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ceme persistently subcorjrm'bose. Pad. long, erect. Fl. large, 

 bright blue. — V. mffrutzcosa Sm. is probably a mistake. St. 

 much branched, decumbent, woody. — ^Exposed alpine rocks 

 P. VII. 8. 



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 yeiy 

 short persistent style. — Sy. U. 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. Vn. VIII. S. 



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

 lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme long many-lowered, caps, 

 ohcordate broader than long crowned with the long persistent 

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

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

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

 and damp places. (3. Highland mountains. P. V. — ^VII. 



E. S. I. 



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

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

 fl., raceme slightly spliced many-flowered lax, ped. very short, 

 caps, ohcordate, style very short. — Sy. E. B. 977. — St. erect, 

 2 — 5 in. high. Fl. white faintly tinged with pink. Caps, 

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

 late.— Fields. A. V.] 8. I. 



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

 . exceeding 1., cor. 2^ — 3 times as long as the sep., caps, obo- 

 vate shorter than its style. — V. tenella R. xx. 1718. — St. pros- 

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

 caps, glandular-hairv. — 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, 

 obcordate broader than long compressed ciliate on the keel. — 

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

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

 style. Seeds 12 — 14. Sep. lanceolate, unequal. — GraveUy and 

 sandy places. A. IV.— VII. E. S. I. 



12. V. ver'na (L.) ; I. pinnatifld, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 

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



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

 on the keel. — E. B. 25. — St. erect, 1 — 3 in. high, simple or 



