1070 RHINANTHACEAE 
lanceolate to linear-subulate, 4-6 mm. long: corolla about 1 em. long ; tuoe campanulate 
lobes lanceolate, about as long as the tube : capsules oval or oval-ovoid, about as long as 
the sepals. 
On sandy shores, peninsular Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. 
26. SCOPARIA L. 
Annual or perennial caulescent herbs or shrubby plants. Leaves opposite or whorled : 
blades often narrow, punctate. Flowers solitary in the axils. Calyx of 4-5 nearly distinct 
sepals. Corolla white, yellow or blue, rotate: tube pubescent in the throat : lobes 4, nearly 
equal. Stamens 4, scarcely didynamous : anthers slightly sagittate ; sacs distinct: Stigmas 
truncate or notched. Capsule ovoid or subglobose, septicidally dehiscent. Seeds angled. 
Sepals not ciliolate: corollas 3 mm. broad: capsules surpassing the sepals. 1. S. dulcis. 
Sepals ciliolate : corollas 10 mm. broad: capsules not surpassing the sepals. 2. S. grandiflora. 
1. Scoparia dulcis L. Stems glabrous, 2-10 dm. tall, often much branched.  Leaf- 
blades ovate, elliptic-oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 1-3 em. long, serrate, often cuneate at 
the base: pedicels slender, 3-6 mm. long: sepals oblong to oblong-obovate, 1.5 mm. long. 
not ciliolate : corolla white, 3 mm. broad ; lobes oval or suborbicular : capsules subglobose 
or ovoid-globose, 2 mm. long, surpassing the sepals. 
In sand, Georgia and Florida to Texas. Spring to fall. 
2. Scoparia grandiflora Nash. Stems more or less puberulent, 7-12 dm. tall, usually 
much branched: leaf-blades oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 1.5-5 mm. long, acute, 
serrate or incised above the middle : pedicels filiform, 4-8 mm. long : sepals oblong to oval- 
oblong, 2-2.5 mm. long, ciliolate: corolla white, 10 mm. broad ; lobes oblong-obovoid, 
obtuse : capsules ovoid, shorter than the sepals. 
In open sandy woods, peninsular Florida. Spring to fall. 
27. VERONICA L. 
Annual or perennial caulescent herbs. Leaves opposite or sometimes alternate : blades 
various, entire, toothed or lobed. Flowers solitary in the axils, sometimes collected into 
racemes or panicles. Calyx of 4 or rarely 5, slightly united sepals. Corolla white or of 
various colors, rotate, slightly irregular, the tube very short, the lower lobe usually nar- 
rower than the rest. Stamens 2, on either side of the upper corolla-lobe : filaments diver- 
gent: anther-sacs confluent at the apex. Stigma capitate. Capsule flattened, notched or 
2-lobed at the apex, loculicidal. Seeds flattened or concave. SPEEDWELL. 
Flowers solitary and axillary, the subtending bracts, leaf-like, and similar to the leaves. 
Pedicels as long as the subtending bracts or longer. ; 
Corolla longer than the calyx: capsules nearly twice as wide as high. 1. V. Byzantina. 
Corolla not longer than the calyx : capsules barely broader than high. 2. V. agr estis. 
Pedicels shorter than the subtending bracts. 
Annual: capsules deeply notched. ; 
Foliage pubescent. $. V. arvensis. 
Foliage glabrous or glandular. 4. V perg. 
Perennial: capsules merely retuse or truncate. 5. V. serpyllifolia. 
Flowers in axillary racemes ; bracts small. 
Foliage pubescent : species of dry soil. 6. V. officinalis. 
Foliage glabrous or glandular: species of low grounds or brooks. ; 
Peer ied bi with petioled blades: pedicel and calyx d I 7. V. Americana. 
Z 2? : . i x an- " ;, 
— seh with sessile and clasping blades: icel and calyx g 8. V. Anagallis-aquatica. 
1. Veronica Byzantina (Sibth. & Smith) B.S.P. Annual, finely pubescent. eren 
1-4 dm. tall, usually branched at the base: leaves mainly opposite ; blades ovate to esf 
orbicular or oval, 8-15 mm. long, serrate, broadly cuneate or subcordate at the base : gr 
cels surpassing the subtending bracts: sepals pubescent, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, lé 
mm. long, acute : corolla blue, 9-11 mm. broad, the lobes surpassing the calyx : capsu 
nearly reniform, 7-8 mm. broad, pubescent. 
In fields and waste places, New York to Pennsylvania and Georgia. Natura 
Asia. Spring and summer. ba 
2. Veronica agréstis L. Annual, pubescent. Stems usually branched at Hs aa 
the branches sometimes spreading, 0.5-3 dm. long: leaves opposite ; blades oT E: 
orbicular or deltoid, 5-15 mm. long, crenate or serrate, rounded or subcordate i roe eurn 
pedicels becoming as long as the subtending bracts or longer, recurving: sepa ak Ll x: 
elliptic-ovate, 3-5 mm. long: corolla 5-7 mm. broad, the lobes not surpassing the y 
capsules 7-8 mm. broad, the lobes widely diverging. 
. In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to Georgia and Texas. Natura 
Asia. Spring and summer. 
lized from Europe and 
lized from Europe and. 
