58. LABIATA&. 241 
+t Seeds concave. 
14. V. triphylios (L.); 1. fingered, lower 1. ovate entire or den- 
tate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax many-flowered, pedicels 
longer than the calyx, caps. obcordate compressed smooth ciliated 
on the keel—E. B. 26. St. 8. 1—St. erect with spreading 
branches, 4—5 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Pedicels usually longer 
than the leaves. Sep. oblong, obtuse. Known by its spreading 
st., deeply fingered 1., and dark blue flowers.—Sandy fields. Bury 
and Mildenhall, Suff. Acomb near York. A. IV. E. 
**** Flowers oaillary, solitary ; seeds concave. 
15. V. agrestis (L.); 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-serrate, 
sep. oblong obtuse, stam. inserted at the very bottom of the cor., 
caps. of 2 turgid keeled lobes, seeds about 6 in a cell.—Z. B.S. 
2603. St. 58. 14. R. I. f. 440.—St. procumbent. Caps. some- 
times hairy all over, at others ciliated on the keel. L. usually 
longer than the peduncles. Lower part of the cor. white—[V. 
opaca (Fries) with spathulate sep. and fewer seeds is probably 
British. Koch says that its stamens are inserted much higher up 
the cor. than in either of its allies.]|—Fields and waste places. 
A.IV.—IX. Green Field Speedwell. 
16. V. polita (Fries); 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-ser- 
rate, sep. broadly ovute acute, stam. inserted at the very bottom 
of the cor., caps. of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 8—12 in a cell.—E. B. 
783, St. 58. 16. R. I. £. 404. 405.—St. procumbent. Caps. with 
short dense usually glandular pubescence, rarely glabrous. L. 
usually shorter than the peduncles. Fl. wholly blue.—§. grandi- 
‘flora; cor. as large as that of V. Buxbaumii.—Fields and waste 
places. 8. Berwickshire, and near Cambridge and Bury St. Ed- 
monds. A.IV.—IX. Gray Field Speedwell. 
*17. V. Buxbaumii (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise- 
serrate, sep. lanceolate acute, stam. from the bottom of the cor., 
caps. of 2 divaricated lobes compressed upwards and sharply 
keeled, seeds about 8 in a cell.— EH. B. S. 2769. St. 56.5. R. I. 
430. 431.—St. long, procumbent. L. shorter, than the peduncles. 
F). twice the size of those of the preceding, as large as those of 
V. Chamedrys, blue. Fields. A. IV.—IX. 
18. V. hederifolia (L.); 1. with 5—7 large toothiike lobes all 
stalked, sep. cordate ciliated, caps. of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 2 in 
each cell —E. B.784. St. 56. 6.—St. procumbent, fl. pale blue. 
—Fields and banks. A.IV.—VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 
Order LVIII. LABIATA. 
Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lipped, 
upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-cleft. Stam. 4, didynamous, 
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