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scrophularine;e. 
10. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptical or ovate dentate or entire, 
lower 1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs not glandular few- 
flowered, caps, oblong -obor ate cmarginate crowned with the very 
short persistent style.— E. B. 484. St. 56. 3.— Fl. bright blue. 
St. simple, except at the base, 4 — G in. high. — Summits of high- 
land mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
11. V. serpyllifolia (L.) ; 1. ovate or elliptical slightly crenate, 
lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme elongate many -flowered, caps, 
obcordate broader than long crowned with the long persistent 
style.— E. B. 1075. St. 58. 1.— Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. 
rooting below, afterwards erect. — (i. humifusa (Sm.) ; stems 
quite prostrate, racemes shorter. — V. humifusa Dicks.— Road- 
sides and damp places. /3. Highland mountains. P. V. — VII. 
12. V. arvensis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lower 1. stalked, 
uppermost 1. lanceolate enthe resembling bracts longer than the 
flowers, raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, pedicels very 
short, caps, obcordate broader than long compressed ciliated 
on the keel. — E. B. 734. St. 58. 11. — St. ascending, sometimes 
even a foot long, prostrate below, at other times they do not exceed 
2 in., in which case the spike commences close to the root. Fl. 
pale blue. Caps, smooth, with rounded lobes which are longer 
than the style. Seeds 12 — 14. Sep. lanceolate, unequal. — Gra- 
velly and sandy places. A. IV. — VII. Wall Speedwell. 
13. V. verna (L.) ; I. pinnatifid, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 
upper 1. lanceolate entire resembling bracts, raceme slightly 
spiked many-flowered lax, pedicels very short, caps, obcordate 
compressed cilated on the keel. — E. B. 25. St. 13. 1. — St. erect, 
1 — 3 in. high, simple, or branched in the lower part. Caps, 
smooth or downy, with rounded lobes. Style very short. Seeds 
12 — 14. Sep. linear-lanceolate, unequal. — Sandy heaths near 
Bury, Thetford and Mildenhall, Suff. A. V. E. 
ft Seeds concave. 
14. V. triphyllos (L.) ; I. 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 about 
Bury and Mildenhall, Suff. A. IV. E. 
**** Flowers axillary, solitary ; seeds concave. 
15. V. agrestis (L.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate inciso -serrate, 
sep. oblong obtuse, caps, of 2 turgid keeled lobes, seeds about 6 
in a cell.— E. B. S. 2603. St. 58. 14. R. Icon. f. 440.— St. pro- 
cumbent. " Stam. inserted at the very bottom of the cor." Caps. 
