Victorian Plants. 395 



1724. Leaves from lanceolar- to broad-linear. 



Rather dwarf and flaccid, slender, nearly glabrous, scarcely 

 branched ; leaves entire or seldom somewhat indented ; 

 flowers few, in partly terminal racemes or some solitary ; 

 stalks thread-like, occasionally much elongated ; stalklets 

 rather long ; calyx four- cleft ; corolla blue ; fruit from 

 obcordate to almost renate, compressed against the 

 dissepiment. V. gracilis. 



Leaves from obovate to elliptical. 



Here alpine, never tall, ascendant ; leaves small, firm, the 

 lower occasionally orbicular, the floral leaves somewhat 

 lanceolar, scattered, the upper changed into bracts ; 

 racemes comparatively long ; flowers very small ; calyx 

 four-cleft ; corolla generally white with bluish venules ; 

 fruit obcordate- or renate-orbicular, compressed against 

 the dissepiment. V. S63 



1725. Leaves pinnatisected. 



Alpine, robust, nearly glabrous ; leaves carnulent, shining, 

 their segments linear, from entire to pinnatifid ; flowers 

 in rather long racemes ; calyx five-cleft ; corolla small, 

 white or bluish ; fruit obcordate, compressed against the 

 dissepiment. V. nivea. 



Leaves indented 1726 



1726. Leaves and racemes comparatively long. 



Lax forest-plant ; stems elongated, ascending, often partly 

 creeping ; leaves flaccid, stalked, from ovate- to elongate- 

 lanceolar, serrated ; racemes mostly axillary, generally 

 many-flowered ; stalklets rather long ; calyx four-cleft ; 

 corolla small, pale, streaked by lilac venules ; fruit almost 

 obcordate, compressed against the dissepiment. 



V. notabilis. 



Leaves and racemes comparatively short ... ... 1727 



1727. Fruit almost orbicular. 



Stem slender, often elongated, beset with minute hairlets ; 

 leaves flaccid, from cordate- and deltoid- to orbicular- 

 ovate ; racemes seldom much elongated ; calyx four-cleft; 

 corolla small ; fruit compressed against the dissepiment. 



V. plebeja. 



Fruit almost obcordate ... ... ... ... 1728 



