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alt. 2,000-3,000 ft., rare ; fl. July-Sept. Stem woody ; branches many 2-4 in., 

 ascending, with leafy barren shoots. Leaves J- in. , coriaceous, teeth very 

 few or 0. Pedicels stiff, i-^- in. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, shorter 

 than the capsule. Flowers J in. diam. , bright blue, very beautiful. Style 

 short, slender. Capsule in., exceeding the sepals. DISTRIB. Arctic, 

 N. and Alpine Europe, Greenland. 



SECTION 3. Chamas'drys. Perennial. Branches diffuse, ascending. 

 Leaves all opposite. Racemes axillary. Capsule flat, notched or 2-lobed, 

 valves adhering to the axis. Seeds plano-convex or turgid. 



9. V. officina'lis, L. ; glandular-pubescent or subglabrous, stem hairy- 

 all round, leaves shortly petioled obovate-oblong or orbicular serrate, 

 pedicels very short, capsule triangular or obcordate truncate or retuse. 

 Banks and pastures, especially in hilly regions; ascends to near 3,000ft. in 



the Highlands; fl. May-July. Decumbent ; branches 2-18 in., ascending. 

 Leaves J-l in., contracted into the petiole, sharply or obtusely serrate. 

 Racemes slender, many-flowered ; peduncles erect ; bracts lanceolate or sub- 

 spathulate, obtuse. Sepals linear-oblong. Corolla % in. diam., pale blue or 

 lilac. Style very long. Capsule in., much longer than the sepals. Seeds 

 nearly flat. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia to the Himalaya; N. U. 

 States. Leaves bitter and astringent. 



VAR. hlrsn'ta, Hopkirk (sp.); stem 1-3 in. very hairy, leaves narrower 

 smaller, capsule seedless entire at the tip. Ayrshire. 1 have seen no fruit. 



10. V. Chamse'drys, L. ; hairy, stem pubescent on opposite sides, 

 leaves subsessile ovate-cordate deeply serrate, pedicels slender, raceme long 

 lax, capsule obcordate shorter than the calyx. 



Copses, pastures, banks, &c.; ascends to 2,700ft. in the Highlands; fl. 

 May-June. Branches 8-24 in., slender, ascending. Leaves -! in. Raceme 

 with its slender peduncle 2-5 in. ; bracts linear, much shorter than the 

 pedicels. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla g J in. diam., bright blue. 

 Style capillary. Capsule broader than long, pubescent and ciliate. DISTRIB. 

 Europe (Arctic), Siberia ; introd. in N. America. 



11. V. monta'na, L. ; hairy, stem pubescent all round, leaves petioled 

 ovate-cordate serrate, pedicels slender, racemes short lax, capsule orbicular 

 longer than the calyx glabrous, margin subcrenulate ciliate. 



Moist woods from Skye and Moray southwards ; ascending to 1,000 ft. in 

 Yorkshire ; rather rare in Scotland and Ireland ; fl. June-Sept. Habit of 

 V. Charmedrys, but sepals much broader; corolla not ^ in. diam., paler blue ; 

 capsule glabrous except the ciliate margins ; and the foliage turns darker 

 (though not black) in drying. DISTRIB. Europe from Gothland southwards 

 (excl. Greece and Turkey), N. Africa, W. Siberia. 



12. V. scutella'ta, L. ; suberect, leaves sessile linear-lanceolate faintly 

 toothed, racemes subopposite peduncled, pedicels slender deflexed in fruit. 

 Bogs, edges of ditches, &c., not very common ; ascends to 2,200 ft. in York- 

 shire ; fl. July- Aug. Glabrous, rarely hairy (var. pubescens). Stem6-24in., 

 slender, brittle, decumbent and rooting below, sparingly branched, stoloni- 

 ferous. Leaves 1-2 in. , ^-amplexicaul. Racemes many, seound ; peduncles 

 filiform, usually as long as the leaves ; pedicels spreading ; bracts small. 



