3] 8 57. SCKOPHULAKIACE^:. 



st. erect E. B. 781. Stoloniferous. St. glabrous, thick, suc- 

 culent, hollow, 12 24 in. high. Fl. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate. 

 Racemes sometimes glandular ( V. anagalltformis, Bor.). 

 Whole plant usually glabrous. [A small animal form is var. mon- 

 tioides (Boiss.), see Hiern, J. of B. 1898, p. 321.] In water. P. VI. 

 VIII. Water Speedwell. E. S. I. 



3. V. Beccabun'ga (L.) ; /. stalked oral crenate- serrate, 

 racemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, roundish tumid 

 slightly notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting. E. B. 

 655. Glabrous, succulent. Fl. bright blue, rarely pink or 

 flesh-coloured. Ditches and streams. P. V. VIII. Brook- 

 lime. E. S. I. 



4. V. Cham&'drys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 

 serrate, racemes usually opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, 

 flat obcordate deeply notched ciliate shorter than the cal., st. 

 bifariously hairy ascending. E. B. 623. St. about afoot long. 

 Fl. large, many, handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. L. on 

 autumnal shoots slightly stalked. Hedgebanks. P. V. VI. 

 Germander Speedwell. E. S. I. 



5. V. montdna (L.^ ; /. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 

 stalks ascending, caps, orbicular notched their margins crenulate 

 and ciliate longer than the cal., st. diffuse hairy oil round pro- 

 cumbent. E. B. 766. St. often above a foot long. Racemes 

 lax. Fl. few, pale blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. Sep. 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute. Woods and thickets. P. V. VI. E.S.I. 



6. V. officindlis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked oval serrate, racemes 

 spikelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, obcordate trun- 

 cate bluntly notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate creeping 

 hairy. E. B. 765. St. 6 12. in. long. Racemes erect, much 

 longer than the leaves. Caps, not always notched. St., L, and 

 calyx sometimes smooth. /3. V. hirsuta (Hopk.) ; 1. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. E. B. S. 2673. Much smaller 

 than the true V. officinalis. I have not seen wild specimens. 

 Dry banks and heaths. P. VI. VIII. Common Speedwell. 



E. S. 1. 



** Racemes terminal; cor. -tube longer than broad. 



7. V. spicdta (L.) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate crenate-serrate entire 

 at the end, lower 1. blunt stalked, raceme spikelike long dense, 

 bracts longer than the pedicels, caps, ovate emarginate with a very 

 long style. E*B. 2. St. erect, branching at the base, about 6 

 in. high, or in V. hybrida taller. Fl. blue. Lower 1. oval with 



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