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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.— E. B. 484. St. 56. 3,— Fl. bright blue. 
St. ascending, simple except at the base, 4 — 6 in. high. — 
Summits of Highland mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
10. V. serpyUifdlia (L.) ; 1. ovate or oval slightly crenate, 
lower 1. smaller and rounder, raceme long many-Jlowered, caps, 
obcordate broader than Jong crowned with the long persistent 
style.— B. 1075. St. 58. 1.— Fl. whitish with blue veins. St. 
rooting below, afterwards erect, 2 — 6 in. high. — /3. V. humiftisa 
(Dicks.) ; stems quite prostrate, racemes shorter. — Roadsides 
and damp places. ^. Highland mountains. P. V. — YJl. 
E. S. I. 
[* V. peregrina (L.) ; I. linear-oval^ loicest ohacate-oval all entire 
weageshaped below, uppermost 1. bract-like exceeding the minute 
fl., raceme slightly spiked many-flowered lax, ped. very short, 
caps, obcordate, style very short.— i2. 1. 36. — St. erect, 2 — 5 in. 
high. Fl. white faintly tinged with pink. Ped. 4-angular. 
Caps, smooth, broader than long ; lobes rounded. Sep. linear- 
lanceolate. — Fields. Jersey. Belfast. Peilh.] S. I. 
11. V. arven 'sis (L.) ; 1. cordate-ovate crenate, lower 1. stalked, 
uppermost 1. lanceolate entire bractlike exceeding the flowers, 
raceme sUqhtly spiked many-Jioicered lax, ped. very short, caps, 
obcordate broader than long compressed ciliate on the keel. — 
E. B. 734. St. 58. 11. — 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. — 
Gravelly and sandy places. A. IV. — XIL. E. S. I. 
12. V. ver'na (L.) ; I. pinnati/id, lower 1. stalked ovate serrate, 
upper 1. lanceolate entire bractlike, raceme slightly spiked many- 
jiowered lax, ped. very short, caps, obcordate compressed ciliate 
on the keel.— -B. B. 25. St. 13. 1.— 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, unequail. — ^Sandy heaths. Bmy, Thetford and 
Mndenhall, Suff. A. V. E. 
tt Seeds concave. 
13. V. triphyVhs (L.) ; I. fingered, lower 1. ovate entire or den- 
tate stalked, raceme slightly spiked lax many-fiowered, ped. ex- 
ceeding the calyx, caps, obcordate compressed smooth ciliate on 
the keel. — E. B. 26. St. 8. 1. — St. erect with spreading branches, 
4 — 5 in. high. Fl. deep blue. Ped. usually longer than the 
leaves. Sep. oval, llnown by its spreading st., deeply fingered 
