CL. II.] DIANDRIA- MONOGYNIA. 53 



capsule two-lobed, tumid, with many seeds. Distinguished from 

 F. agrestis, of which it is perhaps a variety, principally by its bright 

 blue flower, and many-seeded capsule. Annual : flowers from 

 April to September : grows in cultivated fields : not very uncom- 

 mon. F. agrestis, Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 783. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 24. 29. 



13. V.Buxbaumii. Buxbaum's Speedicell. Leaves all stalked, be- 

 tween egg-shaped and heart-shaped, deeply serrate ; flower-stalks 

 longer than the leaves, always straight, or slightly curved at the 



tip when in fruit ; corolla longer than the calyx ; seeds cupped. 



Stems one or two feet long, procumbent, spreading, covered with 

 soft white hairs : corolla very large, light blue, streaked with darker 

 lines : capsule inversely heart- shaped, with four or five seeds in 

 each cell. Differs from the two preceding in its larger size and 

 greater hairiness, as well as its larger corolla. Annual: flowers 

 from August to October : grows in cultivated grounds where it 

 has been introduced : rare. First described as British by Dr. 

 Johnstone, who found it near Berwick on Tweed. Oxfordshire ; 

 Kent ; Norfolk ; Northumberland. About Edinburgh, Glasgow, 

 Dunfermline, Aberlady, &c. Eng. Bot. Suppl pi. 2769. Brit. Fl. 

 4th ed. p. 7. 30, 



14. F. arven'sis. Watt Chickweed Speedwell. Leaves heart- 

 shaped, broadly serrate, lower ones stalked, upper lance-shaped, 



sessile. Stems nearly erect : leaves nearly sessile : corolla small, 



pale blue, with deeper lines : capsule inversely heart-shaped, com- 

 pressed, ciliated. Annual : flowers in May and June : on the tops 

 of walls, in dry fields, and among rubbish : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xi. pi. 734. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 24. 31. 



15. F. hederifolia. Ivy-leaved CMckiceed Speedwell. SmattHenbit. 

 Leaves broadly heart-shaped, five-lobed ; segments of the calyx 



heart-shaped, acute, ciliated; seeds cupped, wrinkled. Stems 



procumbent, spreading : leaves flat, generally five-lobed, the upper 

 three-lobed, flowers small, pale blue, with deeper lines : capsule 

 two-lobed, turgid. Annual : flowers from March to December : 

 grows in cultivated fields, under hedges, in woods and among rub- 

 bish: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi.pl. 784. Eng.Fl. vol. i. p. 25. 32. 



16. V.triphyl'los. Upright or Trifid Chickiceed Speedwell. Leaves 

 with finger-like divisions ; fruit-stalks longer than the calyx ; seeds 



flat. Stem three or four inches high, branched at the base: 



lower leaves undivided, opposite ; upper in three or five segments, 

 alternate : flowers deep blue : capsule inversely heart-shaped, com- 

 pressed, hairy : style very short : seeds egg-shaped. Annual : 

 flowers in April and May : grows in sandy fields : very rare, Norfolk 

 and Suffolk. Eng. Bet. vol. i. pi. 26. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 26. 33. 



17. F. ver'na. Vernal Chickweed Speedicell. Leaves pinnatifid ; 

 uppermost lance-shaped ; fruit-stalks shorter than the calyx ; seeds 



flat. Stem from two to four inches high : leaves deeply divided, 



the middle segment larger ; the divisions become less numerous as 

 the leaves ascend on the stem, the upper being simple : flowers 

 small, light blue, with deeper lines : capsule inversely heart- 

 shaped, compressed, downy and ciliated . Annual : flowers in 

 April : grows in sandy fields : very rare. First found by Sir John 

 Cullum, about Thetford and Bury, Suffolk. Eng, Bot. vol. i. pi. 25. 

 Eng. Fl. i. vol. p. 26. 34. 



