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Hab. Moist woods, not very common. Dunglass, near the river. 

 Light/. Langside wood, dlasgow. Dr. Brown. Woods, Cartlan 

 crags, Glasgow, Hopk. Arniston and Lugton woods about Rosslyn, 

 Maugh. Campsie and Cathkin, Mr. Murray. Cliesh, Kinross-shire, 

 Mr.Arnott. fZ.June. 1/. 



Stem a foot or more in length, weak, trailing. Leaves large, slightly 

 hairy. Flowers few, pale blue, veined, in loose racemes ; pedicels 

 long Caps, large, twice the size of the calyx, of two orbicular lobes, 

 flat, crenate at the margin and ciliated. 



11. V. Chamcedrys {Germander Speedwell), flowers racemed, 

 leaves ovate obtuse sessile iiiciso-serrate, stem bifariously hir- 

 sute. Light/, p. 74. E. B. I. 623. 



Hab. ^Voods and pastures, common. F/. May, June. 1/ . 



Stem procumbent, a foot long, with a hairy line running down on each 

 side, and these lines taking difterent sides between each pair of leaves, 

 or decussate. Leaves wrinkled and hairy j upper ones cordato-ovate. 

 Racemes long, of many large ]3ale,but bright blue or pui*plish flowers, 

 sometimes white. Caps, shorter than the calyx, obcordate. — In habit 

 resembling the preceding, but very distinct in essential characters. 



12. V. All'ionii {smooth- leaved Speedwell), flowers densely spik- 

 ed, leaves ovate subserrated rigid and as well as the procum- 

 bent stem perfectly glabrous. Vill. Delph. p. 8. D. Don, 

 MSS. inedit. 



Hab. Mountains in Anguss-shire, G.Don. H.June, July. 1/. 



A valuable addition to our British J'eroniccp, nearly allied to V. officina- 

 lis, but dift'ering in the total absence of every kind of pubescence or 

 roughness on the stems and leaves, and in the very dense spike of 

 brilliant blue flowers. 



*** Flowers axillurij, solitary {plants annual). 



13. V. agrestis {procnmhent Speedwell), leaves (all) petiolate 

 cordato-ovate inciso-serrate shorter than the flower-stalks, 

 stem procumbent. Light/, p. 75. E. B. t. 783. 



Hab. Fields and waste places. F/. April to July. ©. 



Plant 3 to 4 inches in length, slightly hairy. Flowerstalkslonger than 



the leaves, recurved when bearing fruit. Cor. small, bright blue. 



Caps, of two turgid lobes, pubescent. Seeds large, few. 



14. v. arvemis {small Speedwell), leaves cordato-ovate serrate 

 the lovver ones petiolate, floral leaves sessile lanceolate longer 

 than the flowerstalk, stem nearly erect. Lighlf. p. 75. E. B. 

 t. 734. 



Hab. Fields and walls. F/. April to July. ©. 



Habit and size of the preceding, or rather smaller, and often mistaken 

 for it, though more from the similarity of the names, as Curtis well 

 observes, than from any absence of characters. Flowers sessile or 

 nearly so. Caps, obcordate, much compressed, ciliated. 



15. V. hederifolia {Ivy-leaved Speedwell), leaves cordato-ovate 

 mostly 5-!obed, caivcine segments cordate ciliated, stem pro- 

 cumbent. Lighlf, /). 76. E. B. (. 7SL 



