162 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Var. j3, hybrida. 
Plate DCCCCLXXXIII. 
V. hybrida, Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 14. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 673. 
Lowest leaves rather abruptly contracted into their petioles ; 
leaves toothed throughout. Whole plant larger, and with broader 
leaves than in var. a. 
Var. a on chalky or sandy heaths. Very rare. Beacon Course, 
Newmarket Ileath, Cambridge ; near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. 
Var. 3 on ledges of limestone rocks in the West of England ; St. 
Vincent's Rocks, Gloucester ; Craig Brieddin, Montgomery ; on 
Gloddaeth and Great Orme's Head, Carnarvon ; Disserth, Elint ; 
Barmouth, Merioneth ; Humphrey Head, Lancashire ; Westmore- 
land. 
England. Perennial. Late Summer and Autumn. 
Bootstock branched, shortly creeping, producing several stems 
4 to 8 indies high in var. a, 6 to 18 inches high in J3. Leaves f to 
2 inches long. Baceme 1 to 6 inches long. Blowers J inch across, 
bright-blue, with very long stamens and styles. Corolla-limb with 
long narrow acute segments ; throat bearded with white hairs. 
Capsules J inch long. Plant dull dark-green. 
Var. /3, though considered a different species by Linnscus and 
Smith, appears to be rather a luxuriant state than a true variety. 
Spiked Speedwell. 
French, Veroniqtte en ISpi. German, Ahrentragender Ehrenpreis. 
Section IV.— CHAM^DBYS. Koch. 
Perennial. Blowers in axillary racemes. Peduncles springing 
from the axils of the leaves, opposite or solitary by abortion, 
bearing a terminal raceme. Tube of corolla shorter than wide. 
Calyx 4- or 5-partite. 
SPECIES XIII.-VERO NIC A OFFICINALIS. Linn. 
Plates DCCCCLXXXIV. DCCCCLXXXV. 
Eekh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCVI. Figs. 1, 2, 3. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2720. 
Stems rather wiry, decumbent, rooting at the base, branched 
only near the base, with the branches ascending only at the apex. 
Leaves shortly stalked, obovate, oblanceolate, oval, or elliptical, 
attenuated into their petioles, crenate-serrate, obtuse or subacute. 
