Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Brook-lime

BROOK-LIME, the Veronica Beccabunga, L. a species of Speedwell, growing in slow, shallow streams, and near springs that seldom freeze. The whole of this perennial plant is smooth and succulent; the stem creeping; the leaves are egg-shaped, flat, serrated with glands; the blossoms, which are blue, appear in June and July.—We have mentioned it as one of the neglected vegetables, which may occasionally be used for culinary purposes, and particularly as a salad.