RHINANTHACEAE 1211 
0.9—1.6 em. long, e crenate, obtuse: 
Tia icels 2-3 mm. long, ascending: sepals 3 
nm. long, “elliptic ee “glabrous: corolla 
uem 2 mm. long: style 2 mm. lon p- 
sule 3 m viel ng, ele Wes lightly 
d -pubesc ent.—Fields, roads ides and 
cult. grounds, Blue Ridge ut more mra 
ern provinees, N. C. to Mo., Minn., Ont., 
and Newf.; also "a aa on the Pacifie 
slope.—Nat. of Eu.—Spr.- 
: regrina L. Stem 1-3 dm. tall, 
glabrous (glandular- -pubescent Bo 
even to the capsules, in V. peregrina xala- 
ts) -bra 
elliptic, 1.5-3.5 em. long, obtuse, m ire the larger crenate-dentate: reden 
0.5-1 mm. oe sepals 3-5 mm. lon ne, iar -elliptie: eorolla about 2 mm. long: 
style 0.1—0.2 mm. long: capsule about 3 mm. long, shallowly notehed, glabrous. 
n ag a )- Cult. grounds and moist fields, various provinces, Fla. to 
, Ia., Mich., and N. B.—Spr. 
3. V. arvensis L. Stem 1-3 dm. tall, pubescent with glandless or obscurely 
gland-tipped hairs, e d much-branehed, flor abis nearly througho ae i af- 
Pei ova d - 9—1.5 em. long, obtuse, crenate-serr Tos icels 0.5—1 n ong: 
s 3—4 . long, no oadly linear: corolla Mm am . long, deep- Du the 
ae Sox pd blue lines: style 0.5 mm. E E 2. 5-3 mm. long, deeply 
notched, pubescent. — (WALL- hp ope, =a dry woods, an 
rounds, various provinces, C Ga. to Okla., o - PUN and Newf.; also nes 
duced on the Pacific slope. Nat. of Eurasia.— — Spr. 
4. V. polita Fries. saad 1-2 dm. long, finely P mueh branched: 
ed blades ovate, 0.5—1.2 em. long, aoe with rounded teeth: pedicels 5-10 
a dt P ovate, 3-4 m jw ng, reti ae “obscurely ciliate: 
EU long, violet-blue: st tyle ln long: capsule mm. long, 
deeply eel minutely cu Fields ind cult. grounds, various prov- 
inees, Fla. to Tex. and N. Y. Nat. of 
5. V. persica Pu Stem 1-3 dm. long, pd distally ascending: leaf- 
blades ovate, 1-2 em. long, dentate: ates 4—6 mm. long, finely ciliate: 
corolla 5 mm. long, blue, ons reel paler, Ga n with deep-blue lines: style 
3 mm. long: capsule 3 -À m m. long, broadly notched, pubescent.—Fields, Sad 
sides, and waste-places, various provinces, Fla. to Calif., Alas., and "New 
Nat. of Eu.—(W. I.)—Spr. 
6. V. hederaefolia L. Stem 0.5-3 dm. long, white- poli c much Paai 
di ages eect leaf- blades abr ovate, 0.5-1.5 em. long, 3—5-lobed, the 
ao pene s tire: pedicels 7-18 mm. long: sepals Een adly ovate, a anthe- 
m. Mu becoming 5 Us mm. long, e ciliate: corolla 2 m m. long, 
Dun style 0.5 mm. long: capsule 3 mm. long, scarcely ive ed, gla abrous. 
"Rs pu. D ce orchards, and waste-places, various provinces, 
o N. Y. of Eu.—Spr. 
7. V. officinalis L. Stem 1-4 dm. long, Dn much- Pd oia: leaf-blades 
oval, 2-5 em. long, erenate-serrate: um ostly A 10 e ong: pedicels 1-2 
mm. long: p ad ue olate, 2 mm. long: rolla pu . lon Dg, pale- 
lavender, on the don side with Bee blue c. style 2.5— 3. 5m . lon 
capsu ule 3—4 mm. lon G IPSY- Mr d on ue ope n woods, mac prov- 
inces, in Coastal Plain only N, N. o Tenn,, S. , Ont., and N. S. Na 
of Eu.—Sum 
