336 THE SCROPHULARIA FAMILY. [ Veronica. 
terminal before the end of the branch has grown out, yet they are never 
really so, Flowers nearly sessile, rather small, pale blue or rarely flesh« 
coloured. Capsule obovate or obcordate, broader than it is long. 
In woods, and rather dry bushy pastures, throughout Europe and Russian 
and central Asia, and now naturalized in North America. Extends over 
the whole of Britain. 7. the whole summer. 
6. V. Anagallis, Linn. (fig. 753). Water Veronica.—Rootstock 
shortly creeping, the stems erect and branching, from 6 inches to 2 feet 
high, often thick or succulent, glabrous as well as the whole plant. Leaves 
lanceolate, broad or narrow, sessile or clasping the stem at the base, more: 
or less toothed. Racemes numerous, axillary, and opposite (in the axils of: 
both leaves of each pair). Flowers rather small, pedicellate, pale blue. 
Capsules ovate, less flattened than in some species, and slightly notched at 
the top. 
In- wet ditches, and along streams and ponds, widely spread over 
Europe, Russian and central Asia, and North America, but not an Arctic 
plant. . Extends all over Britain, to the northern extremity of Scotland. 
Ll. summer. 
7. W. Beccabunga, Linn. (fig. 754). Brooklime Veronica, Brook- 
lime.—Stems procumbent or floating at their base, rooting at the nodes; 
the flowering branches ascending, thick and succulent, and, as well as the 
whole plant, quite glabrous. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate or oblong, 
obtuse, slightly toothed, and rather thick. Flowers small, blue or rarely 
pink, in opposite axillary racemes, often scarcely longer than the leaves. 
Capsule shorter than the calyx, broad and rather thick, and notched at the 
top. | 
In wet ditches, and along streams and ponds, in Europe, Russian and 
central Asia, and northern Africa, but scarcely extending to the Arctic 
regions. Common in Britain. 1. the whole summer. 
8, V. seutellata, Linn. (fig. 755). Marsh Veronica.—Rootstock 
slender and perennial, emitting creeping runners; the stems slender, as- 
cending 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. 7. 
summer. 
9, V. montana, Linn. (fig. 756). Mountain Veronica.—The foliage 
is nearly that of V. Chamedrys, but the stem is more trailing, rooting at 
the nodes, and kairy 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. — 
