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handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — Hedge-banks. P. V. 
VI. Germander Speedwell. 
5. V. montana (L.) ; I. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 
stalks ascending, caps, orbiculamotched their margins crenulated 
and ciliated longer than the cal., st. diffuse hairy all round procum- 
bent.— E. B. 766. St. 58. 5.— Fl. few, pale blue. Caps, very 
large, quite flat. Sep. ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Woods and 
thickets. P. V. VI. 
6. V. officinalis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked elliptical serrate, ra- 
cemes dense many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, obcor date 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. — /3. glabra ■ st., 1., and calyx smooth. V. Allionii 
(Vill.) is a very different plant with obcordate acutely notched 
capsules and thick rigid leaves. — y. ? hirsuta (Hook.) ; 1. ovate- 
lanceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. V. hirsuta Hopk. Much 
smaller than the true V. officinalis and probably a distinct species 
since it retains its characters in cultivation. I have not seen 
wild specimens. — Dry banks and heaths, fi. Mountains, y. Dry 
heath, Carrick, Ayrshire. P. VI. — VIII. Common Speedwell. 
** Racemes terminal, tube of the cor. longer than its own 
diameter. 
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. — a,, vulgaris ; lower 1. oblong with a 
wedgeshaped base. E. B. 2. — /3. hybrida ; lower 1. ovate with a 
rounded or slightly cordate base. Two or three times as large as 
var. et. V. hybrida (L.) E.B.673. — Rare. a. On chalky heaths 
near Newmarket and Bury. /3. On limestone cliffs. P. VII. 
VIII. Spiked Speedwell. E. 
*** Racemes terminal, tube of the cor. very short. 
t Seeds flat. 
8. V. fruticulosa (L.) ; 1. elliptical or lanceolate obtuse sub- 
crenate, lower 1. smaller, raceme glandular-pubescent few-flowered 
(many-flowered Sm.), caps, elliptical abrupt : valves bifid. — E.B. 
1028. St. 56. 1. — Fl. flesh-coloured. I have not seen native 
specimens. — Ben Cruachan. Br. Walker. Ben Lawers. Dr. R. 
Brown. P. VII. S. 
9. V. saxatilis (L.) ; 1. elliptical serrate at about the middle, 
lower 1. smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandular 
few-flowered, caps. o\s.te-attetmated : valves bifid. — E. B. 1027. 
St. 56. 2. — Fl. bright blue. St. decumbent, woody. — Exposed 
alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 
