The BRITISH HERBAL. 
lo. Littlcj fpiked Speedwell. 
Feromca Spicala minor. 
The root is long, divided into many parts^ 
and edged with fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and of a 
pale green : they rife in a thick tuft, and fre- 
quently remain with the plant when in flower- 
whereas nioft ot the others fade when the (lalk 
rifes. 
The ftalk is round, flender, of a pale green, 
and tolerably upright. 
The leaves ftand in pairs, and are fliort, Httle, 
and of a figure approaching to oval, but pointed 
at the ends : they have no footftalks, and are of 
a dead green. 
The flowers are fmall and blue : they fl:and at 
the cops of the rtalks in a thick, fliort fpike. 
The feed-velTeJs are deeply cordated, or hearc- 
fafliioned. 
It is not frequent in England, but has been, 
found on Newmarket heath, Lincoln heath, and 
in feme other places. 
C. Bauhine calls jt Veronica fpicata minor. J. 
Bauhine, Veronica fpicata retla minor. Others, 
Veronica re£ia -mimma. 
Thefe ten are all the fpecies of fpeedwell that 
we have native in England. The brooklimes, 
of which we have three fpecies, have been ufually 
ranged among thefe, and called by the fame name» 
veronica ; but they have their feparate name beca- 
himga \ their feparate virtues ; and enough in 
their charaiSters to difliinguilh them. I flial!, 
therefore, arrange them diftinftly in the next 
genus, after defcribing thofe toreign fpeedwells 
which curiofity has introduced into our gardens. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
1 . Broad-leaved fpiked Speedwell. 
Veronica fpicata latifolia. 
The root is compofed of numerous, large, and 
fpreading fibres. 
The rtalk is round, upright, firm, and two 
feet high. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, of a deep green, 
obtufe at the end, and irregularly indented at the 
edges, often fo flightly that it is fcarce per- 
ceptible. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a pale blue, but they 
are very numerous, and ftand in long, thick fpikes. 
The feed-veflel is fmall and heart-fafliioned, 
and the feed is very fmall and brown. 
It is fretjuent about the buidcib of forefts in 
Germany, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Veronica fpicata latifolia. 
Others, Veronica fpicata major. 
2. Narrow-leaved fpiked Speedwell. 
Veronica fpicata angufiifolia. 
The root is long, divided, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are long, harrow, and have 
no footftalks : they are of a dufky green, and rife 
in a thick tuft. 
The ftalks arc numerous, ereft, firm, round, 
and a foot high. 
The leaves Ifand in pairs, and are long, narrow, 
of apale green, (harp-pointed, and fliarply ierrated. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a beautilul blue: 
they grow in long, thick fpikes at the tops of the 
ftalks. 
I'he fced-vefteis are flat and heart-fafhioned : 
the feeds are fmall and brown. 
Jc is frequent in Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Veronica fpicata angujlifolia. 
Otiiers, Veronica ereSia angujlifolia. 
3. Many-leaved fpiked Speedwell. 
Veronica fpicata foliis ternis quaternis aiit qtmtis. 
The root is long, divided, and full of fibres. 
The flalks are numerous, round, firm, up- 
right, and four or five feet high, 
The leaves are long and confiderably broad : 
they have no footftalks, and they grow in an un- 
certain manner on the ftalks, three, four, or five 
togethcfi fometimes, but more rarely, only two: 
they arc fharp-pointed and ferrated. 
The flowers are very numerous and white : 
they ftand in a long fpike at the top of the ftalk, 
and frequently on others rifing from the branches. 
The feed velTels are heart-fafliioned, and the 
feeds are fmall. 
It is a native of America. 
Plukenet calls it Verotiica Virginiana frocerior 
foliis ternis^ qtiaiernis et etiam quints caulem ampkx- 
antibus fpicis fiorum caudidijfimis . Others, Vera- 
nica altiffma Americana- 
4. Narrow-leaved little Speedwell. 
Veronica parva anguftifoUa. 
The root is long, divided into many parts, 
and furniflicd with numerous fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, upright, 
branched, and of a pale green. 
The leaves ftand alternately, and at confide- 
i-able diftances : they are long, narrow, of a 
bright green, and grow to the ftalk without any 
footftalks ; they are undivided at the edges, and 
pointed at the end. 
The flowers are fmall and white : they grow in 
the bofoms of the leaves all the way up the 
ftalks, and have no pedicles. 
The feed vefl'el is large and heart-fafliioned, 
and the feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is frequent in the corn-fields of France and 
Italy i and flowers in May. 
Morifon calls it Veronica annua alba polygonia 
folio. 
5. Great Germander-leaved Speedwell. 
Veronica cham^dryos folio maxima. 
The root is long, large, woody, and divided. 
The ftalk is firm, ered, of a woody hardnefs, 
and two feet high. 
The leaves ftand in pairs without footftalks, 
and are of a very regular and beautiful fhape : 
B b they 
