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head, wherein lye very fmall brownilh feede ; the root' 
creepeth in the ground and fhooteth forth many fibres* 
5, Veronica, pratenps minor . 
Small medow Speedewell. 
The fmall medow Speedewell, hath many leaves.fmal- 
ler, greener,fmoother,and rounder then any of the former, 
orowinf by couples on the divers lpreading ftalkes, and at 
thetoppe, divers fmall blew flowers like thelaft, andlois 
the feede likewife, the roote creepeth in the fame man- 
6, Veronica minima TSellidij folio. 
The lead Speedewell with Dailie leaves, 
r This Speedewell groweth not an handbredth high, with 
an hard hairy flexible fialke.bendingdowne to the ground¬ 
ward, at the foote whereof are many hairy leaves, lmall, 
thicke, fomewhat round pointed, and of a darkc greene 
colour, very like unto the Blew Daifie leaves, but on the 
ftalkeithathbut few, two Handing alwayes at a Joynt, 
one oppofite to the other, theflowersareblew.of fotire 
and fometimes of live leaves a peace; with a pointell and 
two threds in the middle, the feed veffels that follow arc 
flat and fhort, bearing a pointell in the middle, and con- 
taine fuch like fmall brownith feede, the roote creepeth a- 
bout,and encreafeth quickly. 
7. Veronicafrntic/tns. 
Shrubby Speedewell. 
Shrubby Speedewell hath many wooddy flexible bran¬ 
ches, a foote high or more,lying upon the ground, and 
taking roote as they lye, full of joynts, whereat (land two 
long thicke greene fhining leaves .dented about the edges, 
one againfl: another, at the joynts with the leaves on each 
fide or the ftalke, arife long greene branches, with fuch 
like leaves on them, atthetoppes whereof (land fixe or 
feaven flowers, one above another confiding of fonrc and 
fometimes offive leaves, of a very dainty blew colour, 
and more pale in the middle, circled about with a red 
ring,having in the middle a long flile or pointell, and two 
8. veronica minor Lipina . 
Small laoimuine Speedewell. 
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9. Veronica Tatcij fade. 
(jernianderlike Speedewell. 
