320 57. SCKOPHULAEIACE^:. 



raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, cops, 

 obcordate broader than long compressed ciliate on the keel. 

 E. B. 734. St. ascending, 2 6 in. or rarely a foot long. Fl. pale 

 blue. Caps, smooth, with rounded lobes which exceed the 

 style. Seeds 12 14. Sep. lanceolate, unequal, sometimes very 

 glandular. [/3. eximia (Towns.) ; branches simple from base of st., upper 

 1. bracts and sep. not exceeding caps.] Gravelly and sandy places. 

 A. IV. VII. E. S. J. 



12. V. ver'na (L.) ; /. pinnatifid, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate entire bractlike, raceme slightly spiked many- 

 flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, obcordate compressed ciliate 

 on the keel. J?. B. 25. St. erect, 1 3 in. high, simple or 

 branched in the lower part. Caps, smooth or downy, with 

 rounded lobes. Style very short. Seeds 12 14. Sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, unequal. Sandv heaths. Bury, Thetford, and Mil- 

 denhall, Suff. A. V. E. 



ft Seeds concave. 



13. V. tripliyl'los (L.) ; /. fingered, lower 1. ovate entire or 

 dentate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax few-flowered, ped. 

 exceeding the calyx, cap* obcordate compressed smooth ciliate 

 on the keel. E. B. 26. St. erect with spreading branches, 4 5 

 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Ped. usually longer than the leaves. 

 Sep. oval. Known by its spreading st, deeply fingered 1., and 

 dark-blue flowers. Sandy fields. Bury, Mildenhall, Brandon, 

 &c.,Suff. York. A. IV. E. 



###* Flowers axillary, solitary. Seeds concave. St. prostrate. 



14. V. agres'tis (L.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-serrate, 

 sep. oval, stam. inserted at the very bottom of the cor., caps, of 

 2 turgid keeled lobes, seeds about 6 in a cell. 2?. B. S. 2603. 

 R. 1. f. 440. Caps, hairy all over, or only ciliate on the keel ; 

 hairs all straight and glandular. L. usually exceeding the pe- 

 duncles. Lower cor .-lip white. [ V. opaca (Fries), with fewer 

 seeds, hairs on caps, incurved short with a few longer and glan- 

 dular, stam. inserted in the throat of cor., is probably British.] 

 Fields and waste places. A. IV. IX. Green Field Speed- 

 Well. E. S. L 



15. V. did'yma (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-ser- 

 rate, sep. broadly ovate acute, stam. inserted at the very bottom of 

 the cor., caps, of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 8 12 in a cell. E. B. 783. 

 R. I. f. 404, 405. V. polita (Fries) ed. viii. Caps, with short 

 dense glandless hairs and other shorter glandular ones, rarely 



