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SECTION 1 . Omphalo'spora. Annual. Pedmicles 1-flowered, solitary, 

 axillary in alternate leaf-like bracts. Seeds cup-shaped. 



1. V. agres'tis, L. ; prostrate, slightly hairy and glandular, leaves 

 petioled ovate-cordate coarsely serrate, sepals ovate or oblong, capsule 

 suborbicular deeply 2-lobed, cells 4-10-seeded. 



Waste places, ascending to 1,200 ft. in Northumberland; fl. April-Sept. 

 Brandies 4-8 in., slender. Leaves ^- in., obtuse ; floral similar, about as 

 long as the decurved pedicels. Sepals I in., ciliate, 3-nerved, |in. when 

 in fruit, unequal. Corolla -J in. diam., shorter or longer than the sepals. 

 Cajisule | in. diam. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia to the Altai and 

 the Himalaya ; introd. in N. America. 



Sub-sp. AGBES'TIS proper ; leaves -- in., serratures regular not deep, sepals 

 linear-oblong, corolla pale-blue or white, seeds 4-5 hi each cell. 



Sub-sp. POLI'TA, Fries (sp.); leaves ^-^ in. broader, serratures deeper and 

 rather irregular, sepals ovate subacute, corolla bright blue, seeds 8-10 in 

 each cell. 



V. BUXBAU'MII, Ten.; prostrate, hairy, eglandular, leaves shortly 

 petioled oblong or ovate-cordate coarsely serrate, sepals lanceolate 

 subacute spreading in fruit, lobes of the capsule diverging, cells 5-8- 

 seeded. 



Fields from Moray southwards, ascending to 1,000 ft. in Northumberland ; 

 ^ also in Ireland ; an alien becoming a colonist, Watson ; fl. April-Sept. 

 rand<s 6-12 in., tips often ascending. Leaves ^-1^ in., obtuse, petioles 

 variable ; floral similar, shorter than the decurved pedicels. Sepals usually 

 large, ciliate, 5-7-ribbed and reticulate in fruit. Corolla % in. diam., bright 

 blue. Capsule J in. diam., reticulate and glandular-pubescent. DISTRIB. 

 Europe from Belgium southwards, N. Africa, W. Asia to the Himalaya ; 

 introd. in N. America. 



2. V. hedersefo'lia, L. ; prostrate, pubescent, leaves petioled very 

 broadly-ovate 5-7-lobed, sepals cordate ciliate exceeding the corolla, cells 

 of the didynious capsule 1-2-seeded. 



Cultivated ground ; fl. March- Aug. Branches 6-18 in. Leaves J- hi. broad, 

 petioles dilated upwards, lobes rounded obtuse ; floral similar, about equalling 

 the decurved or straight peduncles. Flowers appearing in succession as the 

 branch lengthens. Sepals acuminate, membranous. Corolla in. diam., 

 pale blue. Seeds large, rugose, with a small deep pit on the inner face. 

 DlSTREB. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia ; introd. in N. America. 



3. y. triphyl'los, L. ; suberect, glandular-pubescent, leaves small, 

 upper incised, lower petioled, sepals linear-oblong, cells of the obcordate 

 capsule many-seeded. 



Sandy fields, Norfolk and Suffolk, also York and Doncaster ; fl. May-June. 

 Stem 3-8 in., rigid, branches few. Leaves - in. long and broad, palmately 

 3-7-lobed ; lobes entire, obtuse, oblong or linear ; floral subdigitate. Flowers 

 few, subracemose ; bracts 3-5-partite ; peduncles slender, ascending. Sepals 

 subequal, obtuse. Corolla in. diam., dark blue. Capsule % in- diam., as 

 broad as long, deeply-lobed, glandular. Seeds rugose. DISTRIB. Europe 

 from Gothland southwards, N. Africa, W. Siberia, W. Asia to N.W. 

 India. 



