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DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Veronica, 
V. saxatTlis. (Bunch terminal, somewhat like a corymb, few- 
flowered ; leaves opposite, nearly egg-shaped, smoothish, slightly 
scolloped; fruit-stalks longer than the floral-leaves; stems 
spreading, ligneous below; capsule four-valved. E.) 
FI. Dan. 342— (E. JSot. 1027. E.)— Hall. Hist. 16. 1— Jacq. Coll. 4. 5— 
H. Ox. iii. 22. 5—Clus. i. 347. 1— Park. 551. 7. 
(Of more humble and spreading growth than V. fruticulosa. Sm. E.) Leaves 
smooth and almost glossy; serratures wide asunder. Flowers mostly 
terminal. Bloss. blue-red, with purple streaks; lower segments paler: 
very small, not veined. Fruit egg-shaped, compressed; not notched at 
the end; valves four, acute, opening with a jerk. Hal. ( Flowers three 
to five in a terminal corymb. Calyx four-cleft, nearly equal, blunt, 
woolly. FI. Brit. Prof. Hooker considers the capsule as having only 
two valves, which, parting some way down from the apex, appear as 
four. E.) 
Blue Hock Speedwell. On rocks; very rare. Ben Lawers. Found by 
Mr. Hickson. (Glen Tilt. Mr. Winch. Mael Greadha, Breadalbane. 
Mr. Borrer. E.) P. June—July. 
V. serpyllifo'lia. Bunch terminal, somewhat spike-like: leaves 
egg-shaped, smooth, scolloped, three-ribbed: stamens hardly 
longer than the blossom. 
Curt.—FI. Dan. 492—(E. Bot. 1075. E.)— Wale. — Dod. 41. 1— Lob. Ohs. 
250. 4— Ger. Em. 627. 2— J. B. iii. 285. 1— Riv. 99. Veronica minima 
repens — Pluk. 233. 4— Ger. 503. 3. 
The stamens in V. spicata being much longer than the blossom, whilst in 
V. serpyllifolia they are generally shorter, the distinction of the two 
species cannot, on actual comparison, occasion any difficulty; and if the 
flowering be past, the three-fibred leaves of the latter will still dis¬ 
tinguish them. Stems cylindrical, (more or less procumbent, three to 
five inches long. E.) several rising from the same root, but frequently 
each has its own particular root; and if branched, only so near the root: 
bearing from five to seven pair of leaves; mostly opposite; the upper 
ones intermixed with the flowers. Leaves egg-shaped, sessile, very 
slightly scolloped, (smooth in wet situations, hairy in dry. Sm. E.) 
Upper Jloral-leaves alternate, spear-shaped, twice as long as the fruit- 
stalks. Flowers on short fruit-stalks, one rising out of the bosom of 
each floral leaf. Bloss. pale blue; (sometimes flesh-coloured, or white; 
E.) upper segment with five or eight purple streaks, lateral segments 
with three; smallest segment white. 
(Var. 2. Humifusa. Plant entirely prostrate. Stems a palm in length, 
branched, creeping, striking root. Leaves roughish. Flowers few, 
crowded. Dicks, in Linn. Tr. ii. wherein it is described as a species, 
and was as such adopted by our Author; but its claim to such distinc¬ 
tion has not been realized. It is found under wet dripping rocks among 
Highland mountains. E.) 
Smooth Speedwell. Paul’s Betony. (Welsh: Rhwyddlwyn grywddail. 
E.) Meadows and pastures, not uncommon. P. May—June. 
V. beccabun'ga. Bunches lateral: leaves egg-shaped, flat: stem 
creeping. 
(j E. Bot. 655. E.)— Ludw. 30— Curt. — Kniph, 9— Sheldr. ( Brocikl .)— Woodw. 
20— Riv . 100, Beccabunga — Wale. — Fuch. 725— Trag. 188 —Black w. 
