258 57. SCEOPHTTLAEIACE^. 



many, handsome, Wue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — Hedge-banks.- 

 P. V. VI. ' Germander Speedwell. ' ' Ei S. I. 



; 5. v. montSna (L.); I. striked broadly ovate-serrate, fruit- 

 stalks ascending, cajis. orbicular riicrtcliedtheir margins creUulate 

 and oiliate fo«^er than the cal,, st. diffusfi Jmity all rpund prq- 

 cumbent.— T-iS. 68. 5. — St. pften above a foot long. , Racemes 

 lax. iJiFl. few, pale blue. Caps, very large, q^uiteflatJ Sep. 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Woods ,andtMoketS;in billy districts. 

 P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



6. V. offlcmdlis (L.) ; i. shortly stalked' pval serrate racemes 

 spikelike niany-flpwered, fruitstalks erect, caps, ohcordate tnm- 

 ca'fe'bWiltly notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate creeping 

 hairy. — St. 68; 4. — St. 6 — 12 in. long. Racemes ^ erect, much 

 longer than the leaves. Caps, iiot always notched. — §. gldWa ; 

 St., 1., and calyx smooth; y. V. hm-snta (Hopk.) ; 1. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate,' caps.' abrupt undivided. JE. H. S. 2673. Mucb smaller 

 than the true F! ojjicinalii. I have not seen wild specimens. — 

 Dry banks and heaths. /3. Mountains, y. Dry lieath, Carrick, 

 Ayrshire. P, VI.— VIII. Common Speedwell. • El S. I. 



' ' ** Racemes t&i'minal; cor.-tuhelmigerthamhrond.' 



7. V. spicdta (1^.,) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate creiiate-serrate entire 

 at the end, lower 1. blunt stalked, raceme spiked long dense, bracts 

 longer than the pedicels, caps, ovate emargiaate j with a very 

 long style. — Sti .ergot, branching fit' the base, about i 6 in. high, 

 or in V. hybrida taller. Spike nearly always sblitary. ^ El. blue. 

 Lower 1. oval with a wedgeshaped base, or ovate with a rounded 

 or slightly cordate base \V. hybrida L.). — Rare. » On, chalky 

 heaths near Newmarket and Bury ; and on Umestone. oliifs. P. 

 YlL-ynX- .Spiked Speedwell. . E. 



*** JRacemes terminal ; cor,-tuJ)e very s^p7i.f t Seeds flei,t. 



8. V. s(a:ai'ilis''(h.) ; 1. oval serrate at aboUt the middle; lower 

 1; smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandiclar few- 

 flowered, caps, ojate-attenuate, yalyes, bifid. — St, 56. 2; — El. 

 bright blue. St. much branched, decumbent, woody. — EipdSed 

 alpme, rocks. P. VII. ' ' S. 



[ K /rM<«eMZ(5sB of Sm. seems to be a variety of V. saxatilis 

 ■with a glandular pubescent raceme, &■ mtore abrupt caps, and 

 pbrpliM flowerSi] ■ 



'9. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptic or ovatS dentate or entite, lo^er 

 \. svaellw,' raceme Miry imth patent hairs not glandular few- 

 flowered, caps, oval-obaiiate etHarginate crowned with the very 

 short persistent Style — St. 56. 3.— El. bright blue. St.- ascend- 



