84 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
B. Racemes several, terminal:—V. alpina, L. ; flowers 
small, bright blue, crowded, leaves broadly ovate, sessile, 
nearly entire, ciliate; alpine pastures, frequent. V. dellz- 
dtotdes, L.; resembling a/pzna, but the radical leaves larger, 
obovate, crowded into a rosette, whole plant more hairy, 
leaves entire; alpine pastures, frequent. V. Townsend, 
Grml.; leaves fewer, dentate, raceme grandular, anthers 
white; Valais, rare. V. aphylla, L.; flowers light blue, 
in a very short corymbose raceme, inflorescence not 
glandular, very pubescent, stem I-2 in., leafless, radical 
leaves crowded, ovate, ciliate; high, alpine, frequent. , 
fruticulosa, L.; flowers large, light pink with darker 
veins, leaves opposite, ovate, sessile, nearly entire, glab- 
rous, stem woody below, 6-9 in. high; alpine rocks; 
Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. V. saxatilis, Scop. (frutz- 
cans, Jacq.); flowers larger, } in. diam., bright blue with 
a purple ring at the base, leaves thick, elliptic, nearly 
entire, nearly glabrous; high alps; Switzerland, Jura, 
Vosges, Carpathians. V. nummularia, Gou. (Pl. 95); 
flowers bright blue, in a crowded sessile raceme, leaves 
small, very crowded, thick, glabrous, elliptic, lower part 
of stem often leafless; Pyrenees. V. Pone, Gou.; 
flowers violet, in a loose raceme, leaves large, oval, 
strongly serrate, stem 12-18 in.; Pyrenees. 
C. Racemes axillary :-—V. urticefolia, L. (latifolia, L.) ; 
flowers violet, stem I-2 ft., hairy, leaves opposite, distant, 
lanceolate, serrate; mountain woods, common. V. xum- 
mulartotdes, Lec.; flowers lilac or nearly white, stem 2-6 
in., racemes many-flowered, somewhat elongated, glandu- 
lar-hairy ; Switzerland, rare. V. Allionzz, Vill.; flowers 
large, very dark blue, in crowded racemes, leaves thick, 
coriaceous, ovate or obovate, nearly entire, glabrous; a 
