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sometimes hairy all over, at others ciliated on the keel. L. 
usually longer than the peduncles. Lower part of the cor. white. 
— V. opaca (Fries) with spathulate sep. and fewer seeds is per- 
haps confounded with this in Britain ; Koch says that its sta- 
mens are inserted much higher up the cor. than in either of its 
allies. — Fields and waste places. A. IV. — IX. Green field 
Speedwell. 
16. V. polita (Fries) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate inciso-ser- 
rate, sep. broadly ovate acute, caps, of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 8 — 10 
in a cell.— E. B. 783. St. 58. 16. R. Icon. f. 404. 405. V. didyma 
"Ten." Koch. — St. procumbent. " Stam. inserted at the very 
bottom of the cor." Caps, with short dense pubescence. L. 
usually shorter than the peduncles. Fl. wholly blue. Referred 
to V. didyma (Ten.) by Bertoloni and Koch, but Reichenbach 
considers that plant as a variety of V. opaca. — /}. grandifiora ; 
cor. as large as that of V. Buxbaumii. Differing in no other re- 
spect from V. polita. — Fields and waste places. /3. Berwickshire, 
and near Cambridge. A. IV. — IX. Gray field Speedwell. 
*17- V. Buxbaumii (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate inciso- 
serrate, sep. lanceolate acute, caps, of 2 divaricated lobes com- 
pressed upwards and sharply keeled, seeds about 8 in a cell. — 
E. B. S. 2769. St. 56. 5. R. Icon. 430. 431 — St. long, procum- 
bent. L. shorter than the peduncles. Fl. twice the size of those 
of the preceding, as large as those of V. Chamxdrys, blue. — In 
fields and cultivated land in many places, but probably intro- 
duced with seed from the continent. A. IV. — IX. 
18. V. hederifolia (L.) ; I. with 5 — 7 large toothlike lobes all 
stalked, sep. cordate ciliated, caps, of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 2 in 
each cell. — E. B. 784. St. 56. 6. — St. procumbent, fl. pale blue. 
— Fields and banks. A. IV. — VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 
Order LIX. LABIATE. 
Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lipped, 
upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-cleft. Stam. 4, didynamous, 
rarely 2. Ovary free, 4-lobed. Style 1, from the base of the 
lobes ; stigma bifid. Fr. in 1 — 4 small nutlike portions. 
Tribe I. MENTHOIDEsE. Cor. bellshaped, nearly regular. 
Stam. distant, straight. 
1. Mentha. Cor. 4-fid, tube very short. Cal. equal, 5- 
toothed. Stam. 4, anth. -cells parallel. 
2. Lycopus. Cor. 4-fid, scarcely longer than the equal 5- 
toothed calyx. Stam. 2, anther-cells parallel or ultimately 
divergent, 2 upper stam. wanting or rudimentary. 
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