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in pubescence. — Pastures, woods, heaths. A. VII. VIII. Eye- 
bright. 
2. E. Odontites (L.) ; I. narrowed from the base opposite linear- 
lanceolate remotely serrate, floral-1. longer than the fl., cor. pu- 
bescent, lobes of the lower lip oblong-obtuse, anth. with 2 equal 
points hairy. — E. B. 1415. — St. about a foot high, much branched. 
Fl. (numerous, pink,) in leafy unilateral spikes. — Corn-fields 
and waste places. A. VII. VIII. 
12. Sibthorpia Linn. 
1. S. europ<ea (L.). The only species. — E. B. 649. — An 
elegant trailing plant with slender filiform creeping stems, and 
alternate long-stalked roundish reniform leaves with a few large 
crenations. Fl. very small, axillary, solitary, on short stalks, 
pinkish, inconspicuous. — Damp shadv places in the south and 
south-west. P. VI.— IX. E. I. 
13. Veronica Linn. 
* Racemes axillary. (Root perennial.) 
1 . V. scutellata (L.) ; I. linear-lanceolate acute sessile minutely 
denticulated, racemes alternate, fruitstalks reflexed, caps, of 2 
flatfish orbicular lobes, st. erect. — E. B. 782. St. 58. 3. — Root 
stoloniferous. St. weak, elongated. Fl. pale flesh-coloured, with 
darker lines. Sep. small, lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 
capsule. — /3. pubescens (Koch) ; st. hairy. V. Parmularia "Poit. 
et Turp.fl. Par. 19. t. 14." — In boggy places. /3. " Shropshire." 
Leighton. " North of Scotland." Murray. P. VI. — VIII. 
2. V. Anagallis (L.) ; I. lanceolate serrated acute sessile, ra- 
cemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, elliptical slightly 
notched, st. erect. — E. B. 781. — Root stoloniferous. St. thick, 
hollow, varying much in height. Fl. pale blue. Sep. lanceolate, 
longer than the capsule. Racemes sometimes clothed with 
glandular hairs. Whole plant usually glabrous. — In stagnant 
water. P. VI.— VIII. Water Speedwell. 
3. V. Beccabunga (L.) ; I. stalked elliptical obtuse crenate- 
serrate, racemes opposite, 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. — /3. li- 
mosa ; bracts longer than the pedicels, fl. pink or flesh-coloured. 
V. limosa Lej. — Ditches and streams. /3. Near Edinburgh. Prof. 
Balfour. P. V.— VIII. Brooklime. 
4. V. Cliammdrys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate inciso- 
serrate, racemes opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, flat ob- 
cordate deeply notched ciliated shorter than the cal., st. bifariously 
hairy ascending. — E. B. 623. St. 58. 6. — Fl. large, numerous, 
