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57. SCEOPHULARIACE^. 
raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, 
ohcordate broader than long compressed ciliate on the keel. — 
E. B. 734. — St. ascending, 2 — 6 in. or rarely a foot long. Fl. 
pale blue. Caps, smooth, with rounded lobes which exceed 
the style. Seeds 12—14. Sep. lanceolate, unequal, sometimes 
very glandular. [(3. eximia (Towns.); branches simple from base of st., 
upper 1. bracts and sep. not exceeding caps.] — Gravelly and Sandv places. 
A. IV.-VII. "E.S.I. 
12. V. ver'na (L.) ; I. pinnatijid, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 
upper 1. lanceolate entire bractlike, raceme slightly spiked many- 
flowered lax, ped. very short, caps, obcordate compressed 
ciliate on the keel. — E. B. 25. — 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. Bury, Thetford, and 
Mildenhall, Suff. A. V. E. 
tt Seeds concave. 
13. V. triphyl'la (L.) ; I. fingered, lower 1. ovate entire or 
dentate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax few-flowered, j)ed. 
exceeding the calyx, caps, obcordate compressed smooth ciliate 
on the keel. — E. B. 26. — St. erect with spreading branches, 
4 — 5 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Ped. usually longer than the 
leaves. Sep. oval. Known by its spreading st., deeply fingered 
1., and dark-blue flowers. — Sandy fields. Bury, Mildenhall, 
Brandon, &c., Suff. York. A. IV. E. 
**** Flowers axillary, solitary. Seeds concave. St. 2)rostrate. 
14. V. ogres' tis (L.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise-serrate, 
sep. oval, stam. inserted at the very bottom of the cor., caps, of 
2 turgid keeled lobes, seeds about G. in a cell. — E. B. S. 2603. 
E. I. f. 440. — Caps, hairy all over, or only ciliate on the keel ; 
hairs all straight and glandular. L. usually exceeding the pe- 
duncles. Lower cor. -lip white. — [T. opaca (Fries), with fewer 
seeds, hairs on caps, incurved short with a few longer and glan- 
dular, stam. inserted in the throat of cor., is probably British.] 
— Fields and waste places. A. IV. — IX. Green Field Speed- 
well. E. S. I. 
15. V. polita (Fries); 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise- 
serrate, Sep. broadly ovate acute, stam. inserted at the very 
bottom of the cor., caps, of 2 turgid lobes, seeds 8 — 12 in a 
cell.— B. 783. R. I. f. 404, 405. Caps, with short dense 
glandless hairs and other shorter glandular ones, rarely 
