By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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cluster or rather spike, of numerous rose-coloured scentless flowers, 

 wbose calyx is tinged with a dull violet hue. Every part even the 

 calyx and corolla is finely downy; the stem rough with deflexed 

 hairs. Root parasitic according to Decaisne. 



Veronica, (Linn.) Speedwell. 

 Linn. CI. ii. Ord. i. 



Named after Veronica, a Roman female saint ; in which case the 

 English name Speedwell may refer to its connection with that 

 saintly personage. 



1. V. scutellata, (Linn.) narrow-leaved, marsh Speedwell. Scu- 

 tellatus (Lat.) means dished, from scutella, a dim. of scutum, a shield, 

 and alludes to the capsule, which is of two flattish orbicular lobes, 

 and becomes conspicuous when ripe. Engl. Bot. t. 782. St. 

 58, 3. 



Locality. Wet places and sides of ditches, also in spongy bogs. 

 P. Fl. June, August. Area, 1. * * 4. * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Bogs on Alderbury Common," Dr. 

 Maton. Nat. Hist. Wilts. " Boggy ground in a meadow at 

 "West Dean," Major Smith. " Above ' No Man's Land ' on the 

 borders of the New Forest, within the county," Mr. James Hussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-tcest District, " In a bog between the old Horse and 

 Jockey and South Wraxhall," Flor. Bath. " Monkton Farley," 

 Mr. C. E. Broome. 



A local and scarce plant in Wilts. Stems slender, ascending or 

 spreading, generally smooth, but like V. serpyllifolia becoming 

 hairy and even hoary in dry or barren ground. Flowers few, in 

 very slender racemes, proceeding alternately from one axil only, of 

 each pair of leaves. Corolla rather small, of a pale pinkish blue 

 or white. Capsule very flat, broad, and rather deeply notched. 



2. V. Anagallis, (Linn.) pimpernel-like or Water Speedwell. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 781. 



Locality. Banks of the Avon, Canal, ditches and slow streams. 

 P. II. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



