Veronica montana. Mountain Speedwell. 
VERONICA Lin. Gen. PI. Diandria Monogynia. 
Cor. Limbo 4 partito, lacing infimi anguffiore. Caffuht bilocularis. 
RaiiSyn. Gen. r8. Hirba; pructu S i cco singulari plore monopetalo. 
VERONICA Montana racemis lateral.bus .paucifloris, calycibus hirfutis, foliis ovatis rugofis crenatis 
petiolatis, caule debili. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. Sp. PI. p. ^6. 
VERONICA caule procumbente, foliis hirfutis, cordatis, retufis, racemis paucifloris. Haller. MU 
n * 53 9 * J ’ 
CHAMbEDR Y I fpuriai affinis rotundifolia fcutellata. Bauh. fin. 249. 
ALYStiON Diofcoridis montanum. Col. Er.ph. i. 28^. 
VERONICA Cbamtedryoides, foliis pediculis oblongis infldentibus. Rail Sen. p. 2 Sr 
mander with Leaves (landing on long Foot-ftalks. J 
Wild Ger- 
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 6. 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 74. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibrillis prafiongis, fufcis. 
CAULES procumbentes, verfus bafin fas pe radicantes, 
teretes, pilis mollibus undique hirfuti, pur- 
purafcentes. 
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovato-cordata, obtufiufcula, 
inzequaliter ferrata, hirfutula, nitidula, fub- 
tus purpurafcentia. parum concava et bullata. 
PETIOLI longitudine fere folioi’em, hirfutiffimi. 
RACEMI laterales, alterni, fubinde oppofiti, tenues, 
hirfuti, pauciflori. 
PEDUNCULI alterni, hirfuti, bra£teea lanceolata fuf- 
fulti. 
CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis fubte- 
qualibus, ovatis, bafi anguftatis, hirfutis, 
pilis ad lentem globuligeris. fig. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala, rotata, ex purpureo-casrulef- 
cens, fuprema lacinia faturatius colorata, 
una cum lateralibus venis caeruleis pidta, in- 
fimi minore immaculata, tubus breviffimus, 
albus, jig. 2. 
STAMINA : Filamenta duo, tubo corollae inferta, 
bafi albida, curvata, medio crafliora ; Anthe- 
Rje caeruleae ; Pollen album. Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen obovatum, hirfutum ; Sty- 
lus fuperne fenfim incraffatus ; Stigma 
capitatum, album. Jig. 4. 5. 
PERICARP 1 UM : Capsula magna, orbiculata, emar- 
ginata, comprefla. Jig. 6. 
SEMINA pauca, ovata, plana, flavefcentia. Jig. 7. 
ROOT perennial and fibrous, the .fibres very long and 
brown . 
STALKS procumbent, often .taking root towards the 
bal'e, round, covered with foft hairs, and 
purplifh. 
LEAVES oppofite, ftanding on footfialks, ovato-cor- 
date, a little blunt, unequally ferrated, 
flightly hairy, fomewhat filming, purplifh 
underneath, a little hollow and cockled. 
LEAF-STALKS almoft the length of the leaves, and 
very hairy. 
FLOWER -BRANCHES lateral, alternate, fometimes 
oppofite, (lender, hairy, fupporting few 
flowers. 
FLOWER-STALKS alternate, hairy, fupported by 
a narrow floral-leaf. 
CALYX : a Perianthium compofed of four leaves, 
which are nearly equal, ovate, narrowed at 
the bale, hairy, the hairs globular at the ex- 
tremity when magnified, fig 1. 
COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-fhaped, of a blueifh 
purple colour, the uppermoft fegment more 
deeply coloured than the others, and together 
with the fide ones ftreakt with blue veins, 
the lowermoft leaft without any veins, the 
tube very Ihort and white, fig. 2. 
STAMINA ; two Filaments, inferred into the tube 
of the corolla, whitifh at the bafe, bent, 
thickeft in the middle; Anthers blue; 
Pollen white. Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen inverfely ovate, hairy ; Style 
towards the top gradually thickened ; Stig- 
ma forming afmall white head. fig. 4. r. 
SEED-VESSEL : a large, round, flat Capsule nicked 
at top. jig. 6. 
SEEDS few, ovate, flat and yellowifh. fig. 7. 
The Veronica montana is very fimilar in its general appearance to the Chamadrys , and of which, by fome au- 
thors, it has been considered as only a variety but this has arifen from a very fuperficial enquiry, as no two 
plants can be more diftinft ; Linnaeus might indeed have fele&ed a fpecific charadter. which would effectually' 
have removed every doubt of this kind, viz. the fhape and fize of the feed veflels, thefe in the montana are at 
leaf! thrice as large as thofe of the chamadrys , they are alfo much rounder and flatter, while the flower on the 
contrary are not more than half as large, and much lefs Ihowy; when we have not thefe characters to aflift us, 
the flails and leaves will in general be fufficient, in the chamadrys the hairs grow on two fides . f the tialk 
only, in the montana they grow all around it, in the chamadrys the leaves are generally l'eflile, 111 the montana 
they ftand on footftalks. 
Thefe two plants differ alfo in their places of growth, the montana , fo far as I have obferved it. preferring 
moift and lhady fituations, whence the term montana feems ill-applied to it ; near London, it is found plenti- 
fully in Charlton Wood, behind the Church, and flowers in June and July. 
