248 57. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



lower 1. smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandular 

 few-flowered, caps, ovate- attenuate, valves bifid. E. B. 102/. 

 St. 56. 2. Fl. bright blue. St. much branched, decumbent, 

 woody. Exposed alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 



10. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptical or ovate dentate or entire, 

 lower 1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs not glandular 

 few-flowered, caps, oblong-obovate emarginate crowned with the 

 very short persistent style. E. B. 484. St. 56. 3. Fl. bright 

 blue. St. ascending, simple except at the base, 46 in. high. 

 Hairs jointed. Summits of Highland mountains. P. VII. VIII . 



o. 



11. V. serpyllifolia (L.) ; 1. ovate or elliptical slightly crenate, 

 lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme elongate many-flowered, caps, 

 obcordate broader than long crowned with the long persistent 

 style. E. B. 1075. St. 58. 1. Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. 

 rooting below, afterwards erect. /3. V. humifusa (Dicks.) ; stems 

 quite prostrate, racemes shorter. Roadsides and damp places. 

 /3. Highland mountains. P. V. VII. 



12. V. arvensis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lower 1. stalked, 

 uppermost 1. lanceolate entire resembling bracts exceeding the 

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

 caps, obcordate broader than long compressed ciliate on the 

 keel. E. B. 734. St. 58. 11. St. ascending, 26 in. or rarely 

 a foot long. Fl. pale blue. Caps, smooth, with rounded lobes 

 which exceed the style. Seeds 12 14. Sep. lanceolate, un- 

 equal. Gravelly and sandy places. A. IV. VII. 



13. V. verna (L.) ; 1. pinnatifld, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate entire resembling bracts, raceme slightly spiked 

 many-flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, obcordate compressed 

 ciliate on the keel. JS.JB.25. SMS. 1. St. erect, 13 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. Sandy heaths. Bury, Thetford and 

 Mildenhall, Suff. A. V. E. 



ft Seeds concave. 



14. V. triphyllos (L.) ; I. fingered, lower 1. ovate entire or den- 

 tate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax many-flowered, ped. ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, caps, obcordate compressed smooth ciliate on 

 the keel. E. B. 26. St. 8. 1. St. erect with spreading branches, 

 4 5 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Ped. usually longer than the 

 leaves. Sep. oblong, obtuse. Known by its spreading st., deeply 

 fingered L, and dark blue flowers. Sandy fields. Bury and 

 Miiaenha.il, Suff. York, A. IV, E. 



