Veronica serpyllifolia. little smooth Speedwell, 
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Linnai Gen. PI. Diandria Monogynia. 
Rail Syn. Gen. i8*. Herba: fructu sicco singulari, flore monopetalo. 
ferpyllifolia racemo terminali fubfpicato, foliis ovatis glabris, crenatis. Linnai Syft. Veget ab. p. 
56. FI. Suecic. p. 6. 
caule redo, foliis ovatis, glabris, crenatis, petiolis ex alis unifloris, breviffimis. Haller hift. n. 546. 
pratenlis ferpyllifolia. Bauhin Pin. 247. 
pratenlls minor. Parkinfon. 551. 
minor. Gerard anac. 627. 
foemina quibufdam, aliis Betonica Pauli Serpyllifolia. I. Bauhin. III. 285. 
Raii Syn. p. 279. n. 3. Hudfm, FI. Angi. p. 4. n. 4 Scopuli FI. Carnwl. F.i. p. ,2..,,. 10 
OEder FI. Dan. icon. 492. 
RADIX perennis’ fibrolUTima; 
plices, palmares, teretes, l*Jes. “ fim ‘ | ST ^ KS U p^hr S fim^ P1 ^ of four’ incLfhi^f 
| round and fmooth. ° 3 
FOLIA oppofita, fubconnata, fubrotundo-ovata, r art ter \. 
el obfoletc [errata, glabra, trinervia. 
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FLORAS albi, venis caeruleis pi£ti, lpicati, pedunculati, ^ 
alterni, Bractea magnae, ovatas. t 
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CALV X : Periantiiium quadripartitum, laciniis ovato- | 
acutis, glabris, jig. 1 . 
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COROLLA monopetala, rotata; tubus breviffimus ; la- 
cinias fubcordatie, inferiore anguftiore ; fuperiore 
lacinia Uriis aut venis purpureis odo notata 
lateralibus venis duabus, inferiore penitus alba’ 
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STAMINA : Filamenta duo, alba, apice incrafiata, 
Fg- 5» Anther* casrulefcentes. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubcomprefliim, Stylus albus 
apice paululum incraflatus, perfiftens. Stigma 
capitatum, rubens, Jig. 3. 
NECT ARIUM ad bafm germinis, ut in Veronica Cha- I 
mredrvs. , t 
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PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubcordata, fufca, pro f 
magnitudine planta magna, fg. 4. | 
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SEMINA plurima, 60 numeravi, e luteo-fufca, fub-ova- I 
ra > Fg o- ^ 
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LEAVES oppofite, nearly uniting at bottom, of a rmnd- 
l/h-ovaljorm, here and there, Jlightly firrated, fmooth 
f and trm ervous. 
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,■ FLOWERS white, coloured with blue veins or ftripes 
growing in fpikes on foot-ftalks alternately! 
r loral leaves large and oval. 
• CALYX : A Perianthium divided into four parts, 
the Segments of an oval pointed Ihape, and 
fmooth, fg. 1. 
: COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-fhaped, the tube very 
lhort, the fegments fomewhat heart-lhaped the 
lower one narroweft ; the upper fegment marked 
with eight purple veins or ftripes, the fide ones 
with two, and the lower one entirely white fg. 2. 
STAMINA : two Filaments, white and thickilh to- 
wards the extremity; the Anther* blueilh 
Fg- 5> 6. 
PISTILLUM: the Germen flattilh, the Style white 
a little thicker towards the extremity, and con- 
tinuing. Stigma roundilh, and of a redilh 
colour, fg. 3 . 
NECTARY at the bottom of the Germen as in the Ve- 
ronica Chamsdrys. 
SEED-VESSEL a Capsule fomewhat heart-fhaped 
tt^"°4 Ur ’ “ d proportion to 
SEEDS numerous, of a yeUowifli. brown colour, and 
fomewhat oval ihape, fg. 8. We counted 60 
in one capfule. 
It is P one of the leaft b f Writers. 
fl tSsV t e ea? P dT Months. ^ 1,1 Mead ° ws “ d F«Ids, and fometimes in Gardens 
for thr G arden great ^ ^ but they are too minute to make its beautv cof 
ItS ^ ^ — -% ***** -the other SpelZr U0US 
