262 57. SCEOPHUIAEIACBiE. 



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

 cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, roundish tumid slightly 

 notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting. — E. B. 655. — Gla- 

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

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



4. V. ChamcB'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. hifariously 

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

 many, handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — Hedgebanks. 

 P. V. VI. Qermander Speedwell. E. S. I. 



6. V. montdna (L.) ; I. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 

 stalks ascending, caps, orhicular notched their margins crenulate 

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

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

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

 ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Woods and thickela in hilly district. 

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



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

 spikelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, ohcordate trun- 

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

 hairy. — E. B. 765. — St. 6 — 12 in. long. Eacemes erect, much 

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

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

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

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

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

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



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



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

 at the end, lower 1. blunt stalked, raceme spiked long dense, bracts 

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

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

 in. high, or in V. hybrida taller. Spike nearly always solitary. 

 Fl. blue. Lower 1. oval vidth a wedgeshaped base, or ovate 

 with a rounded or slightly cordate base ( V. hybrida L. E. B. 

 673.). — Eare. On chalky heaths near Newmarket and Bury ; 

 and on limestone cliffs. P. VII. VIII. Spiked Speedwell. E. 



«*■« Eacemes terminal ; cor.-tube 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- 

 fiowered, caps, ojate-attenuate, valves bifid. — E. B. 1027. — Ea- 



