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LXII. SCEOPHULAEIACEiS. 



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at tlie base and rooting. — a. bracteas shorter than the pedicels, 

 flowers bright blue. E. B, t. 655. — /3, bracteas longer than the 

 pedicels, flowers pink or flesh-coloured. V. limosa Lej. 



Ditches and water-courses, frequent. — i8. Dalkeith. IL, 5 — 9. 

 Whole plant glabrous and very succulent. Racemes many-flowered. 



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racemes spicate, leaves shortly stalked ovate serrate, stem pro- 

 cumbent creeping, capsule obovate triangular trvmcate or with 



a wide shallow notch. 



a, leaves broadly ovate rough with pu- 



JE,B.t. 765.- 



bescence, stem very downy. E, S, t. 765. — /3. nearly glabrous. 



small, leaves ovate-lanceolate, capsule obovate entire 



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(abortive). V. hirsuta Hopk. : E. B. S. t. 2673. 



7. dry heaths in Ayrshire. 



Leaves as- 



Abundant in woods and pastures, especially in dry situations, 

 on mountains in Scotland and Ireland. - 

 %. 5 — 7. — 'A very variable plant, especially in size, 

 tringent and bitter; hence sometimes used medicinally, and made 

 into tea. 



---40. V. moiitdna L. (Mountain S.^ i 



^ ^ racemes lax few-flowered 

 leaves cordate-ovate petiolate serrate, stem hairy all round, 



capsule orbicular notched at tl^e apex and base flat membranous 



glabrous ciliated much larger than the calyx. E. B, t. 7G6. 



Stem a foot and more 



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Woods, pastures, and hedge-banlcs, frequent. "21. 5,6. 



Moist woods, not unfrequent. 2/. . 

 long, weak, trailing. Leaves large, on stalks about equal to them in 

 lengtli. Capsules large, quite flat, and resembling those of a Bhciitella, 

 veiny, their edges denticulate and slightly ciliated. 



II. V. Cliamm'drys L. {G ermander S ?) % racemes elongated 

 many-flowered, leaves cordate-ovate nearly sessile inciso-serrate, 

 stem bifariously hairy, capsule flat obcordate deeply notched 

 ciliated shorter than the calyx. E. B. t. 623. 



^ . ^ . _ ^ _ . Stem 



procumbent, as in the last species, having two opposite hairy lineSy 

 and these lines taking different sides above and below each pair of 

 leaves, or decussate. Leaves wrinkled, sometimes deeply cut. Flowers 

 large, numerous, very bright blue, greeting us at an early season of 

 the year, and rendering the plant a general favourite; supposed by 

 some to be the true Forget-me-not. 



*** Root annual. 



t Flowers axillary, solitary (the floral leaves being similar to the cauline 



ones). Pedicels recurved. Seeds cupped. 



12. V. hederifoUa L. {Ivy-leaved S.) ; leaves all petiolate 

 cordate with 5—7 large teeth or lobes, segments of the calyx 

 cordate ciliated, capsule of two turgid lobes, seeds 2—4, stem 

 procumbent. E. B. t. 784. 



Fields and hedge-banks, common. 0. S— 8. — ,?i^em weak. Leaves 

 rather fleshy, slightly hairy, the upper young leaves alone sessile or 



