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llab. Stagnant waters. In the Leet below Belville farm, 

 in the parish of Eccles, Rev. A. Baird. Lithtillum Loch 

 and Ferneyrig Marsh, Mr R. D. Thomson. July. If 



CHARA, (p. 1.) 



3. C.flexilis, smooth, transparent, without prickles; whorled 

 branches cylindrical, blunt, with a minute point, no internal par- 

 titions, some cloven ; bracteas none. Smooth Chara. 



Hob. Coldingham Lough. 



In his Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, tab. 339, Dr GREVILLE has 

 delineated a species of Chara, which he names C. aspera. 

 A plant answering to his figure and description, I gather- 

 ed some years ago at the sides of the Lough on Holy 

 Island ; but since the true C. hispida is abundant in the 

 middle of the pond, I can consider the former merely as 

 the young of that species. 



VERONICA, (p. 4.) 



6.* V. montana, stem weak, hairy all round ; leaves ovate- 

 heart-shaped, serrated, on rather long stalks ; clusters scattered, 

 few-flowered ; capsule much compressed, veined, broadly obcor- 

 date, the margin fringed ; segments of the calyx obovate, hairy. 

 Mountain Speedwell. 



Hob. In the woods at Dunglass, near the river, Dr Par- 

 sons. Langton woods, abundant, Mr Thomas Brown. 

 June. 11 



7* V. polita, stem prostrate, hairy ; leaves stalked, heart-shaped 

 or ovate-heart-shaped, coarsely serrated ; flower-stalks about the 

 length of the leaves, curved when in fruit ; segments of the calyx 

 ovate, the larger often with 2 or 3 crenatures ; corolla bright blue, 

 veined, small; stamens blue; capsule very turgid, obsoletely 

 keeled, pubescent, tipped with a short style; seeds about 9 in 

 each cell, cupped HOOK. Brit. FL i. 7. 



Hab. Cultivated grounds. Near Gavington, plentiful, Mr 

 Thomas Brown. June to Oct. Q 



Borders very closely upon V. agrestis, and the only good dis- 

 tinction between the two lies in the dark blue flower, and 

 the many-seeded capsule of V. polita, whereas in V. agrestis 



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