Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker.

  • William Jackson Hooker
Date:
1821
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Credit: Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    longer leaves, brighter blue flowers, and shorter style, it is known from all the varieties of V.serpyll. 3. Wsuxutilis (blue Rock Speedwell), raceme lax few-flowered corymbose, upper leaves oblongo-obovate subscrrate, stems spreading, capsule ovate longer than the calyx. .£. B. t. 1027. IIab. Rocks on mountains, very rare. Ben Lawers, G.Don and Mr. J.lhu kay. Macl Greadha, Breadalbane, Mr.Borrer. FZ.July. 11. Stems woody, very straggling; Jlowering branches long, ascending; lower leaves shorter than the upper ones, very obtusely serrated be- low the point:—in these respects the figure in E. B. does not ac- cord with my specimens. Corijmb (rather than raceme) with from 3 to 7 flowers, in fruit lengthening into a short raceme. Pedicels much longer than the floral leaves. Corolla deep and brilliant blue, by far the most beautiful of the genus. Cal. in four deep, oblongo- obovate segments, more or less downy. Capsule very large and ovate, the two valves frequently parting some way down from the apex, so as to appear 4-valved. 4. V. fruliculosa (flesh-coloured procumbent Speedwell), ra- ceme many-flowered subspicate, upper leaves oblong serrate, stems procumbent, capsule ovate scarcely longer than the ca- lyx. E. B. t. 1028. Don's Fasc. 202. Hab. Scotland, the Rev. Dr. IValker. Has been found on Ben Lawers, Sm.in E.B. Mr. Don supposes Dr. Walker gathered it on Ben Cruachan, and that the V. saxatilis was mistaken for it on Ben Law- ers ; so that the identity of this plant as a native requires to be con- firmed*. Ft. July, August. % . Stems less straggling at the base than the last; Jloioering branches longer; but never so large on the native rocks in Switzerland as the figure in E. B., nor so hairy. Indeed it approaches very near to V. saxat., especially the few-flowered varieties; so much so, that, except what is given in the above specific character, I can point out no further marks of distinction than the flesh-coloured blossoms. Linnseus and Haller supposed them to be varieties of each other : De Candolle questions if they are permanently distinct j but Schra- der, Wahlenberg, and Smith, high authorities, wonder that there ever should have been a doubt of their right to rank as species. ** Spikes or Racemes axillary (plants perennial). 5. V'. sculellata (Marsh Speedwell), racemes alternate, pedicels divaricated, leaves linear somewhat toothed, stem nearly erect. Lightf. p. 74. E. B. t. 782. Hab. Bogs and sides of ditches 5 not unfrequent: as in Kenmuir and Possil bogs, and about Frankfield and Huggenfield Lochs, near Glasgow, Hopk., who has also found a hairy variety at Possil. South side of Duddingston Loch, Maugh. Marshes about Edin- burgh, Perthshire, Kinross-shire and Angus-shire, Mr. Arnott. Fl. July. 1/. Racemes very rarely opposite. Pedicels or partial footstalks remark- * ft has been planted by Dr. Walker on a garden wall at Collington, Edinburgh.
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