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

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

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    0 BIAND. MUNOG. ably divaricating■ when bearing fruit quite reflexed. Capsule large didymous, of two flattened suborbicular lobes. Plant eight to ten inches high. Flowers flesh-coloured, with darker blueish veins. 6. V. Anagallis (IVater Speedwell), racemes opposite, leaves lanceolate serrate, stem erect. Lightf. p. 73. E. B. t. 781. IIab. Ditches and watery places*. King’s Park, Edinb.j and in ditches at Mutton-hole, Maugh. Burntisland and Forfar, Mr.Arnott. FI. during summer, if. Intermediate as it were between V.scutell. and Beccah., vet abun- dantly distinct from both. Stems succulent, a foot or more'in height. Leaves varying somewhat in width. Racemes long, many-flowered. Pedicels short, never reflexed. Flowers blueish or purplish. 7. V. Beccahunga (Brooklime), racemes opposite, leaves ellipti- cal obtuse subserrate glabrous, stem procumbent throwing out roots at the base. Lighlf. p. 72. E. B. t. 655. IIab. Ditches and water-courses. FI. Summer months. 1/. Whole plant glabrous and succulent. Racemes of many bright blue flowers. 8. V. officinalis (common Speedwell), flowers spiked, leaves broadly ovate serrate rough with short thick pubescence, stem procumbent very pubescent, capsule obcordate deeply notched. Light/, p.7'2. E. B. 1. 7(35. Hab. Woods and pastures, common. FI. July. 7/ . Stem half a foot to a foot long, naked and rooting below. 9. V. hirsnta {small hairy Speedwell), flowers spiked, leaves ovato-lanceolate acute slightly serrated with a few scattered hairs, stem procumbent glabrous below, capsule obcordate en- tire. Hvpk. FI. Glolt. p. 9. V. setigera. D. Don, Descr. of rare Plants of Scotl. p. 4, Hab. District of Carrick, Ayrshire, in dry heathy places, Mr. James Smith. FI. June. 1/ . It is not without considerable hesitation that I have published this as really distinct from V. officinalis. The following characters however appear to be permanent, even in cultivation. Its whole length does not exceed two or three inches. Stems glabrous below. Leaves ovato- lanceolate, often quite lanceolate, entire, or slightly serrated, with only a few scattered hairs. Racemes long, many-flowered. Calyces, pedicels and bracteas longer than in V.offic., much less hairy. Seg- ments of the Cor. bluer and narrower. Capsule almost glabrous, not notched at the extremity. The permanent style, upon which stress is laid by Mr. D. Don, is the same in V. offic. The discovery of this curious little plant is due to Mr. James Smith, a very able and intel- ligent botanist, of the Nursery-ground, Monkswood-Grove, Ayr. JO. V. montana (Mountain Speedwell), racemes few-flowered, leaves cordato-ovate petiolate serrate, stem hairy on all sides. Light/. p. 14. E. B. t. 766. * Not included in the FI. Ghtt., and probably rare in Scotland, though common in England. It is not found in Lapland.
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