120 54. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



Cor. light bluish, or flesh coloured, with red streaks. A succu- 

 lent plant. Colour pale pink. 



Very rare. Parasitical on the roots of hazels, &c. (E) P. 35. Carmyle 

 wood, "below the village. On the same spot for two seasons in May. 



54. SCROPHULARIACEJE. 



1. VERONfcA. Speedwell. 



A. Spikes or racemes terminal. 



1. V. SERPYLLIFOLIA, L. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. Stems in 

 leafy tufts, rooting below, then erect, 3 5 in. high. Le. ovate 

 or elliptical, obtuse, very slightly crenate, mostly smooth. Fl. 

 in elongated racemes, lower bracts large, leaf -like. Cor. small, 

 pale blue or nearly white, with dark veins. Cap. broader than 

 long, smooth or slightly hairy. Style long. 



Very common. Roadsides and pastures. (B) P. 5 7. 



2. V. ARVENSIS, L. Wall- Speedwell. Stems ascending, some- 

 times erect and simple, 3 6 in. high. Le. cordate-ovate, toothed. 

 Bracts longer than the fl. lanceolate, sessile. Fl. pale blue or 

 nearly white, sessile, pedicels only present when in fruit. Cap. 

 compressed, with rounded lobes, dilate on the .edge. Seeds 12 14, 

 compressed. Style short. 



Very common. In fields, on walls, and in gardens. (B) A. 47. Cathcart, 

 Rutherglen, and Toll cross. 



B. Racemes axillary. 

 1. Plant glabrous. 



3. V. SCUTELLATA, L. Marsh-Speedwell. Stems spreading 

 and ascending, 6 12 in. high, weak. Le sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, slightly and distantly toothed, with the teeth directed 

 backwards. Racemes alternate, pedicels slender, reflexed after 



flowering. Fl. flesh-coloured, with dark blue veins. Cap. flat, 

 broad, and deeply notched. 



Frequent. In "boggy places. (B) P. 7 8. Possil marsh; Frankfield and 

 Hogganfield lochs; Gourock to Arran. 



4. V. ANAGALLIS, L. Water-Speedwell. Stems thick, hollow, 

 1 2 ft. high. Le. sessile, lanceolate, mostly toothed, clasping 

 the stem. Racemes opposite, long and many-flowered, sometimes 

 glandular. Fl. small, pedicellate, pale blue. Cap. oval, slightly 

 notched. Plant slightly succulent, especially the stem. 



Not common. Wet ditches and ponds. (B) P. 7 9. " Near Flenders, beyond 

 Bushy," Dr. Ross. Cumbrae, Bute, and Arran. 



5. V. BECCABUNGA, L. BrooUime, Wallink. Stems procum- 

 bent, rooting at the joints. Flowering stems ascending. Le. 

 shortly stalked, elliptical, obtuse, slightly toothed, rather fleshy. 



