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Stem much branched ; branches 3 inches to 1 foot long. Lowest 
leaves opposite; those from which flowers are produced alternate; 
all similar, longer than broad, \ to £ inch long, with the petioles 
shorter than those of V. hederifolia. Inflorescence as in that 
species lengthening out into a raceme much exceeding the rest of 
the branch. Sepals more unequal than in V. hederifolia, the 
lower pair longer and considerably broader than the upper; in 
fruit with 3 to 5 prominent ribs, with less elevated anastomosing 
veins. Corolla from J- to J inch across (in var. #, \ inch), bright- 
blue, striped ; the lower lip of the same colour as the others. 
Capsule of 2 swollen very faintly-keeled lobes, the curvature at 
the apex of each lobe towards and from the notch equal. Seeds 
smaller and narrower than in V. hederifolia. Plant greyish-green, 
more or less pubescent, but with the hairs not nearly so stiff as in 
V. hederifolia. 
Grey 'Procumbent Speedwell. 
■Jerman, Glcizender Ehrenpreis. 
SPECIES III— V ERONICA AGRESTIS. Linn. 
Plate DCCCCLXXII. 
Reich. Ic. PI. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCC. Fig. 3. 
Stem weak, much branched from the base ; branches pro- 
cumbent or ascending at the apex. Leaves all shortly stalked, 
ovate, subcordate or abrupt at the base, serrate-crenate, with 9 to 
15 small blunt teeth, of which the terminal one is not conspicuously 
larger than the others. Bracts like the leaves. Mowers racemose. 
Peduncles as long as or shorter than the leaves. Sepals oblong- 
oval or ovate-oval, obtuse, not cordate, puberulent, ciliated with 
gland-tipped hairs, rather indistinctly 3-ribbed and nettcd-veined 
in fruit. Capsule of 2 sub -globular compressed faintly -keeled 
approximate lobes, with branching prominent veins, sub-glabrous, 
with the exception of short gland-tipped hairs. Style rather short, 
scarcely projecting beyond the notch of the capsule. Seeds 4 to 5 
in each cell of the capsule. Plant sparingly pubescent, with short 
jointed hairs, which are mostly gland-tipped on the stem and 
pedicels 
In cultivated ground, hedge-banks, and waste places. Very 
common, and universally distributed, less common in Ireland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Spring to Autumn. 
V. agrestis is certainly closely allied to V. polita, but is 
almost always a larger plant, with the leaves more distant, often 
