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SPECIES X.— VERONICA ALPINA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCCLXXX, 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCXVI. Figs. 1, 2, 3. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2721. 
Perennial. Stem wiry, decumbent but scarcely rooting at the 
base, then erect, branched only at the base ; branches erect or 
ascending. Leaves equally distributed over the stem and branches, 
those in the middle of the stem largest, oval, obtuse, entire or 
faintly denticulate-serrate ; the lower ones shortly stalked, the 
rest sessile. Bracts narrowly elliptical or strapshaped, or the lower 
ones sometimes oval-elliptical, generally opposite. Flowers few, in 
a short dense raceme, remaining compact in fruit. Pedicels erect, 
shorter than the bracts, but nearly equal to the calyx. Sepals 
elliptical, subacute, ciliated with long jointed hairs without glan- 
dular tips. Capsule nearly twice as long as the calyx, obovate- 
oval, compressed, emarginatc, with prominent veins, glabrous; 
lobes approximate, separated by a very indistinct notch. Style 
one-fourth as long as the capsule. Seeds nearly flat on the inner 
face. Plant glabrous, except the upper part of the stem, pedicels, 
margins of the leaves, bracts, and sepals, which are clothed with 
jointed hairs not tipped by glands. 
By the sides of rills on mountains. Rare. On Ben Lomond, 
Stirlingshire ; Breadalbane Mountains, Perthshire (where, however, 
I could not find it) ; Moray ; Ben Nevis, and Badcnoch Mountains, 
Inverness-shire ; and more plentifully on the Clova Mountains, 
Porfarshire ; and Loch-na-Gar, Glen Callater, and Bramiar, Aber- 
deenshire. 
Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer and Autumn. 
Stems 3 to 8 inches high, not rooting above the point where 
the leaves commence. Leaves few, \ to 1 inch long. Corolla \ inch 
across, dark-blue. The flowers at first almost sessile and in a head, 
but in fruit forming a short dense raceme. Bmcts, sepals, and 
capsule often tinged with (lull-blue. Capsule j. inch long, with a 
very slight notch. Plant dark-green, turning black in drying. 
The more erect and wiry stems, fewer leaves, and differently 
shaped capsule, distinguish this from V. humifusa. 
Erect Alpine Speedwell. 
French, Veronique des Alpes. German, Gebirgs Ehrenpreis. 
