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slightly notched, st. erect. — E. B. 781. — Stoloniferous. St. 
glabrous, thick, succulent, hollow, 12 — 24 in. high. Fl. pale 
blue. Sep. lanceolate. Kacemes sometimes glandular (F. 
anagall'iformis, Bor.). Whole plant usually glabrous, [a small 
annual form is var. montioides (Boiss.), see Hiern. J. of B. 1898, p. 321.]— In 
water. P. VI.— VIII. Water Speedivell. E. S. I. 
3. V. Beccahun'ga (L.) ; I. stalked oval crenate-serrate, 
racemes opposite, fruitstalks spreading, caps, roundish tumid 
slightly notched, st. jDvocumhent at the base rooting. — E. B. 
655. — Glabrous, succulent. Fl. bright blue, rarely pink or 
flesh-coloured. — Ditches and streams. P. V. — VIII. Brook- 
lime. E. S. I. 
4. V. Chamce'drys (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 
serrate, racemes usually opposite, fruitstalks ascending, co/js. 
flat ohcordate deeply notched ciliate shorter than the cal., st. 
hifarioxisly hairy ascending. — E. B. 623. — St. about a foot long. 
Fl. large, many, handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. L. 
on autumnal shoots slightly stalked. Hedgebanks. P. V. 
VI. Germander Speedwell. E. S. I. 
5. V. montdna (L.) ; I. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 
stalks ascending, caps. oriiCM^ar notched their margins crenulate 
and ciliate longer than the cal., st. difuse hairy all round pro- 
cumbent. — E. B. 766. — St. often above a foot long. Racemes 
lax. Fl. few, pale blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. Sep. 
ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Woods and thickets. P. V. VI. E.S.I. 
6. V. officinalis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked oval serrate, racemes 
spikelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, caps, ohcordate trun- 
cate bluntly notched longer than the cal., st. prosti-ate creeping 
hairy.— B. 765. — St. 6 — 12 in. long. Racemes erect, much 
longer than the leaves. Caps, not always notched. St., 1., 
and calyx sometimes smooth. — j3. hirsuta (Syme) ; 1. ovate- 
lanceolate, caps, abrupt undivided. E. B. S. 2673. Much 
smaller than the true V. officinalis. I have not seen wild 
specimens. — Dry banks and heaths. P. VI. — VIII. Common 
Speedivell. E. S. I. 
** Racemes terminal ; cor.-tube longer than broad. 
7. V. spicdta (L.) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate crenate-serrate entire 
at the end, lower 1. blunt stalked, raceme spikelike long dense, 
bracts longer than the pedicels, caps, ovate emarginate with a very 
long style. — E. B. 2. — St. erect, branching at the base, about 6 
in. high, or in V. hybrida taller. Fl. blue. Lower 1. oval with 
