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coloured. — Ditches and streams. /3. Dalkeith Park near Edin- 

 burgh. Prof. Balfour. P.V. — VIII. Brooklime. 



4. V. Cham<Bdrys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate ineise- 

 serrate, racemes opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, flat obcor- 

 date deeply notched ciliate shorter than the cal., st. bifariously 

 hairy ascending. — E. B. 623. St. 58. 6. — Fl. large, many, hand- 

 some, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — Hedge-banks. P. V. VI. 

 Germander Speedwell. 



5. V. montana (L.) ; I. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 

 stalks ascending, caps, orbicular notched their margins crenulate 

 and ciliate longer than the cal., st. diffuse hairy all round pro- 

 cumbent. — E. B. 766. St. 68. 5. — Racemes lax. Fl. few, pale 

 blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. Sep. ovate-lanceolate, acute. 

 — Woods and thickets in hilly districts, P. V. VI. 



6. V. officinalis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked elliptical serrate, ra- 

 cemes spikelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, obcordate 

 truncate obtusely notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate 

 creeping hairy. — E. B. 765. St. 58. 4. — Racemes erect, much 

 longer than the leaves. Caps, not always notched.^ — 13. glabra ; 

 St., 1., and calyx smooth. Not V. AUionii (Vill.). — y. V. hirsuta 

 (Hopk.); 1. ovate-lanceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. E.B.S. 

 2673. Much smaller than the true V. officinalis. I have not 

 seen wild specimens. — Dry banks and heaths. ^. Mountains. 

 y. Dry heath, Garrick, Ayrshire. P. VI. — VIII. Common Speed- 

 well. 



** Racemes terminal ; cor. -tube longer than broad. 



7. V. spicata (L.); 1. ovate or lanceolate crenate-serrate entire 

 at the end, lower 1. obtuse stalked, raceme spiked elongate dense, 

 bracts longer than the pedicels, caps, ovate emarginate with a 

 very long style. — St. erect, branching at the base. Spike nearly 

 always solitary. Fl. blue. Lower 1. oblong with a wedgeshaped 

 base, or ovate with a rounded or slightly cordate base. E. B. 2. 

 V. hybrida (L.) E. B. 673. — Rare. On chalky heaths near New- 

 market and Bury ; and on limestone chfFs. P. VII. VIII. 

 Spiked Speedwell. E. 



*** Racemes terminal; cor. -tube very short, t Seeds flat. 



[8. V. fruticulosa (L.); 1. eUiptical or lanceolate obtuse sub- 

 crenate, lower 1. smaller, raceme glandular-pubescent few-flowered 

 (many-flowered Sm.), caps, elliptical abrupt, valves bifid. — E. B. 

 1028. St. 66. 1. — Fl. flesh-coloured. I have not seen native 

 specimens. — Ben Cruachan. Dr. Walker. Ben Lawers. Mr. R. 

 Brown. P. VII.] S. 



9. V. saxatilis (L.) ; 1. elliptical serrate at about the middle, 



