LETTER XXXI. 
JULY. 
" What calm joy can this exceed, 
This of roving o'er the mead ? 
Where the hand of Flora pours 
Sweeteft voluntary flow'rs: 
Where the Zephyr's balmy gale 
Wantons in the charming vale." 
*"T^HAT plant, with thefe beautiful 
mca. J[ c hina-blue flowers, which grows 
fo luxuriantly in the brook, is the Ve- 
ronica beccabunga, commonly called 
Brooklime. It is of the Clafs Diandria 
and Order Monogynia. The flowers, 
you fee, are inferi, monopetali, et irre- 
gulares. Both calyx and corolla are qua- 
dripartite, and, of the latter, the loweft 
fegment is the narrowed: thefe parti- 
culars determine the genus. Thejfie- 
ctes is known by its loofe lateral fpikes 
of blue flowers, its creeping flem, and 
by its leaves being thick, feifile, oval, 
oppofite and notched. 
That 
