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or more in length. Leaves opposite, oblong, serrated and hairy. 

 Spikes lateral, and solitary from the axils of the leaves ; flowers 

 small, pale purplish-blue ; capsule heart-shaped. Very abundant 

 in pastures around Torquay, etc. (E. B. t. 765.) P. v.-vn. 



6. V. montana (mountain S.) In damp woods and hedges. 

 Stem trailing, hairy ; leaves stalked, ovate, coarsely toothed ; 

 clusters lateral, erect, few-flowered ; flowers pale blue, with darker 

 streaks ; capsule very broad and flat, notched at the top and 

 bottom. Near Torre Abbey. Copse by Kent's Cavern, etc. (E. 

 B. t. 766.) P. iv.-vn. 



7. V. Chamgedrys (Germander S.) In woods, fields, on 

 hedgebanks, and by waysides. Stem trailing, from a few inches 

 to a foot high, with a line of hairs on each side. Leaves oppo- 

 site, sessile, ovate and pointed, sharply serrate ; flower-stalks ax- 

 illary, solitary, bearing beautiful clusters of large, brilliant blue 

 flowers with rich purple veins ; fruit small, inversely heart-shaped. 

 Growing abundantly in all our lanes, etc. (E. B. t. 623.) P. 

 IV.-VI. 



8. V. liedersefolia (ivy-leaved S.) In fields and waste 

 places. Stems procumbent ; leaves heart-shaped, but divided 

 into from 5 to 7 unequal lobes, the end one being the largest, 

 stalked ; the 2 radical leaves oval, entire. Flower-stalks lateral, 

 1-flowered ; corolla pale blue. Capsule of 2 swelling lobes. Yery 

 common under hedges and in tilled fields. (E.'B, t. 784.) A. 



IV.-VIII. 



9. V. agrestis (green procumbent field S.) In fields and 

 waste places. Stem procumbent ; leaves all stalked, oval heart- 

 shaped ; flowers on short stalks, blue with the lower lip of the 

 corolla white ; capsule of 2 swelling lobes, hairy all over, with 

 about 6 seeds in each cell. Yery common, Warberry Hill. Walks 

 at Meadfoot, etc. (E. B. S. t. 2603.) The V. polita, which is 

 very similar, but with the petals wholly blue, is also found in the 

 same localities. (E. B. t. 783.) A. iv.-ix. 



10. V. arvensis (wall S.) In sandy or gravelly fields and 

 on walls. Stem upright, from 2 to 8 inches high, branched at 

 the base ; leaves opposite, ovate, hairy, serrate ; upper leaves lan- 

 ceolate, entire, having the appearance of bracteas, from the axils 

 of which the flowers arise, forming altogether a loose terminal 

 spike ; corolla pale blue ; capsule inversely heart-shaped, smooth. 

 Yery abundant in fields and on the top of nearly every wall, (E, 

 B. t. 734.) A. IV.-YII. 



BARTSIA. BAKTSIA. 

 1, B. viscosa (yellow viscid Bartsia.) In wet pastures. 



