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The following hybrids are recognised as British by Mr. Townsend : 



V. stricta X brevipila. 

 . brevipila Xscotica. 



. curta v. glabrescensXbrevi- 



pila. 



S. ffracilisX brevipila. 

 . scoticaXgracilis. 

 . Rostkoviana X brevipila. 

 . RostkovianaXnemorosa. 



14. ODONTI'TES Hall. 



1. 0. rubra (Gilib.) ; /. narrowed from near the base opposite 

 linear-lanceolate-attenuate remotely serrate, floral I. usually 

 longer than the fl. with 2 4 teeth and an entire end, cal. -seg- 

 ments as long as their tube lanceolate acute, cor. pubescent open, 

 lobes of the lower lip oblong, style protruded even before the fl. 

 opens, caps, oblong. Bartsia Odontites Huds. E. B. 1415. 

 St. about a foot high, much branched. Fl. many, pink, in 

 leafy unilateral spikes. Filaments, anth., and stam. hairy. 

 a. O. verna (Dum.); branches ascending straightish, 1. rounded 

 below, cal.-teeth narrowed below. /3. O. serotina (Dum.) ; 

 branches spreading and curving up, 1. narrowed below, cal.-teeth 

 narrowed below. [p. simplex (Ki-ok)=Eupkr. Odontites var. litoralis 

 (Fr % ), a small form with stout usually unbranched st., broader more obtuse 

 1., and exserted fr., is recorded from Scotland.] Corn-fields and waste 

 places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



15. SIBTHOKP'IA Linn. 



1. 8. europcea (L.). E. B. 649. A slender trailing plant 

 with filiform creeping stems, and alternate long-stalked roundish 

 reniform leaves with a few large crenatures. Fl. very small, 

 axillary, solitary, on short stalks, pinkish, inconspicuous. 

 Damp shady places in the South and South-west. P. VI. IX. 



E.I. 



16. VERON'ICA Linn. Speedwell. 

 * Racemes axillary. (Root perennial.) 



1. V. scutelldta (L.) ; /. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 

 denticulate, racemes alternate, fruitstalks slender reflexed, caps. 

 ofSflattish orbicular lobes, st. erect. E. .782. Stoloniferous. 

 St. weak, 1 ft. high, glabrous or [var. villosa, Schum.] hairy. 

 Fl. pale flesh-coloured, with darker lines. Sep. small, lanceo- 

 late, acute, shorter than the capsule. Boggy places. P. VI. 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



2. V. Anagal'lis (L.) ; I. lanceolate serrate acute sessile, ra- 

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, oval slightly notched, 



