DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 
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(3) Fruit-stalks with one Jlower. 
V. agres'tis. Flowers solitary: leaves heart-egg-shaped, on leaf-stalks, 
shorter than the fruit-stalks. (Seeds cupped. Sm. E.) 
Curt. — {E. Bot. 783. E .)—FI Dan. 44 9—Riv. 99. V.fol. Chamoed.—Walc. 
— Fuch. 22— J. B. iii. S67.1— H. Ox. iii. 24. 22—Dod. 31. 4— Ger. Em. 
616. 1— Park 762. 4. 
Bloss. small, either bright blue, or white, or with some blue and some 
white segments. Seeds from four to eight in eaoh cell. Stems feeble, trail¬ 
ing, Cthree to nine inches long, slightly hairy. Flower-stalks recurved 
when bearing fruit. E.) Leaves serrated, serratures blunt; upper leaves 
nearly egg-shaped. 
Germander Chickweed. Procumbent Speedwell. (Welsh: Rhwyd- 
dlwyn gorweddawl. E.) Pastures, ploughed fields, and in gardens a 
common weed. A. March to Sept. 
V. HEDERiFohiiA. Flowers solitary : leaves heart-shaped, flat, five-lobed. 
(Seeds cupped, wrinkled. Sm. E.j 
Curt. 110—( E. Bot. 784. E.)— Wale. — FI. Dan. 428 —Riv. 99. V. Fol. He - 
derae — Dod. 31. 1— Loh. Obs. 247. 1— Ger. Em. 616. 3-— Park. 762. 3— 
J. B. iii. 368. 2— II. Ox. iii. 24. 20. 
Seeds dimpled at the top; two in each cell. {Plant with several procumbent 
stems, wide-spreading, succulent, extending from six to eighteen inches. 
E.) Stem a hollow cylinder, surrounding a strong, elastic, thread-like 
fibre, as in Alsine media. Leaves , lobes from three to six, though mostly 
five; very unequal, the middle segment the broadest. One fruit-stalk 
from the bosom of each leaf-stalk. S. Vess. like two united globes, rather 
than heart-shaped. Calyx fringed with long white hairs. Bloss. pale 
blue, streaked. 
Small Henbit. Ivy Chickweed. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. (Win¬ 
ter-weed, in Norfolk. Welsh: Rhwyddlwyn eiddew-ddail. E.) Hedge 
banks; ploughed fields. A. April—May. 
V. triphyi/los. Flowers solitary: upper leaves with finger-like di¬ 
visions : fruit-stalks longer than the calyx : (seeds flat. Sm. E.) 
Curt. 68—‘FI. Dan. 627— E. Bot. 2 6—Riv. 96. V. Fol. Rutoe.—Kniph. 11— 
J. B. iii. 368.1— Lob. Ic. 464— Ger. Em. 612. 5— Park. 1260. 6— H. Ox. 
iii. 24.23. 
(Plant somewhat downy. Stem three or four inches high, E.) sometimes 
unbranched. Branches from the base of the stem or near it, and rising to 
the same height as the stem. Leafits in threes and fives. Root-leaves 
undivided, rarely found; well represented in J. B/s figure. Lower stem* 
leaves heart-shaped, jagged. Bloss. blue. Capsules large, (inversely 
heart-shaped, compressed, hairy. Sm. E.) Woodw. Although the leaves 
just above the root sometimes resemble those of V. hederifolia, the deep 
finger-like divisions of the upper leaves, and the want of leaf-stalks, 
preclude all possibility of mistake. 
Upright Chickweed. Trifid Speedwell. Sandy fields. Near Cock- 
ley Cley,. Norfolk, and Bury, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. (Fields at Bar¬ 
ton Blandish, adjoining Swaffham Heath, Norfolk. Turner, in Bot. Guide. 
Plentiful on Barham Heath. Rev. W. Kirby; and Aldborough, the 
inclosure next the marshes at the entrance of the town. Rev. G. Crabbe, 
ditto. E.) A. April—May. 
