74 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
(4) *Tournefort’s Speedwell. (Veron'ica Tournefor'tii.) — Flowers | inch across; sepals 
pointed, lance-shaped, in divergent pairs, fringed with incurved hairs ; capsule 
inversely kidney-shaped, flattened, with 5-8 seeds in each cell; leaves heart-shaped, 
coarsely toothed. 
Flowers in terminal, more or less leafy clusters (racemes) ; sepals 4 ; corolla-tube shorter than 
wide. 
Capsules shorter than sepals, inversely heart-shaped, flattened. 
(5) Finger-leaved Speedwell. (Veron'ica triphyl'los.) — Flowers £ inch across, dark blue ; 
sepals blunt ; leaves lobed towards the base into 3-7 lobes. 
(6) Vernal Speedwell. (Veron'ica ver'na.) — Flowers minute, pale blue ; sepals pointed ; seeds 
flattened ; leaves lobed to the midrib into 3-7 lobes. 
(7) * Veron'ica peregrlna. — Flowers minute ; leaves inversely heart-shaped ; smooth. 
(8) *Veron'ica repens. — Flowers with corolla much longer than calyx; leaves roundly oval ; 
calyx and capsules with glandular hairs. 
(9) Wall Speedwell. (Veron'ica arven'sis.) — Flowers minute, almost hidden, pale blue; 
sepals blunt ; persistent style very short ; leaves egg-shaped, toothed ; plant 
smooth. 
(10) Thyme-leaved Speedwell. (Veron'ica serpyllifolia.) — Flowers ^ inch across, pale 
blue or white veined with darker blue ; sepals blunt ; persistent style as long as 
capsule ; leaves oval, slightly scalloped. 
Capsules longer than sepals. 
(n) Alpine Speedwell. (Veron'ica alpi'na.) — Flowers dark blue, in a short head-like 
cluster, lengthening in fruit ; capsules oval with a short style ; leaves oval, slightly 
scalloped. 
(12) Blue Rock Speedwell. (Veron'ica fruticans.) — Flowers £ inch across, on long erect 
stalks in a head-like cluster, not lengthening in fruit ; capsule egg-shaped ; leaves 
oblong. 
Flowers in terminal spikes ; sepals 4 or 5 ; corolla-tube as long as or longer than wide. 
(13) Spiked Speedwell. (Veron'ica spic^ta.) — Flowers \ inch across, deep purple-blue, in 
erect spikes ; capsules egg-shaped, persistent style long ; leaves narrow, only toothed 
towards the middle, narrowing into the stalk. 
(14) Tall-spiked Speedwell. (Veron'ica hybrida.) — Like Veronica spicata, but with wide 
leaves, toothed throughout, and abruptly stalked. 
Flowers in clusters in the axils of the leaves ; sepals 4 or 5 ; corolla-tube shorter than wide. 
(15) Common Speedwell. (Veron'ica officinalis.) — Flowers about inch across, pale lilac, in 
spike-like clusters ; sepals blunt ; capsule inversely heart-shaped, longer than calyx. 
(16) Bird’s-eye. (Veron'ica Chamse'drys.) — Flowers £ inch across, deep blue, in loose 
clusters ; sepals pointed ; capsule inversely heart-shaped, half as long as calyx ; stems 
smooth save for 2 distinct lines of hairs. 
(17) Mountain Speedwell. (Veron'ica monffina.) — Flowers nearly white, in short clusters ; 
sepals broad ; capsule inversely heart-shaped, longer than calyx ; stems hairy all 
round. 
