 Symb. V. I. 2. (V. verna ; Cavan. Leccion. 22. V. aci- 

 nifolia; Ait. n.37. V. chama;pithyoides; Lamarck lUuftr. 

 V. I. 47.) — Flowers folitary, feflile. Leaves all in deep, 

 finger-hke, linear fegments. Stem ere<ft. Capfule wedge- 

 (baped — Native of the fouth of Europe. We have ga- 

 thered it in Lombardy, and received it from near Aranjuez 

 in Spain, by favour of the late abbe Cavanilles, who has 

 defcnbed this fpecies for verna. The plant is annual, 

 flowering in April. Stem branched from the bottom only, 

 from three to fix or eight inches liigh, rigid, round, downy, 

 leafy, rather woody. Leaves alternate, feflile, generally 

 cut, more than half way down, into three, five, or feven, 

 linear, obtufe, flefliy, fomewhat rough or hairy, entire feg- 

 ments ; the bafe narrow and linear, which Vahl confiders, 

 perhaps juftly, as a footflalk. Flrrjiers final!, axillary. 

 Calyx in four deep, lanceolate, fringed fegments, the length 

 of the capfule, two of them fliorter than the red. Capfule 

 inverfely heart -fhaped, but with ftraight fides, rough, abrupt, 

 rigid. Seeds pale, roundifli, not comprefled. 



83. V. precox. Early Jagged Speedwell. AUion. Auc- 

 tuar. 5. t. I. f. I. Vahl n. 57. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 22. 

 t. 24. (V. acinifolia ; Willd. Prodr. Berol. 11. V. minor 

 annua, ocymi caryophyllati foHo, fubtus rubro ; Vaill. Parif. 

 202.) — Flowers folitary, ftalked. Lower leaves oppofite, 

 ftalked, heart-fliaped, deeply ferrated and notched ; upper- 

 mod oblong, alternate, nearly entire. Stem ered. Style 

 longer than the lobes of the capfule. — Native of fields 

 about Turin, Paris, and Berlin, flowering in March and 

 April. Mr. Davall found it alfo in the Lower Valais, in 

 April, 1787. An annual upright plant, aboilt tiie fizc of 

 v. arvenfis, but with more of the habit and red hue of tri- 

 phyllos, much larger and ftronger tlian verna. Stem chiefly 

 branched from the bottom, round, downy all over, but 

 mod denfely on two oppofite fides. Leaves rough, rather 

 flefhy ; the largeft half an inch long, and nearly as broad, 

 obtufe ; varioufly toothed or jagged ; floral ones hardly fo 

 long as thcjlovjer-jlalks. Flowers blue or purplilTi. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx obovate-oblong, hairy, two of them 

 r.ither the fliortell. Capfule inverfely heart-fliaped, hairy, 

 tumid, rounded at tlie fides, fo as to be fomewhat orbicuLir, 

 the permanent_/?yf extending far beyond its lobes. Seeds 

 numerous, roiindifli, cupped and umbilicated. — No wonder 

 that thofe botai.ids, who had not feeii both fpecies, iiave 

 always taken this for the following, and yet they arc clTcn- 

 lially didinCl. 



t<^. V. acinifolia. Bafil-leaved Early Speedwell. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 19. Willd. n. 54. Vahl n. 67. Dickf. Dr. PI. 

 n. 1. Poit. et Turp. Parif. 22. t. 23. Allioii. Ped. v. i. 

 79. (V. romaiia ; ibid. t. 85. f. 2. V. minima, clinopodii 

 minoris folio ; Vaill. Parif. 201. t.3^. f. 3. V. minima, clino- 

 podii minoris folio glabro, romana ; 13ocp. Muf. 19. t. 102.) 



— Flowurs 



