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LXXI. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 
[. Bartsia . 
turgid divaricate lobes which are compressed upwards and 
sharply keeled, cells 8 — 12-seeded. E. B. S. t. 2769. 
Fields and cultivated places. Pretty frequent in England and 
middle and south of Scotland, possibly introduced with clover and other 
seeds. 0. 4 — 9 — This plant is distinguished from V. agrestis by its 
larger size, and greater hairiness, the divaricate lobes of the capsule, 
which are compressed upwards and sharply carinate, and the larger 
blue corolla, rivalling in size and beauty that of V. Chamcedrys. 
|f Flowers spicate or racemose (the upper floral leaves becoming gradu- 
ally much smaller than the cauline ones). Pedicels erect or nearly so. 
15. V. arvensis L. ( Wall S.); leaves cordate-ovate serrate 
the lower ones petiolate, the upper or bracteas sessile lanceolate 
quite entire longer than the flowers, pedicels shorter than the 
calyx, capsules broadly obcordate compressed emarginate with 
roundish ciliate lobes, seeds 12 — 14 compressed flat on the one 
side, stem ascending. E. B. t. 734. 
Fields and walls, plentiful. ©. 4 — 7. — Very different from the 
last three, especially in its inflorescence, which, if the upper leaves be 
considered bracteas, as they really are (for they differ both in size and 
shape from the cauline ones), is truly racemose or subspicate. The 
same may be said of the two next species, and of some Continental 
ones, especially V. acinifolia. 
16. V.verjia L. ( vernal S.) ; leaves inciso-pinnatifid, the 
upper ones or bracteas lanceolate entire, pedicels shorter than 
the calyx, capsule broadly obcordate compressed emarginate 
with roundish ciliate lobes, seeds 12 — 14 thin flat. E. B. t. 25. 
Very rare ; in sandy heaths, about Thetford, Bury, and Mildenhall, 
Suffolk. O. 4, 5. — A very small upright, scarcely branching plant, 
allied to V. arvensis. 
17. V. triphyllos L. (blunt-fngered S.) ; leaves broadly ovate 
incise lowermost ones petiolate, upper or bracteas sessile digi-’ 
tate the segments obtuse, pedicels longer than the calyx, cap- 
sules obcordate compressed with roundish ciliate lobes, seeds 
many concave on the one side. E. B. t. 26. 
Very rare; in sandy fields, about Thetford, Bury, and Mildenhall, 
Suffolk. Acomb, near York. ©. 4. — Stem 3 — 4 inches high, with 
spreading branches. Flowers a very deep blue, the lowermost often 
on much elongated pedicels. 
B. Stamens 4, and usually didynamous (in British species ). 
(Gen. 2—12.) 
2. Bartsia Linn. Bartsia. 
Cal. tubular, mostly coloured, 4-cleft. Cor. ringent with a 
contracted orifice ; upper lip arched, entire or emarginate ; 
