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coloured. Ditches and streams. /3. Dalkeith Park near Edin- 

 burgh. Prof. Balfour. P. V. VIII. Brooklime. 



4. V. Chamadrys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 

 serrate, racemes opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, flat obcor- 

 date deeply notched ciliate shorter than the cal., st. bifariously 

 hairy ascending. E. B. 623. St. 58. 6. Fl. large, many, hand- 

 some, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. Hedge-banks. P. V. VI. 

 Germander Speedwell. 



5. V. montana (L.); /. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 

 stalks ascending, caps, orbicular notched their margins crenulate 

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

 cumbent. E. B. 766. St. 58. 5. Racemes lax. Fl. few, pale 

 blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. Sep. ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 Woods and thickets in hilly districts. P. V. VI. 



6. V. qffidnalis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked elliptical serrate, ra- 

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

 truncate obtusely notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate 

 creeping hairy. E. B. 765. St. 58. 4. Racemes erect, much 

 longer than the leaves. Caps, not always notched. /3. olabra; 

 st., L, and calyx smooth. Not V. Allionii(Vill.). y. V. hirsuta 

 (Hopk.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. E. B. S. 

 2673. Much smaller than the true V. qffidnalis. I have not 

 seen wild specimens. Dry banks and heaths. /3. Mountains. 

 y. Dry heath, Carrick, Ayrshire. P. VI. VIII. Common Speed- 

 well. 



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



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

 at the end, lower 1. obtuse stalked, raceme spiked elongate dense, 

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

 very long style. St. erect, branching at the base. Spike nearly 

 always solitary. Fl. blue. Lower 1. oblong with a wedgeshaped- 

 base, or ovate with a rounded or slightly cordate base. E. B. 2. 

 V. hybrida (L.) E. B. 673. Rare. On chalky heaths near New- 

 market and Bury ; and on limestone cliffs. P. VII. VIII. 

 Spiked Speedwell. E. 



*** Racemes terminal ; cor. -tube very short, f Seeds flat. 



[8. V.fruticulosa (L.) ; 1. elliptical or lanceolate obtuse sub- 

 crenate, lower 1. smaller, raceme glandular-pubescent few-flowered 

 (many-flowered Sm.) t caps, elliptical abrupt, valves bifid. E. B. 

 1028! St. 56. 1. Fl. flesh-coloured. I have not seen native 

 specimens. Ben Cruachan. Dr. Walker. Ben Lawers. Mr. R. 

 Brown. P. VII.] S. 



9. V. saxatilis (L.) ; 1. elliptical serrate at about the middle, 



