58. LA.BIATJB. 271 



M. I. f. 440. — Caps, hairy all over, or only ciliate on the keel ; 

 hairs all straight and glandular. L. usually exceeding the pe- 

 duncles. Lower cor.-lip white. — [ V. opaca (Fries), with spa- 

 thulate Sep., fewer seeds, hairs on caps, incurved short with a 

 few longer and glandular, stam. inserted in the throat of cor., 

 is probably British.] — Fields and waste places. A. IV. — IX. 

 Green Field Speedwell. E. S. I. 



15. V. polita (Fries) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-ser- 

 rate, sep. broadly ovate acute, stam. inserted at the very bottom 

 of the cor., caps, of 2 turgid lobes, seedd 8 — 12 in a cell, — E. B. 

 783. R. I. f. 404, 405. — Caps, with short dense glandless hairs 

 and other shorter glandular ones, rarely glabrous. L. usually 

 falling short of the peduncles. Fl. wholly blue. — Cor. some- 

 times as large as that of V. Suxbaumii. — Fields and waste 

 places. A. IV. — IX. Gray Meld Speedwell. E. S. I. 



*16. V. BttxhaumHi (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise- 

 serrate, sep. lanceolate-acute, stam. from the bottom of the cor., 

 caps, of 2 divaricate lobes compressed ujniuu-ds and sharply keeled, 

 seeds about 8 in a cell. — B. B. S. 2769. — St. long, hairy. L. 

 falling short of the peduncles. Fl. twice the size of those of 

 the preceding, as large as those of V. Chamcedrys, blue. — Fields. 

 A. IV.— IX. E. S. I. 



17. V. hederifdlia (L.) ; I. cordate with 5 — 7 large toothlike 

 lobes all stalked, sep. cordate-attenuate ciliate, caps, of 2 turgid 

 lobes, seeds 2 in each cell. — E. B. 784. — Fl. pale blue. — Fields 

 and banks. A. IV. — VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. E. S. I. 



[Acan'thiis moTlis, belonging to the Order Acanthacece, has 

 been introduced by unknown agency to St. Agnes Isle, Scilly, 

 and Traeth Manaccan, Cornw.] 



Order LVIII. LABIATE. 



Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lipped, 

 upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-fid, or nearly regular. Stam. 

 4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary free, 4-lobed. Style 1, from 

 the base of and between the lobes ; stigma bifid. Fr. in 1 — 4 

 small nutlets (not true nuts although so called). — Fl. unsym- 

 metrical, often forming 2 cymes so placed as to resemble a 

 whorl (a verticillaster). L. opposite. — No stipules. 



Tribe I. MENTHOIBEM. Cor. bellshaped, nearly regular. 

 Stam. distant, straight, diverging upwards. 



1. Mentha. Cor. 4-fid, tube very short, Cal. regular, 5- 

 toothed. Stam. 4 ; ahth.-cells parallel. 



