ERONICA SCUTELLATA. BOG SPEEDWELL. 



VERONICA Lin. Gen. PL Diandria Monogynia. 



Cor. Limbo 4-partito, lacinia infima anguftiore. Capfula bilocularis. 



Paii Syn. Gen. 18. Herb.e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 



VERONICA jcutellata racemis lateralibus alternis : pedicellis pendulis, foliis linearibus inte^em- 

 mis. Lin. Sy/l. Vegetab. p. 57. Sp. PL p. 16. Fl. Suec. w. 17. 



VERONICA foliis lanceolatis, ferratis, glabris, ex alis racemofa* Hatter Hift, 533. 



VERONICA Jcutellata. Scopoli Fl. Cam. n. 22. 



ANAGALLIS aquatica anguftifolia fcutellata. Bauh. Pin. 252* 



VERONICA aquatica anguftifolia minor. Narrow-leav'd Water Speedwell, or Brooklime. Rail 

 Syn. p. 280. Hud/on. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 5. Lightjoot Fl. Scot. p. 74. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fufca. ^ ROOT perennial, fibrous, of a brown colour. 



CAULIS : paulo fupra terram furculi plerumque fteri- j> STALK : juft above the ground young (hoots fpring 



leserumpunt, qui humi repunt, caulis florifer | forth, which are for the moft part deftitute 



fubereclus, debilis, teres, vix angulofus, gla- <?> of flowers and creep on the earth, the flower- 



ber, ramofus, femipedalis ad pedalem, bafi | ingftalk is nearly upright, weak, round, fcarce 



etiam aiiquando repens. § perceptibly angular, fmooth, branched, from 



I fix inches to a foot in height, fometimes alfo 



§ creeping at bottom. 



FOLIA oppofita, feflilia, lineari-lanceolata, glabra, § LEAVES oppofite, feflile, betwixt linear and lanceo- 

 minutim et rariter dentata. f late, fmooth, finely tooth'd, teeth diflant. 



FLORES albi, feu pallide carnei, racemofi. | FLOWERS white, or of a pale flefh colour, growing 



<!> in racemi. 



RACEMI laterales, plerumque alternij laxi, flexuofi, $ RACEMI lateral, for the mod part alternate, loofe, 

 multiflori. v crooked, and bearing many flowers. 



BRACTEyE minutae, lanceolate. | FLORAL-LEAVES minute, and lanceolate. 



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 PEDUNCULI capillares, alterni, demum penduli. f FLOWER-STALKS capillary, alternate, finally pen- 



I dulous. 



CALYX: Perianthium parvum, quadripartitum, la- | CALYX : a Perianthium fmall, deeply divided into 

 ciniis ovato-lanceolatis, fubasqualibus, jig. 1. four fegments, which are ovato-lanceolate and 



$ nearly equal, jig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, rotata, plerumque alba, la- | COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-fhaped, for the moft 

 cinia fuperiore venis purpureis pi£ia, jig. 2. part white, the upper fegment ftreaked with 



I purple veins, jig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta duo, medio incraflata, alba; STAMINA: two Filaments, thickeft in the middle, 

 Anther -« albas, jig. 3. \ white ; An the r.-e white, fig. 3. 







PISTILLUM : Germen viride ; Stylus declinatus, | PISTILLUM : Germen green; Style depending, 

 albus ; Stigma obtufum, flavefcens, jig. 4. <> white; Stigma blunt, yellowilh, jig. 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula compreffa, fuborbiculata, i SEED-VESSEL a Capsule nearly round, flattened, 

 emarginata, bilocularis, polyfperma, ad 16. | emarginate, of two cavities, containing nu- 



jig. 5. <f> merous feeds, to 16. fig. 5. 



SEMINA orbiculata, plana, Rwa, jig. 6. § SEEDS round, flat, and yellow, jig, 6. 



This fpecies of Veronica is diftinguiihed from the others by feveral characters, fuch as, its place of growth, 

 which is peculiar, it being feldom found but on bogs, or the edges of ponds, efpecially fuch as we find on 

 heaths and moors, hence we have called it Bog Speedwell; the narrownefs as well as fmoothnefs of its 

 leaves alfo firikingly diftinguifhes it; Linn.-eus's term of integerrimis, as applied to them, is certainly too 

 ftrong, for they are always toothed, though faintly, and in a fingular manner; and if thefe characters were 

 not fufficient, the loofe draggling manner in which the flower ftalks grow, would at once point out the Scntellata 

 as a diftinct. fpecies. 



It is common in the fituations above defcribed on moft of our heaths, and flowers from June to September. 



