VERON'ICA RE'PENS, 
CREEPING SPEEDWELL. 
Clans. Order. 
diandria. monogynia. 
Natural Order. 
SCnOPHULARIACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Europe. 
f inch. 
June. 
Perennial 
in 1829. 
No. 991. 
A Gi’cek derivation has been sought for the 
name Veronica, in the words pheeo, to bear ; and 
NIKE, victory ; but no certain authority can be 
advanced for this parentage of the generic name. 
If this were admitted, as we have previously obser- 
ved, its accent should be on the i, which custom 
Avould repudiate as new and pedantic. 
The Veronicas are so numerous and so variable, 
that by their vegetative characters they cannot be 
recognised. Here we have a plant not an inch 
high, creeping as a mere moss or lichen on the 
surface of the earth ; under No. 986 we figured 
Veronica decussata, a slmib, a yard high; Exal- 
tata, an herbaceous plant, (543) has attained this 
year six feet, and other species are still loftier ; 
such is the bountiful providence of Him who sup- 
plies all things — not alone for our necessities, but 
our gratification. 
This very desirable Veronica forms a cai'pet of 
bright and lively green; with blossoms, spread over 
it in spring, like a fresh-fallen shower of hail. 
Cultivation it does not ask. Once planted, it 
luxuriates and spreads by creeping and seeding. 
