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Petals exceeding the narrowly ovate 

 sepals. Capsule-lobes acutish, the 

 most distal point of each near the 



lateral margin. 3. V. Tourneforlii. 



Pedicels shorter than sepals or bracts. Sepals 

 linear to narrowly ovate. Capsules 

 flattened. Seeds many, less than 1 mm. 

 long, flat, smooth or nearly so. Leaves 

 sessile (or the lower petioled), scarcely 

 palmate; alternate only through the 

 inflorescence. 

 Perennials. Repent, with ascending stems. 

 Leaves oval or ovate, obscurely cre- 

 nate. Inflorescence spike-like, re- 

 stricted to the distal portion of the 

 stem. Sepals ovate. Corolla blue 

 or white, with deep-blue lines on 

 posterior side. Capsule retuse or 

 shallowly notched, glandular-pubes- 

 cent. 

 Leaves prevailingly oval. Stems dis- 

 tally and pedicels minutely pubescent 

 with appressed hairs. Corolla 2 mm. 

 long, white, with blue lines on pos- 

 terior side. 4. V. serpyllifolia. 

 Leaves prevailingly ovate. Stems dis- 

 tally and pedicels finely pubescent 

 with mostly spreading hairs. Corolla 

 3 mm. long, blue on posterior side, 

 anterior lobe nearly white; with deep- 

 blue lines on posterior side. 5. V. ruderalis. 

 Annuals. Erect, much branched below. 

 Most leaf-axils flower-bearing. Se- 

 pals lanceolate to linear. Capsule 

 deeply notched. 

 Lower stem-leaves ovate, crenate-ser- 

 rate, the lowermost frequently pet- 

 ioled. Corolla deep violet-blue. 

 Capsule pubescent with slightly 

 gland-tipped hairs. Plant pubescent 

 with gland less hairs. 6. V. arvensis. 

 Lower stem-leaves oblanceolate, entire 

 or distally remotely toothed, all 

 sessile. Corolla whitish through- 

 out. Capsule glabrous. Plant 

 glabrous or with short gland- 

 tipped hairs. 

 Stem glabrous. 7. V. peregrina. 



