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cumbent. — E. B. 766. St. 58. 5. — FI. few, pale blue. Caps, veiy 
large, quite flat. 8ej). ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Woods and 
thi'ekets. P. V. VI. 
6. V. officinalis (L.); 1. shortly stalked elliptical sen’ate, ra- 
cemes dense many-flowered, f’ruitstalks erect, cups, obcordate trun- 
cate obtusely notched longer than the eal., st. prostrate creeping 
hairy. — E. B. 765. St. 58. 4. — Racemes erect, much longer than 
the leaves. “Caps, not always notched.” Mr. Watson. — ^.gla- 
bra ; st., 1., and calyx smooth. V. Allionii (Vill.) is a very dif- 
ferent ])lant with obcordate acutely notched capsules and thick 
rigid leaves. — y.? hirsuta (Hook.); 1. ovate-lanceolate, caps, abrupt 
undivided. V. hirsuta Ilopk., E. B. S. 2673. Much smaller 
than the true V. officinalis. I have not seen wild specimens. — 
Dry banks and heaths. ^. Mountains, y. Dry heath, Carrick, 
Ayrshire. P. VI. — VIII. Common Speedwell. 
** Racemes terminal, tube of the cor. longer than its own 
diameter. 
7. V. spicata (L.) ; 1. ovate or lanceolate crenate-serrate entire 
at the end, lower 1. obtuse stalked, raceme spiked elongate dense, 
bracts longer than the jiedicels, ca])s. ovate emarginate with a 
very long style. — St. erect, branching at the base. Spike nearly 
always solitary. FI. blue. — a. vulgaris ; lower 1. oblong with a 
wedgeshaped base. E. B. 2. — /3. hybrida ; lower 1. ovate with a 
rounded or slightly cordate base. Two or three times as large as 
var. a. V.hybrida{E.) E.B.QCJ'd. — Rare. a. On chalky heaths 
near Nemnarket and Bury. /3. On limestone cliffs. P. VII. 
VIII. Spiked Speedwell. E. 
*** Racemes terminal, tube of the cor. very short. 
t Seeds flat. 
8. V. fruticulosa (L.) ; 1. elliptical or lanceolate obtuse sub- 
crenate, lower 1. smaller, raceme glandular-pubescent few-flowered 
(many-flowered Swi.), caps, elliptical abrupt •. valves bifid. — E.B. 
1028. St. 56. 1. — FI. flesh-coloured. I have not seen native 
specimens. — Ben Cruachan. Dr. Walker. Ben Lawers. Dr. R. 
Brown. P. VII. S. 
9. V. saxatilis (L.); 1. elliptical serrate at about the middle, 
lower 1. smaller, raceme pubescent with crisped hairs not glandular 
few-flowered, caps. o\ate-attenuated : valves bifid. — E. B. 1027- 
St. 56. 2. — FI. bright blue. St. decumbent, woody. — Exposed 
alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 
10. V. alpina (L.); 1. elliptical or ovate dentate or entire, 
lower 1. smaller, raceme hairy with patent hairs wot glandular few- 
flowered, caps, oblong -obovate emarginate erovvned with the very 
