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Show Det §. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Veronica hed lio. The root is a clufter of fmall fibres. The firft leaves are roundith, but indented into three, and fometimes more divifions: they rife fix or eight together, and have fhort footttalks, The ftalks ars numerous, weak, and fix on ht inches high. The Jeaves ftand alternately on them, and have footftalks: they are divided deeply into three parts, and in fome degree refemble the leaves of ivy in miniature: their colour is a pale andtheyare hairy. > flowers ftand fingly on fhort footftalks g from the bofoms of the leaves; and they are fmall and bluith. The feed-veffels follow, an heart-fafhioned: the feeds are numerous and {mall. It is commonin corn-felds andin gardenborders ; and flowers in April. C. Bauhine calls it Ajfne bederu ke folio. Ray, 4 ibus hederule folio. [ Englith we call it Small ch oopopoce) WVOC WI The sD oid Shae bk BALL, benbit, or Ivy Ww 10. Little, fpiked Speedwell. The feed-vefiel is fat and heart It is commonon walls and in dry places it grows from two to five inches in height, flowers in {pring : Veronica Spicata minor. The root is long, divided into many parts, Jand edged withfibres. The firft leaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale green: they rife in a thick tuft, and frequently remain with the plant when in flower, as moft of the others fade when the ftalk Veronica fol Theroot is long flender, and furnifhed with a great numberof fibres. The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, of a pale green, partly ereét, and in pz bent, and three or four inches in h z The leav ¢€ numerous, and ftand irreoular ly: they differ from thofe of all the otherfpeci in fhape, being divi fome into three, and others into five par le to wardthe bottom of the € i d downto the t d the three middledi ger, the two outfide ones thorter ; re all narrow and pointe rt of the ftalks are c 6. Chickweed-fpeedwell fforibus fi The root is long, flender, and edged with many fibres. The firft leaves are thort and broad, The ftalks are numerous and weak 3 fome trail Upon the ground, and fome ftand ereét, and they are five irtches high. jeaves ftand The€ leaves ftand alternate, and they have fhort footftalks: they are broad, fhort, ferrated , and fharp-pointed, but of a dead green, The fiowers ftand fingly on footftal s ks rifine 5 from the bofoms of the leaves, and they are etim : 1 and ma {mall, and blue; fometi mes, but more feldom, whitg. The feed-veffel is large, and heart-fathi oned, grows up; and the others only, orat le principally, remaining and appearir compofed of three feparate leaves fioned many to call it srifoliate [peed Theflowers are large and purple : theyftand fingle footftalks rifing from the bofoms of tJ leaves, and make a pretty appearance. ‘The feed-veffel is large, flat, and- heart-fa- fhioned, and contains many {mall feeds. It is found in fomeof ournort} ern counties in barren paftures andin gravel-pits ; and flowers in May. C.Bauhine calls it Veronica trip Lobel, A/fne par i ruta modo divi pediculis cblongis infidentibus: vp Chickweed-fpeedwel, without footftalks, Veronica floribus fingularibus caulibus adbere ntibus. The root is compofed of a multitude of fibres The ftalk is round, weak, and very much branched. The leaves ftand in pairs without footftalks andare fhort and broad, ofa pale green, flight! j ferrated at the edges, and a little hairy. oe The flowers ftand in a long feries on the tops of the ftalks and branches, and are fmall and blue ftriated on the infide, and ufuall y pale : hele have'no footftalks, but grow to the ftalk; and r thefe there grow alternately eee of a ent form fromthofe onthe reft of the plant: they are fhort, oval, and not at all indented, and they fomewhat refemble the leaves of gard thyme. "7 * The ftalk is round, flender, of a pale green, and tolerably upright. The leaves ftandin pairs, and are fhort, little, and of a figure approaching to oval, but pointed at the ends: they have no footftalks, andare of a dead green. The flowers are {mall and blue: they ftand at the tops ofthe ftalks in a thick, fhort {pike. D PVES POW, I. The rootis long, flender, and full of fibres. The leaves that firft rife fromi t are | arge and | oblong : they have fhort footft alks, a nd g TOW in a tuft, eight, ten, or more together, Among thefe rife the footftalks, which are nunerous, round, and fomewhat |} f,.and eight orten inches high. The leaves ftandin pairs at dif like thofe from tl root, o placed on fhort footflalks: ¢] ; enat crenated the edges, and obtufe at the end Fi fi, ere a 7 Thea Fone Vi }are larg (}. and h] blue: they ftandin ong {pikes, lometimes one, fo Metimes three or more on the plant, aecordin ig to its ¢ nourifhment. The feed-veftele A le feed. ‘V eficls ar ; are heart-fathioned and flatted.1 ae aha of Wales, and flowers in July. i ° oe ' ; efcribed in the third edition . of Ray’s Synopfis under the name of 7 a fpic Cambrobritannica bugule Jubbirfi ERE LL. 1. Broad-leaved fpiked Speedwell, Veronica {picata latifolia. The root is compofed of numerous, large, and *fpreading fibres. The ftalk is round, upright, firm, and two feet high. The leaves are oblong, broad, of a deep green, obtufe at the end, and irregularly indented at the edges, often fo flightly that it is fearce perceptible. The flowers are fmall, and of a pale blue, but they are very numerous, andftand in long, thick fpikes. The feed-veffel is fmall' and heart-fafhioned, and the feed is very {mall and brown. It is frequent about the borders of forefts in Germany, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Veronica fpicata latifolia. Others, Veronica fpicata major, 2. Narrow-leaved fpiked Speédwell. "The root is long, divided, and furnifhed with $ many fibres. The firft leaves are long; narrow, and have no footftalks: they are of a dufky green, andrife in a thick tuft. The ftalks are numerous, erect, firm, round, and a foot high, Theleaves ftandinpairs, andiare long, narrow, of apale green, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated. The flowers are fmall, and of a beautiful blue: they growin long, thick fpikes at the tops of the flalks. The feed-veflels are flat and heart-fafhioned : the feeds are fmall and brown. It is frequent in Italy, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Veronica fpicata anguftifolia. Others, Veronica erecta anguftifolia. 93 The feed-veffels are deeply cordated, or hearts fafhioned. It is not frequent in England, but has been found on Newmarket heath, Lincoln heath, and in fome other places. C. Bauhinecalls it Veronica fpicata minor. J. Bauhine, Veronica [picata reéta minor. Others, Veronica retia minima. Thefe ten are all the fpecies of /peedwell that we have native in England. The brooklimes, of which we have three {pecies, have been ufually ranged among thefe, and called by the fame names veronica; but they havetheir feparate name decabunga; their feparate virtues ; and enough in their charaéters to diftinguifh them, I fhall, therefore, arrange them diftinétly in the next genus, after defcribing thofe foreign /peedwells which curiofity has introduced into our gardens. FORETGN Veronica fpicata anguftifolia. and is flatted at the top. It is common on walls and in dry places, and flowers early in fpring, ae Ps } Se ~ e. Bauhine calls it Aine chamadryfolia flofculis SBURMI IT eh aie SPE CPE S, The leaves are long and confiderably broad: they have nofootftalks, and they grow in an uncertain manner on the ftalks, three, four, or five together; fometimes, but morerarely, only two: they are fharp-pointed and ferrated, The flowers are very numerous and white: they ftand in a long fpike at the top of the ftalk, and frequently on others rifing from the branches. The feed-veffels are heart-fafhioned, and the feeds are fimall. It is a native of America, Plukenetcalls it Veronica Virginiana procerior Soliis ternis, quaternis et etiam quinis caulem amplex- antibus Ipicis florum caudidifimis. Others, Verg- nica altifima Americana. 4. Narrow-leaved little Speedwell, Veronica parva anguftifolia, The root is long, divided into many parts, andfurnifhed with numerousfibres. The ftalks are numerous, round, branched, and of a pale green. upright, The leaves ftand alternately, and at confiderable diftances: they are long, narrow, of a bright green, and grow to the ftallk without any footftalks : they are undivided at the edges, and pointed at the end. The flowers are {mall and white: they grow in the bofoms of the leaves all the way up the ftalks, and have no pedicles. The feed-veffél is large and heart-fafhioned, and thefeeds are {mall and brown. It is frequent in the corn-fields of France and Italy ; and flowers in May. Morifon calls it Veronica annua alba polygonia folio. 5. Great Germander-leaved Speedwell, Veronica chamedryos folio maxima. 3. Many-leaved fpiked Speedwell. Veronica fpicata foliis ternis quaternis aut quinis: The root is long, divided, andfull of fibres. The ftalks are numerous, round, firm, upright, and fouror five feet high, N° X. The root is long, large, woody, and divided. The flalk is firm, erect, of a woody hardnefs, andtwo feet high. The leaves ftand in pairs without footftalks, and are of a very regular and beautiful fhape: Bb they |