Veronica arvensis. Wall Speedwell. 



VERONICA Linnaei Gen. PL Diandria Mondgynia. 



Cor. limbo 4-partito, lacinia. infima anguftiore» Capfula bilocularis. 



RaiiSyn.Gen.18. Herbje fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 

 VERONICA urvenfis floribus folitariis, foliis cordatis incifis pedunculo longioribus. Lin. Syji. Vegetab. 



p. 5 j. Sp. PL /.18. 



VERONICA caule ere&o, foliis ovatis, fubhirfutis, dentatis ; petiolisbrevifiimis. Haller.hift.heh.n. 548. 



VERONICA arvenfis. Scopoli. Flor. Carniol. p. 18. 



ALSINE veronicas foliis, flofculis cauliculis adhaarentibus, Bauhin. Pin. 250. 



ALSINE foliis Veronicae. Gerard, emac. 613. 



ALSINE foliis fubrotundis Veronicae. Parkin/on. 762» 



VERONICA flofculis fmgularibus cauliculis adhaerentibus. Raii Syn. p. 279, Speedwell Chickweed, 



Oeder PL Dan. t. 515. 



Hud/on PL Angl. 6. ed. 2. 6. 



Lightfoot. PL Scot. p. 75. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa. f ROOT annual and fibrous. 



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CAULIS palmaris, aut dodrantalis, ere&ns, plerum- ¥ STALK upright, from three to nine inches in height, 



que ramofus, fubinde funplex, (rami alter- | generally branched, now and then fimple, 



natim oppofiti, adfcendentes,) teres, purpuraf- $ (the branches alternately oppolite and afcend- 



cens, undique hirfutus. t m g0 round, purplifh, and hirfute on every 



I fide. 



■ t 

 FOLIA inferiora petiolata, hirfuta, fubcordata, inferne | LEAVES on the bottom of the ftalk ftanding on foot- 

 fa?pe purpurea, obtufa, planiufcula, incifa, ^ ftalks, hirfute, fomewhat heart-fhaped, often 



• quinquenervia, fuperiora feffilia, fubtortuofa. t purple on the under fide, obtufe, flattifh, 



I notched on the edges, having five ribs, the 



¥ upper ones feffile, and fomewhat twifled. 



t 

 FLORES pedunculis brevimmis infidentes, fpicati, f FLOWERS fitting on very fhort foot-ftalks, growing 

 bradasa lanceolata fufFulti. | in a fpike, fupported by a lanceolate floral- 



I leaf 



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CALYX : Perianthium quadripartitum, laciniis | CALYX : a Perianthium deeply divided into four 



ovato-lanceolatis, hirfutulis, hirfutie glandu- | fegments, which are oval, lanceolate, and 



lofa, duobus inferioribus duplo fere majoribus t hairy; (the hairs terminated with glands ;) 



et longioribus, fig. 1 . | the two lowermoft almofl twice as large and 



I long as the others, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, fubrotata, ccerulea, levimmo | COROLLA monopetalous, and fomewhat wheel-fhaped, 



tadu decidu'a, tubus breviffimus, albus, lim- t of a blue colour, falling off on the leaft touch; 



bus quadripartitus, laciniis ovatis, infima an- | the tube very fhort and white ; the limb deep- 



guftiore, fig. 2. • | ty divided into four fegments, which are oval, 



i the lower one narrower!:, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta duo, alba, medio craffiora, t STAMINA: two white Filaments thicker!: in the 



corolla dimidio breviora : Antherje fubcor- | middle, half the length of the corolla : An- 



datas flavefcentes fi<r. q. | ther^e fomewhat heart-fhaped, and yellowifh, 



¥ fig- 3- 



PISTILLUM : Germen obcordatnm, comprefTum, | PISTILLUM : Germen inverfely heart-fhaped, flat- 



vifcofum, bafi glandula cindto : Stylus bre- | tened, and vifcous, furrounded at bottom by 



viffimus, albus, redus : Stigma crafTum fub- | a gland : Style very fhort, white, and ftrait; 



truncatum, fig. 4. J Stigma thick, with an appearance of being 



I cut off, fig. 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula obcordata, comprefla, t SEED-VESSEL a heart-fhaped flattened Capsule, 

 pallide fufca, fig. 5, continent | of a pale brown colour, fig. 8, containing of 



SEMINA circiter 14 ovata, comprefla> medio deprefla, | SEEDS about fourteen, which are oval and flat, with 

 fig. 6, 7. I a depreffion in the middle, fig. 6, 7. 



AS the Veronica agrefiis grows chiefly in gardens and cultivated ground, fo this fpecies, which is nearly 

 allied to it, is molt commonly found on walls, alfo in fallow fields, and on the borders of dry paftures. 



It flowers in April, and the feeds ripen in May. 



The old botanifts, inattentive to the parts of fructification, diftinguifhed this and fome other fpecies of Veronica, 

 by the general name of Aljine. 



Students are apt, as we have before obferved, to confound it with the agrefiis, from which it differs in many 

 refpeds: the ftalk in particular is upright ; the flowers are nearly feffile ; the feed-veffels are much fmaller, and 

 when ripe form a fpike. 



It varies in fize from one to fix or eight inches : and on walls, the bottom leaves are frequently obferved 

 to be purple. 



