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— OS. E, ue»-«B' (Belli) ; branches ascending straightish, 1. rounded 

 below, cal. -teeth narrowed below.^— |3. E. serotina (Lam.) ; 

 branches spreading and cur\-ing up, I. narrowed below, cal.- 

 teeth nsirrowed below. — y. E. rotundata (Ball) ; il.-l. nearly 

 entire equalling or falling short of the fl., cal.-segments 5 as 

 long as their tube broadly triangular, lobes of lower ccir.-lip 

 broadly rounded nearly equal,' caps, broadly oval almost 

 rounded: Filaments, anth.j" style, and stigma nearly glabrous. 

 A. N. H. ser. 2i iv. SO. — Corn-fields and waste places. A. VII. 

 vni. E. S. T. 



13. SiBTJioEp'iA Linn. ■ 



1. S. europee'a (L.). — ^An elegant trailing plant with slender 

 filiform creeping stems, and alternate long-stalked roundish reni- 

 form leaves with a few large ,crena.tures. Fl. very small, axil- 

 lary, sqlitary, on short stalks, pinkish, inconspicuous. — Damp 

 shady places in the South and South-west. P. VI. — IX. E. I. 



14. VEEON'ieA Linn. Speedwell. 

 * Racemes axilim-y. \Root perennial.) 



1. V. scuteUdta (L.) ; /. linear^kmceolate acute sessile minutely 

 denticulate, racemes alternate, fruitatalks reflexed, caps, of 2 



Jlditish orbicular lobes, st. erect. — St. 68. 3. — Stoloniferous. St. 

 weak, 1 ft. high.. Fl. pale flesh -coloiu-ed, with darker lines. 

 Sep. sniall, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the capsule.— /3. 

 ptibescens (Koch) ; St. hairy. F. Parmidaria " Poit." — In boggy 

 places. P.VL— VIII. E. S. I. 



2. V. Anagd'lis (L.); I. lanceolate serrate acute sessile, ra- 

 cemes opposite, fi'uitstalks' sprea;ding caps: oval sligMly notched, 

 St. erect. — Stoloniferous. St. thick, hoUow, 12--^24 in. high. 

 Fl. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate, longer than the capsule. Racemes 

 sometimes clothed with ' glandular hairs. Whole plant usually 

 glabrous. — In stagnant water. P. \1. — Vm. Water Speed- 

 well. ■ E. S.I. 



3. F. Seccabun'ga (L.) ; I stalked opal crenate-sen-ate, ra- 

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps. rdrnidishtxxTmA. slightly 

 notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting. — St. 12. 1. — ^FI. 

 bright blue. Whole plant, glabrous. Sometimes the bracts 

 are longer than the pedicels, and fl. pink or flesh-coloured. — 

 Ditches and streams. P. V. — VIII. BrooUime. E. S. I. 



4. F. Chamddrys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-OTate incise- 

 serrate, racemes opposi\te, fruitstaUts ascending, caps.Jlcd. pbcfn--, 

 date deeply notched oiliate shorter than the cal., st. Ufarioush/ 

 hairy • sscBuiing.^-St. 58t 6. — St. about a foot long. Fl, large, 



