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a wedgeshaped base, or ovate with a rounded or slightly cordate 
base ( V. hyhrida L. . E. B. 673).— Rare. On chalky heaths 
near Newmarket and Bury ; and on limestone cliffs. P. VII. 
VIII. Spiked Speedivell. E. 
*** Racemes teiminal ; cor. -tube very short, t Seeds flat. 
8. V. fritttcans (Jacq.) ; 1. oval serrate at about the middle, 
lower 1. smaller, raceme pubescent ivith crisped hairs not glandu- 
lar few-flowered, caps, ovate-attenuate, valves bifid. — E. B. 
1027. F. saxatilis (L. fil.) ; Raceme persistently subcorym- 
bose. Fed. long, erect. Fl. large, bright blue. St. much 
branched, decumbent, woody. — V. suffruticosa Sm. is probably 
a mistake. Exposed alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 
9. V. alpina (L.) ; 1. elliptic or ovate dentate or entire, lower 
1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs not glandular few- 
flowered, caps, oval-obovate emarginate crowned with the very 
short persistent style. — Sy. E. B. 980. — St. decumbent, scarcely 
rooting, erect, simple except quite at the base, 4 — 6 in. high. 
Fl.-raceme corymbose ; fr. -raceme dense. — Summits of High- 
land mountains. P. VII. VIII. 8. 
10. V. serpyllifolia (L.) ; 1. ovate or oval slightly crenate, 
lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme long niami-flotrered, caps. 
obco7'date broader than long crowned with the long persistent 
style. — E. B. 1075. — Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. rooting 
below, afterwards erect, 2 — 6 in. high. — /i. V. humif usa (Dicks.) ; 
St. quite prostrate, racemes shorter. Hy. E. B. 979. — Roadsides 
and damp places. (8. Mountains. P. V. — Vtl. E. S. L 
[* V. peregrina (L.) ; 1. all obtuse and narrowed below, lower 
1. obovate-oblong, uppermost 1. bractlike exceeding the minute 
fl., raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, 
caps, obcordate, style very short. — Sy. E. B. 977. — St. erect, 
2 — 5 in. high. Fl. white faintly tinged with pink. Caps, 
smooth, broader than long ; lobes rounded. Sep. linear-lanceo- 
late.— Fields. A. v.] S.I. 
[* V. re'pens (DC.) ; I. all roundly oval, pan. short few-flowered, 
ped. exceeding 1., cor. 2 — 3 times as long as the sep., caps, ob- 
ovate shorter than its style. — V. tenella R. xx. 1718. — St. pros- 
trate, rooting ; no erect fl. -shoot and raceme. Ped., cal., and 
caps, glandular-hairy. — A Corsican pi. naturalized at Man- 
chester, York, and Glasgow. P. IV. V.] 
11. V. arven'sis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lov/er 1. stalked, 
uppermost 1. lanceolate entire bractlike exceeding the flowers, 
