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57. SCROPHULAEIACE^. 
Ditches and streams. (3. Dalkeith Park near Edinburgh. 
Prof. Balfour. P. V.— VIU. Brooklime. E. S. I. 
4. V. ChamcB'drys (L.); 1. nearly sessile cordate-ovate incise- 
seiTate, racemes opposite, fruitstalks ascending, caps, flat obcor- 
date deeply notched ciliate shorter than the cal., st. hifariously 
hairy ascending. — E. B. 623. St. 58. 6. — St. about a foot long. 
Fl. large, many, handsome, blue. Sep. lanceolate, acute. — 
Hedge-banks. P. V. VI. Germander Speedwell. E. S. I. 
6. V. motitdna (Ij.) : /. stalked broadly ovate serrate, fruit- 
stalks ascending, caps, orbicular notched their margins crenulate 
and ciliate longer than the cal., st. diffuse haii'y all rmmd pro- 
cumbent. — E. B. 766. St. 58. 5. — St. often above a foot long. 
Racemes lax. Fl. few, pale blue. Caps, very large, quite flat. 
Sep. ovate-lartceolate, acute. — Woods and thickets in hilly 
districts. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 
6. V. officinalis (L.) ; 1. shortly stalked oval een'ate, racemes 
spikelike many-flowered, fruitstalks erect, cajys. obcordate truncate 
bluntly notclied longer than the cal., st. prostrate creeping hairy. 
— jE. B. 765. St. 58. 4.— St. 6—12 in. long. Eacemes erect, much 
longer than the leaves. Caps, not always notched. — /3. glabra ; 
St., 1., and calyx smooth. Not V. Allionii (Vill.). — y. V. hirsuta 
(Hopk.) ; 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. ^3. Moimtains. 
y. Dry heath, Carrick, Ayrshire. P. VI. — VIII. Common Speed- 
weU. ' 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 spiked long dense, bracts 
longer than the pedicels, caps, ovate emarginate with a very 
long style. — St. erect, branchmg at the base, about 6 in. high, or 
in V. hjbrida taller. Spike nearly always solitary. Fl. blue. 
Lower 1. oval with a wedgeshaped hase, or ovate with a rounded 
or slightly cordate base. E.B.2. V. hi/brida (1,.) E.B.Q73.— 
Rare. On chalky heaths near Newmarket and Bury ; and on 
limestone clifls. P. VII. VIII. Spilied Speedwell. E. 
*** Eacemes terminal ; cor. -tube very short, f Seeds flat. 
8. V. saxat'ilis (L.) ; 1. oval serrate at about the middle, lower 
1. smaller, raceme pubcscmt tvith crisped hairs not glandular few- 
flowered, caps. ovaXe-attenuate, valves bifid. — E. B. 1027. St. 
56. 2. — Fl. bright blue. St. much branched, decumbent, woody. 
— Exposed alpine rocks. P. VII. S. 
[V. frutiaddsa of Sm. seems to be a variety of V. saxatilis 
with a glandular pubescent raceme, a more abrupt caps, and 
purplish flowers.] 
