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hollow, varying much in height. Fi. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate, 
longer than the capsule. Racemes sometimes clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. Whole plant usually glabrous.—In stagnant water. 
P. VI.—VIU. Water Speviaele ‘ 
3. V. Beccabunga (L.); 1. stalked elliptical obtuse crenate- 
serrate, racemes ee fruitstalks spreading, caps. roundish 
tumid slightly notched, st. procumbent at the base rooting.—E. B. 
655. St.12. 1.—Fl. bright blue. Whole plant glabrous.—8. V. 
limosa (Lej.); bracts longer than the pedicels, fl. pink or flesh- 
coloured.—Ditches and streams. 8. Dalkeith Park near Edin- 
burgh. Prof. Balfour, P.V.—VIII. Brooklime. 
4. V. Chamedrys (L.); 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 
serrate, racemes opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps. flat obcor- 
date deeply notched ciliated shorter than the cal., st. bifariously 
hairy ascending.—E. B. 623. St. 58. 6.—F. large, numerous, 
handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute.—Hedge-banks. P. V. 
VI. Germander Speedwell. 
5. V. montana (L.); 1. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 
stalks ascending, caps. orbicular notched their margins crenulated 
and ciliated longer than the cal., st. diffuse hairy all round pro- 
cumbent.—E. B.766. St.58.5.—Fl. few, pale blue. Caps. very 
large, quite flat. Sep. ovate-lanceolate, acute——Woods and 
thickets in hilly districts. P. V. VI. 
6. V. officinalis (L.); 1. shortly stalked elliptical serrate, ra- 
cemes dense many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps. obcordate trun- 
cate obtusely notched longer than the cal., st. prostrate creeping 
hairy. —E. B.765. St. 58. 4.—Racemes erect, much longer than 
the leaves. Caps. not always notched.—8. glabra; st., 1., and 
calyx smooth. V. Allionii (Vill.) is very different.—y. V. hirsuta 
(Hopk.); 1. ovate-lanceolate, caps. abrupt undivided. #. B.S. 
2673. Much smaller than the true V. officinalis. I have not 
seen wild specimens.—Dry banks and heaths. 8. Mountains. 
y- Dry heath, Carrick, Ayrshire. P. VI.—VIII. Common Speed- 
well. 
** Racemes terminal, cor.-tube longer than broad. 
7. V. spicata (L.); 1. ovate or lanceolate crenate-serrate entire 
at the end, lower 1. obtuse stalked, raceme spiked elongate dense, 
bracts longer than the pedicels, caps. ovate emarginate with a 
very long style.—St. erect, branching at the base. Spike nearly 
always solitary. Fl. blue. Lower 1]. oblong with a wedgeshaped 
base, or ovate with a rounded or slightly cordate base. E. B. 2. 
V. hybrida (L.) E.B,673.—Rare. On chalky heaths near New- 
market and Bury; and on limestone cliffs. P. VII. VIII. 
Spiked Speedwell. E. 
