270 57. scrophulaeiacbjB. 



[* V. peregiina (L.) ; 1. all obtuse and narrowed below, lower 

 1. obovate-oblong, uppermost 1. bractlike exceeding tbe minute 

 fl., raceme slightly spiked many-iiowered lax, pea. very short, 

 caps, obcordate, style very short. — 8y. B. B. 977. — St. erect, 

 2 — 6 in. high, Fl. white faintly tinged with pink. Caps, 

 smooth, broader than long ; lobes rounded. Sep. linear-lanceo- 

 late.— Fields. A. v.] S. I. 



[* V. repens (DC.) ; I. all roundly oval, pan. short few-flowered, 

 ped. exceeding 1., cor. 2 — 3 times as long as the sen., caps, ob- 

 ovate shorter than its style. — V. tenella R. xi. 1718. — St. pros- 

 trate, rooting ; no erect fl.-shoot and raceme. Ped., cal., and 

 caps, glandular-hairy. — A Corsican pi. naturalized at Man- 

 chester and York. P. IV. V.] 



11 . V. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lower 1. stalked, 

 uppermost 1. lanceolate entire bractlike exceeding the flowers, 

 raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, 

 ohcordaie broader than long compressed ciliate on the keel. — 

 -E. B. 734. — St. ascending, 2 — 6 in. orrarely a foot long. Fl. pale 

 blue. Caps, smooth, with rounded lobes which exceed the 

 style. Seeds sl2 — 14. Sep. lanceolate, unequal. — Gravelly and 

 sandy places. A. IV.— VII. E. S. I. 



12. V. ver'na (L.) ; ?. ^««a<j^(?, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 

 upper 1. lanceolate entire bractlike, raceme slightly spiked many- 

 flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, obcordate compressed ciliate 



on the keel. — B. B. 25. — St. erect. 1 — 8 in. high, simple or 

 branched in the lower part. Caps, smooth or downy, with 

 rounded lobes. Style very short. Seeds 12 — 14. Sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, unequal. — Sandy heaths. Bury, Thetford, and Mil- 

 denhall, Sufi: A. V. E.' 



tt Seeds concave. 



13. V. triphyVlos (L.); I. fmgered, lower 1. ovate entire or 

 dentate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax fewfloioered, ped. 

 exceeding the calyx, caps, obcordate compressed smooth ciliate 

 on the keel. — E. B. 26. — ^St. erect with spreading branches, 4 — 5 

 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Ped. usually longer than the leaves. 

 Sep. oval. Known by its spreadingst., deeply fingered 1., and 

 dark-blue flowers. — Sandy fields. Bury, Mildenhall, Brandon, 

 &c.,Suff. York. A. IV. E. 



**** Flowers aaiUary, solUary. Seeds concave. St. prostrate. 



14. V. agres'tis (L. ) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-serrate, 

 Sep. oval, stam. inserted at the veiy bottom of the cor., caps, of 

 2 turgid keeled lobes, seeds about 6 in a cell. — E. B. 8. 2603. 



