This section is from "The Domestic Encyclopaedia Vol1", by A. F. M. Willich. Amazon: The Domestic Encyclopaedia.
Brook-Lime, the Veronica Beccabunga, L. a species of Speed-well, 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, ser-rated 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.
 
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