336 THE SCEOPHULARIA FAMILY. [Veronica. 



central Asia, and northern Africa, but scarcely extending to the Arctic 

 regions. Common in Britain. Fl. the whole summer. 



8. V. scutellata, Linn. (fig. 757). Marsh S. — Rootstock slender and 

 perennial, emitting creeping runners ; the stems slender, ascending or 

 spreading, seldom above 6 inches high, glabrous or rarely downy. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, entire or scarcely toothed. Flowers 

 few, in very slender racemes, proceeding alternately from one axil 

 only of each pair of leaves. Pedicels filiform. Corolla rather small, of 

 a pale pinkish-blue or white. Capsule very flat, broad, and rather 

 deeply notched. 



In marshes, ditches, and wet places, in northern and central Europe, 

 Russian Asia, and North America. Extends almost all over Britain. 

 Fl. summer. 



9. V. montana, Linn. (fig. 758). Mountain S. — The foliage is nearly 

 that of V. Chamcedrys, but the stem is more trailing, rooting at the 

 nodes, and hairy all round ; the leaves are on longer stalks ; the racemes 

 are looser and more slender, with fewer flowers, which are usually 

 rather small, and the capsule is very flat, about 4 lines broad, and 

 only 3 lines long, regularly orbicular, the broadest part being in the 

 middle, notched at the top, and often minutely toothed and ciliate 

 round the edge. 



In moist woods, over the whole of temperate Europe, from southern 

 Sweden to southern Russia, but not so frequent as V. officinalis and V. 

 Chamcedrys. Not unfrequent in most parts of England and Ireland, as 

 well as in several Scotch counties. Fl. spring and summer. 



10. V. Chamaedrys, Linn. (fig. 759). Germander S. — Stems weak, 

 creeping at the base, then ascending, often above a foot long, and 

 remarkable by the hairs collected into two opposite lines down the 

 stem from between each pair of leaves to the leaf next below, whilst 

 the rest of the stem is glabrous or nearly so. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 ovate- cordate, crenate, and hairy. Racemes axillary, one only from 

 each pair of leaves, much longer than the leaves, with rather larger 

 bright blue, or rarely smaller pinkish flowers, on rather long pedicels. 

 Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, very broad, and notched at the top, narrow- 

 ing towards the base. 



In woods, pastures, hedge-banks, roadsides, &c. ; very common all 

 over Europe and Russian Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic 

 Circle. Extends all over Britain. Fl. spring and summer. 



11. V. hedersefolia, Linn. (fig. 760). Ivy S. — An annual, usually 

 not so hairy as V. agrestis ; the leaves of a thicker and smoother 

 consistence, more distinctly stalked, broadly orbicular, with 5 or 7 

 coarse teeth or short lobes, the middle one broad and rounded ; but 

 the chief distinction is in the calyx, the divisions of which are broadly 

 heart-shaped, not narrowed at the base. Corolla and capsule nearly 

 those of V. agrestis, but there are usually but 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. 



In waste and cultivated places, in Europe and Russian Asia, extending 

 as a weed of cultivation over nearly the same area as V. agrestis, but 

 generally less abundant. In Britain, not near so common as V. agrestis. 

 Fl. all summer. 



12. V. agrestis, Linn. (fig. 761). Procumbent S. — A more or less 

 hairy, much branched annual, with procumbent or prostrate stems, from 

 3 to 8 or 10 inches long. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate and toothed ; 



