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sessile, rather small, pale-blue or rarely 

 flesh-coloured. Capsule obovate or ob- 

 cordate, broader than it is long. 



In woods, and rather dry bushy pas- 

 tures, throughout Europe and Russian 

 and central Asia, and now naturalized 

 in North America. Extends over the 

 whole of Britain. Fl. the whole sum- 



6. Water Veronica, 



Fig. 747. 



Veronica Anagallis, Linn. (Fig. 748.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 781.) 



Rootstock shortly creeping, the stems 

 erect and branching, from 6 inches to 2 

 feet high, often thick and succulent, 

 glabrous as well as the whole plant. 

 Leaves lanceolate, broad or narrow, ses- 

 sile or clasping the stem at the base, 

 more or less toothed. Racemes nume- 

 rous, axillary, and opposite (in the axils 

 of both leaves of each pair). Flowers 

 rather small, pedicellate, pale-blue. Cap- 

 sules 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, Rus- 

 sian and central Asia, and North Ame- 

 rica, but not an Arctic plant. Extends 

 all over Britain, to the northern extre- 

 mity of Scotland. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 748. 



7. Brooklime Veronica. Veronica Beceabunga, Linn. 

 (Fig. 749.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 655. Brooklime.) 

 Stems procumbent or floating at their base, rooting at the nodes ; the 



