300 SCROPHULARINE^E. [Veronica. 



Sandy fields, Norfolk and Suffolk, York ; fl. May- June.— Stem 3-8 in., rigid, 

 branches few. Leaves J-| in., long and broad, palmately 3-7-lobed ; lobes 

 entire, obtuse, oblong or linear ; floral subdigitate. Flotcers few, subrace- 

 mose ; bracts 3-5-partite ; peduncles slender, ascending. Sepals subequal, 

 obtuse. Corolla % in. diam., dark blue. Capsule £ in. diain., as broad as 

 long, deeply-lobed, glandular. Seeds rugose. — Distrib. From Gothland 

 southd., N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, N.W. India. 



5. V. arven'sis, L. ; annual, erect or ascending, pubescent, leaves 

 ovate-cordate irregularly crenate-serrate, bracts alternate, pedicels short, 

 capsule obcordate, seeds 6-7 in each cell nearly flat. 



Dry sandy, &c, places, N. to Shetland ; ascends to near 2,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Oct. —Branches 4-18 in., stiff, 2-fariously 

 pubescent, often very long and simple. Leaves ^-| in., lower petioled, 

 serratures few obtuse. Bracts often in dense leafy cyhudric racemes, linear 

 or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, entire or obscurely lobed, exceeding the 

 flowers. Sepals narrow, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla minute, pale blue with a 

 white eye. Style very short. Capsule |-£ in. broad, glandular, shorter 

 than the sepals. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya ; 

 introd in N. America. 



Yak. exim'ia, Towns. ( ? var. perpusil'la, Bromf.), from Hants, is prostrate, 

 tufted, with shorter leaves bracts and sepals. 



6. V. ver'na, L. ; annual, erect, glandular-pubescent, leaves lobed or 

 pinnatifid, bracts lanceolate entire, pedicels short, capsule deeply obcordate, 

 seeds 6-7 in each cell flat. 



Sandy fields, Norfolk and Suffolk; fl. May-June. — Habit of V. arven'sis, 

 but always small, 2-4 in., densely leafy and more glandular-pubescent ; 

 flowers always much crowded ; capsule and seeds much the same in both. — 

 Distrib. Europe, N. and W. Asia, N.W. India, 



7. V. serpyllifo'lia, L. ; perennial, ascending, stem glandular-pubes- 

 cent, leaves subentire, racemes many-flowered, pedicels short erect, style 

 as long as the didymous flat capsule, seeds plano-convex minute. 



Fields, moist waste places, &c, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,500 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-June. — Much branched 

 from the base ; branches 3-10 in. Leaves ^-| in., sessile, ovate-rotundate 

 or oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous. Raceme 1-4 in. ; bracts alternate, quite 

 entire, lower leaf-like, upper narrow. Flowers proterogynous or homc- 

 gamous. Sepals oblong- o bo vate, obtuse, ciliate, shorter than the corolla. 

 Corolla | in. diam., white or lilac. Capsule shorter than the sepals, 

 glabrous. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Hima- 

 laya, N. America. — V. humifu'sa, Dicks., is an alpine variety, decumbent, 

 rooting at the nodes, with leaves entire, flowers few, corolla blue, capsule 

 glandular-pubescent. Ascends to 3,700 ft. in the Highlands. 



8. V. alpi'na, L. ; perennial, erect, glandular-pubescent above, leaves 

 ovate entire or serrulate, raceme corymbose few-fld., bracts alternate, 

 pedicels short erect, capsule obovate notched, seeds plano-convex. 



