Veronica.'] lxii. scRornuLARiACi^. 
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length. Capsules large, quite flat, and resembling those of a Biscutella, 
veiny, their edges denticulate and slightly ciliate. 
11. Y. Charnae'drys L. ( Germander S.) ; racemes elongate 
many-flowered, leaves cordate-ovate nearly sessile inciso-serrate, 
stem bifariously hairy, capsule flat obcordate deeply notched 
ciliate shorter than the calyx. E. B. t. 623. 
Woods, pastures, and hedge-banks, frequent. fl. 5, 6. — Stem 
procumbent, as in the last species, having two opposite hairy lines, 
and these lines taking different sides above and below each pair of 
leaves, or decussate. I, eaves wrinkled, sometimes deeply cut. Flowers 
large, numerous, very bright blue, greeting us at an early season of 
the year, and rendering the plant a general favourite ; supposed by 
some to be the true Forget-me-not. 
*** Root annual. 
•f Flowers axillary, solitary ( the floral leaves being similar to the cauline 
ones). Pedicels recurved. Seeds concave on the one side. 
12. Y. bederafolia L. ( Ivy-leaved S.) ; leaves all petiolate 
cordate with 5 — 7 large teeth or lobes, segments of the calyx 
cordate ciliate, capsule of two turgid lobes, seeds 2 — 4, stem 
procumbent. E. B. t. 784. 
Fields and hedge-banks, common. ©. 3 — 8. — Stem weak. Leaves 
rather fleshy, slightly hairy, the upper young leaves alone sessile or 
nearly so, the terminal tooth or lobe the largest. Peduncles longer 
than the leaves, recurved when bearing fruit. Ovary 4-ovuled. Caps. 
of two rounded glabrous lobes, each lobe having 2 (sometimes only 1) 
large, black, transversely wrinkled, oval, gibbous seeds, which are 
cup-shaped on the under side. 
13. V. agrestis L. ( green procumbent Field S.) ; leaves all 
petiolate cordate-ovate inciso-serrate about as long as the flower- 
stalks, segments of the calyx somewhat ovate or oblong, stem 
procumbent, capsule broadly suborbicular of 2 turgid keeled 
approximate lobes, cells 6 — 10-seeded. — a. sepals oblong obtuse, 
lower part of the corolla whitish. Borr. in E. B. S. t. 2603. 
— /3. sepals ovate acute, petals wholly blue. E. B. t. 783. V. 
polita Fries. 
Fields and waste places, abundant. ©. 4 — 9. — Prostrate. Stems 
3 — 4 inches long, slightly hairy. Fruit of two round tumid lobes, 
much smaller than the calyx. Seeds large, cupped. V. agrestis, V. 
polita, and V. opaca Fries (with spathulate sepals) agree in so many 
points, and differ in so few, and these of a variable nature in the genus, 
that we agree with Mr. Bentham that they form but one species. 
14. V. * Buxbaumii Ten. ( Buxbaum's S .) ; leaves all petiolate 
cordate-ovate inciso-serrate shorter than the flower-stalks, seg- 
ments of the calyx lanceolate acute when in fruit much divari- 
cate, stem procumbent, capsule obcordate-triangular of two 
