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cate bluntly notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate creeping 

 hairy. — £. B. 765. — St. 6 — 12 in. long. Racemes erect, much 

 longer than the leaves. — Caps, not always notched. St., 1., and 

 calyx sometimes smooth. — /3. V. hirsuta (Hopk.) ; 1. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. E. B. 8. 2673. Much smaller 

 than the true V. officinalis. I have not seen wild specimens. — 

 Dry banks and heaths. /3. Dry heath, Oarrick, Ayrshire. P. 

 VI.— Vin. Common Speedwell. E. S. I. 



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



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

 at the end, lowerl. blunt stalked, raceme spikelike long rfe»sc,braot3 

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

 long style. — B. B. 2. — St. erect, branching at the base about 6 

 in. hi^h, or in V. hybrida taller. Fl. blue. Lower 1. oval with 

 a wedgeshaped base, or ovate" with a rounded or slightly cordate 

 base {V. hybrida L. B. B. 673). — E,are. On chalky heaths 

 near Newmarket and Bury ; and O.) on limestone cliffs. P. 

 yil. Vin. Spiked Speedwell. E. 



*** Bacemes terminal; cor.-tuhe very short, f Seeds flat. 



8. V. saxat'ilis (L.) ; 1. oval serrate at about the middle, lower 

 1. smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandular few- 

 flowered, caps, ovate-attenuate, valves bifld.^ — B. B. 1027. — Ra-, 

 ceme persistently subcorymbose. Ped. long, erect. Fl. large, 

 bright blue. St. much branched, decumbent, woody. — V. suffi-u- 

 ticosa Sm. is probably a mistake. — ^Exposed alpine rocks. 



9. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptic or ovate dentate or entire, lower 

 1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs not glandular few- 

 flowered, caps, oval-obovate emarginate crowned with the very 

 short persistent style. — Sy. B. B. 980. — St. decumbent, scarcely 

 rooting, erect, simple except quite at the base, 4 — 6 in. high. 

 Fl.-raceme corymbose ; fr.-raceme dense. — Summits of Highland 

 mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



10. V. serpyllifdlia (L.) ; 1. ovate or oval slightly crenate, 

 lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme hng many-fionoered, caps, 

 obcordate broader than long crowned with the long persistent 

 style. — B. B. 1075. — Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. rooting 

 below, afterwards erect, 2 — 6 in. high. — fi. V. humifusa (Dicks.) ; 

 St. quite prostrate, racemes shorter. Sy. B. B. 979. — Roadsides 

 and damp places. ^. Mountains. P. V. — VII. E. S. I. 



