306 64. Veronica. 22 . RHINANTHACEiE. PI. ex. cor . 
Leaves petioled, shining, rather fleshy ; flowers blue or 
flesh-colour, streaked with violet; sepales reverse ovate; 
bractece twice as long as the peduncle. 
7. Veronica humifusa. Ground speedwell . 
Spike short; leaves heartshape, roundish, slightly scal- 
loped ; stem prostrate. 
Veronica Alpina, Lightf. Scot. 72. 
Veronica humifusa, Dick. T. L. S. 2, 288. 
Veronica serpillifolia /3, Smith FI. Brit. 19. 
Mountains 5 perennial ; June. 
Stem only 3 in. high, creeping; leaves roundish, nearly 
sessile; flowers few, crowded, blue; peduncles short. 
b. Spike lateral ; leaves opposite ; root perennial . 
8. Veronica fontinalis. Spring speedwell . 
Leaves ovate, very blunt, serrate, petioled ; stem creeping. 
Veronica aquatica rotundifolia, Beccabunga dicta, minor, Raii Syn . 
280, 8. 
Anagallis sive Beccabunga, Ger. em. 620, 1. 
Anagallis aquatica vulgaris, sive Beccabunga, Park. 1236. 
Veronica Beccabunga, Lin. S , P. 16. 
Brook-lime. 
Rivulets; perennial; June. 
Leaves light green, shining, rather fleshy; spikes oppo- 
site, many-flowered; bractece linear, shorter than the pe- 
duncles ; flowers blue; capsules twin.— -Leaves eaten in sallads 
as an antiscorbutic. 
9 . Veronica aquatica. Water speedwell . 
Leaves lanceolate, serrate, sessile; stem upright; spikes 
opposite. 
Veronica aquatica longifolia media, Raii Syn. 280,9. 
Anagallis aquatica major, Ger. em. 620, 2. 
Anagallis aquatica folio oblongo crenato, Park. 1237. 
Veronica Anagallis-aquatica, Lin. S. P. 16. 
Veronica Anagallis, Smith FI. Brit. 20. 
Great long-leaved brook-lime. 
Bogs and ditch-sides ; perennial ; J uly. 
Leaves pointed, bald, shining; flowers blue; capsules 
nearly twin. 
10. Veronica angustifolia. Narrow-leaved speedwell. 
Leaves linear, denticulate; spikes alternate; peduncles 
divaricated. 
Veronica aquatica angustifolia minor, Raii Syn. 280, 10. 
Veronica scutellata, Lin. S. P. 16. 
Sandy bogs and inundations ; perennial ; July and Aug. 
