302 SCROPHULARINE^E. [VERONICA. 



corolla not | in. diara., paler blue ; capsule glabrous except the margins ; 

 and foliage darker (though not black) in drying. DISTRIB. From Gothland 

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



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

 faintly toothed, recemes subopposite, pedicels slender deflexed in fruit. 

 Bogs, edges of ditches, &c^ N. to Shetland, not very common ; ascends to 



2,200 ft. in Yorkshire ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. Glabrous, 

 rarely hairy (var. pubes'cens\ stoloniferous. Stem^6-24: in., slender, brittle, 

 decumbent and rooting below, .sparingly branched. Leaves 1-2 in., |-am- 

 plexicaul. Racemes many ; peduncles filiform, usually as long as the leaves ; 

 pedicels secund, spreading; bracts small. Sepals ovate-oblong, acute. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam., white or pinkish. Capsule ^ in. diam., broader than 

 long, deeply 2-lobed, margins ciliate. D.ISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, 

 N. and W Asia, N. America. 



SECTION 4. Beccabun'ga. Perennial. Leaves opposite, serrate. Raeemes 

 axillary, opposite, many-fld. Capsule flat, loculicidal ; valves 2-fid, falling 

 away from the seed-bearing axis. 



14. V. Beccabun'ga, L. ; procumbent, glabrous, succulent, leaves 

 petioled oblong obtuse serrate, capsule orbicular notched. Broaklime. 

 Margins of brooks, ditches, &c., N. to Shetland; ascends to 2,800 ft. in the 



Highlands; Ireland; Channel Islands ; fl. May-Sept. Stem hollow, rooting 

 below; branches 1-2 ft., spreading. Leaves 1-2 in., sometimes obovate. 

 Racemes 2-4 in. ; bracts narrow, usually shorter than the pedicels. Flowers 

 honeyed. Sepals small, ovate-oblong, subacute, glabrous. Corolla | in. 

 diam., bright blue or pink. Capsule turgid, a little exceeding the sepals. 

 Seeds minute, biconvex. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, 

 Himalaya. A reputed antiscorbutic. 



15. V. Anagal'lis, L. ; erect, glabrous, stout, succulent, stoloniferous, 

 leaves sessile J-amplexicaul ova,te- or oblong-lanceolate serrate, capsule 

 orbicular notched. 



Watery places, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,05.0 ft. in Derby ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands; fl. July-Aug. Stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., simple or 

 sparingly branched. Leaves 2-5 in., subacute, sometimes auricled at the 

 base, teeth small. Racemes ascending, 4-10 in., elongating in fruit ; bracts 

 lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 

 glabrous or glandular. Corolla jU^L in. diam., pale lilac or white. Style 

 moderate. Capsule shorter than sepals, rather turgid. Seeds as in V. Bec- 

 cabun'ga. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya, N. 

 America. 



SECTION 5. Pseudo-Iiysima'chia. Perennial. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled. Racemes terminal. Corolla-tube cylindric. Capsule slightly 

 compressed, valves adhering to the axis. Seeds plano-convex. 



16. V, spica'ta, L. ; pubescent, leaves oblong, spike dense. 



Chalky pastures, Cambridge, Suffolk, and Norfolk, and limestone rocks in the 

 W. of England and Wales ; fl. July-Aug. Rootstock creeping. Stem 6-18 



