PI. ex. cor, 22. RHINANTHACEjE. 64. Veronica. 307 
Stem weak, diffused ; flowers small, blue, flesh- colour, 
streaked. 
ft puhescens . Stem and leaves downy. 
11. Veronica mont ana. Mountain speedwell. 
Leaves ovate, petioled, serrate; stem hairy; petioles hairy; 
spikes alternate, loose, threadshape, few-flowered. 
Veronica cbamaedryoides, foliis pediculis oblongis insidentibus, Rail 
Syn. 281, 12. 
Veronica montana, Lin. S. P. 17. 
Madwort. 
Woods and hedges, chalky soils; perennial; May, June. 
Stem weak; leaves shining; flowers pale blue streaked 
with purple ; capsules margined, fringed. 
12. Veronica hiharhata . Two-bearded speedwell . 
Leaves ovate, sessile, wrinkled, cut, serrated ; stem with 
2 opposite rows of hairs ; spikes opposite, many-flowerd. 
Veronica Chamaedrys syivestris dicta, Rail Syn. 281. 
Chamaedrys syivestris, Ger. em. 657,3. 
Chamaedrys spuria syivestris. Park. 107. 
Veronica Chamaedrys, Lin. S. P. 18. 
Veronica bibarbata, Stokes Bot. M. M. 31. 
Wild germander. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial ; May. 
Stem decumbent ; flowers large, light contused-flesh 
colour; capsules reverse heartshape. — Leaves substituted 
for those of tea, more grateful than those of veronica offi- 
cinalis. 
13. Veronica officinalis. Shop speedwell. 
Leaves reverse oval, toothed, hairy, rough ; stem pro- 
cumbent, hairy. 
Veronica supina et vulgatissima, Raii Syn. 281, 2. 
Veronica vera et major, Ger. em. 626, 1. 
Veronica mas et supina. Park. 550. 
Veronica officinalis, Lin. S. P. 14. 
Fluellin. Speedwell. 
Bare sandy places ; perennial ; May and June. 
Stem diffuse ; spike solitary, many-flowered ; flowers light 
blue, veined. — Leaves substituted for those of tea, but are 
rather too astringent and bitter. 
c. Flowers solitary , axillary ; leaves alternate ; root annual . 
14. Veronica verna. Vernal speedwell. 
Flowers solitary ; leaves finger-parted ; peduncles shorter 
than the leaves ; stem upright, stiff. 
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