Veronica Scutellata. Bog Speedwell. 
VERONICA 
VERONICA 
VERONICA 
VERONICA 
ANAGALLIS 
Lin. Gen. PL Diandria Monogynia. 
Cor. Limbo 4-partito, lacinia infima anguftiore. Capfula bilocularis. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 18. Herb.e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 
fcutellata racemis lateralibus alternis : pedicellis pendulis, foliis linearibus integerri- 
mis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 57. Sp. Pl. p. 16. FI. Suec. n. 17. 
foliis lanceolatis, ferratis, glabris, ex alis racemofa. Haller Hijl. 533. 
fcutellata. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 22. 
aquatica anguftifolia fcutellata. Bauli. Pin. 252» 
VERONICA aquatica anguftifolia minor. Narrow-leav’d Water Speedwell, or Brooklime. Raii 
Syn. p. 280. Hudfon. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 5. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 74. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fufca. 
f ROOT perennial, fibrous, of a brown colour. 
CAULIS : paulo fupra terram furculi plerumque fteri- <i> STALK : juft above the ground young fhoots fpring 
les erumpunt, qui humi repunt, caulis florifer | forth, which are for the mod part deftitute 
fubere&us, debilis, teres, vix angulofus, gla- <> of flowers and creep on the earth, the flower- 
ber, ramofus, femipedalis ad pedalem, baft | ing ftalk is nearly upright, weak, round, fcarce 
etiam aliquando repens. $ perceptibly angular, fmooth, branched, from 
$ inches to a foot, in height, fometimes alfo 
I creeping at bottom. 
FOLIA oppofita, feflilia, lineari -lanceolata, glabra, | LEAVES oppofite, feflile, betwixt linear and lanceo- 
minutim et rariter dentata. | late, fmooth, finely tooth’d, teeth diftant. 
FLORES albi, feu pallide carnei, racemofi. 
j| FLOWERS white, or of a pale flefh colour, growing 
) in racemi. 
RACEMI laterales, plerumque alterni, laxi, flexuofi, $ RACEMI lateral, for the moft part alternate, loofe, 
multiflori. | crooked, and bearing many flowers. 
BRACTEAE minute, lanceolate. | FLORAL-LEAVES minute, and lanceolate. 
PEDUNCULI capillares, alterni, demum penduli. FLOWER-STALKS capillary, alternate, finally pen- 
a dulous. ’ 1 r 
CALYX: Perianthium parvum, quadripartitum, la- 
ciniis ovato-lanceolatis, fubequalibus, fig. i. 
COROLLA monopetala, rotata, plerumque alba, la- 
cinia fuperiore venis purpureis pifta, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta duo, medio incraflata, alba; 
Anther. e albe, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen viride; Stylus declinatus, 
albus; Stigma obtufum, flavefcens, fig. 4. 
PERICARPIUM: Capsula comprefla, fuborbiculata, 
emarginata, bilocularis, polyfperma, ad 16. 
■fig' 5 - 
SEMINA orbiculata, plana, flava, fig. 6 . 
<j> CALYX : a Perianthium fmall, deeply divided into 
I four fegments, which are ovato-lanceolate and 
I nearly equal, fig. 1. 
I COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-lhaped, for the moft 
£ part white, the upper fegment ftreaked with 
purple veins, fig. 2. 
I STAMINA: two Filaments, thickeft in the middle, 
white; Anthers white, fig. 3. 
I PISTILLUM: Germen green; Style depending, 
I white ; Stigma blunt, yellowifh, fig. 4. 
I SEED-VESSEL a Capsule nearly round, flattened, 
emarginate, of two cavities, containing nu- 
ll merous feeds, to 16. fig. 5. 
0 SEEDS round, flat, and yellow, fig. 6 . 
This fpecies of Veronica is diftinguifhed from the others by feveral chafers, fuch as, its place of growth 
which is peculiar, it being feldom found but on bogs, or the edges of ponds efoeciallv fnrhac ffrowtn, 
heaths and moors hence we have called it $ P Ml ; th? “ 
leaves alfo takingly d.fl.ngu.lhes it ; L.nkW« term of interimis, as applied to them “ cer ta nlv too 
ftron §’ for the >' are aI ways toothed, though faintly, and in a lingular manner- and if thed y 
L 0 fd*inafpede S ° Ore <lragglmS manner “ Wl ” Ch fla ‘ ks g, '° W * w0 “ Id “ °»« point ou, th JsZdlZl 
It is common in the f.tuations above defcribed on moll of onr heaths, and flowers from June to September. 
