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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. Tournefortii. 
- Pedicels ESOT 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. 
aves oval or ovate, obscurely cre- 
nate. Inflorescence spike-like, re- 
stricted to the distal portion of the 
stem. Sepals ovate. Corolla blue 
or ae with deep-blue lines on 
posterior side. Capsule retuse or 
silliest notched, glandular-pubes- 
Cente: 
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. fn 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- 
with glandless 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- 
tip irs. 
Stem glabrous. 7. V. peregrina. 
