268 57. SCKOPHTJLAEIACEiB. 



reniform leaves with a few large crenatures. Fl. very small, 

 axillary, solitary, on short stalks, pinkish, inconspicuous. — 

 Damp shady places in the South and bouth-west. P. VI. — IX. 



16. Veeok'ica Linn. Speedwell. 

 Racemes axillary. (Root perennial.) 



1. V. scuteUdta (L.) ; I. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 

 denticulate, racemes alternate, fruitstalks slender reflexed, caps, 

 of Ifiattidi orbicular lobes, st. erect. — E. B. 782. — Stoloniferous. 

 St. weak, 1 ft. high, glabrous or hairy. PI. pale flesh-coloured, 

 with darker lines. Sep. small, lanceolate, acute, shorter than 

 the capsule.— Boggy places. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



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

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, oval slightly notched, 

 St. erect. — E. B. 781. — Stoloniferous. St. glabrous, thick, suc- 

 culent, hollow, 12 — 24 in. high. Fl. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate. 

 Racemes sometimes glandular. Whole plant usually glabrous. 

 — In stagnant water. P. VI. — VIII. Water Speedwell. 



E. S. I. 



3. V. Beccabim' ga (L.) ; I. stalked oval crenate-serrate, ra- 

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps. roundishtamiA shghtly 

 notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting. — E. B. 656. — Gla- 

 brous, succulent. Fl. bright blue, rarely pink or flesh-coloured. 

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



4. V. Chamce'drys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 

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

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

 hairy ascending. — E. B, 623. — St. about a foot long. Fl. large, 

 many, handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. L. on autumnal 

 shoots slightly stalked. — Hedgebanks. P. V. VI. Germander 

 Speedwell. E. S. I. 



6. V. montdna (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 rownd pro- 

 cumbent. — E. B. 766. — St. often above a foot long. Racemes 

 lax. Fl. few, pale blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. Sep. 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute. — ^Woods and thickets in hUly districts. 

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



6. V. officindlis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked oval serrate, racemes 

 spiltelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, obcordate trun- 



