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32. VERONICA, L. SPEEDWELL. Calyx 4-parted. Cor. subrotate^ 

 deeply 4-cleft, lower segments mostly narrow. Sta. 2, inserted into the 

 tube, exserted. Caps, flattened, often obcordate, 2-celled, few-seeded. Our 

 species are herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers solitary, axillary or in ra- 

 cemes, bine, flesh-colored, or white. 



Tender shrubs (Australian) with axillary racemes of blue flowers Nos. 16, 17 



Herbs tall (European) with opposite Ivs. and terminal rac. of blue fls Nos. 14, 15 



Herbs tall, with whorled leaves, terminal racemes, and tubular flowers Nos. 1, 2 



Herbs low, weak (312'). Leaves opposite (at base). Corolla rotate. . .(a) 



a Racemes opposite, axillary. Capsule roundish, emarginate Nos. 3, 4 



a Racemes alternate, axillary. Capsule not rounded, very flat ; . .Nos. 5, 6 



a Racemes terminal, or the flowers axillary and not racemed.. .(b) 



b Floral Ivs. like the rest, not longer than the recurved peduncles. . .Noe. 79 

 b Floral leaves bract-like, longer than the erect peduncles. . .(c) 



c Perennial. Peduncles equalling or exceeding the calyx Nos. 10 1- 



c Annual. Peduncles shorter than the calyx or none Nos. 12 13 



1 V. VIrgiiiica L. Culver's Physic, Erect, tall, glabrous or downy; Ivs. whorled in 

 4's-6'e, lance-ovate to lance-linear; epikes mostly several, paniculate. "U In thickets, 

 Vt., W. and S. 2 5f. Corolla white, with exserted style and stamens. July. 



2 V. SiBfRicA. Hardly different from No. 1, but it has blue flowers. Siberia. 3f. 



3 V. Anagallls L. Glabrous, erect ; Ivs. sessile, clasping and eubcordate, lanceolate, 



acutish, entire or serrulate ; rac. in opposite axils ; caps, orbicular, slightly notched. 

 if. Brooks and pools. Plant fleshy, If. Flowers small, blue-purple. June, July. 



4 V, Americana Schw. Brooklime. Glabrous, decumbent at base, erect above ; 



Ivs. ovate or ovate-oblong, serrate, petiolate, abrupt at base ; rac. loose ; caps, round- 

 ish, turgid, emarginate. 2{ In clear streams. 12 18', fleshy. Fls. blue. June, July. 



5 V. scutellata, L. Glabrous, ascending, weak ; Ivs. linear or lance-linear, sessile, 



acute, remotely denticulate ; rac. very loose ; capsule flat, broader than long, cordate 

 at both ends, if Swamps, N. and W. If. Fls. flesh-color, rather large. June Aug. 



6 V, officinalis L. Roughish-downy, prostrate, branching ; Ivs. wedge-oblong, ob- 



tuse, serrate, short-petioled ; racemes dense, with pale-blue flowers ; capsule downy, 

 triangular-obcordate. if. Dry fields. 612'. May July. Europe. 



7 V. Buxlmumii Tenore. Prostrate, hairy; Ivs. roundish-ovate, coarsely crenate- 



serrate, the floral similar, all on short petioles ; ped. longer than the Iva. ; caps, trian- 

 gular-obcordate, broader than long. (2) Waste grounds, E. : rare. 7-12'. Cor. blue. Eu. 



8 V. agrestis L. Neckweed. Hairy, procumbent, diffuse ; Ivs. cordate-ovate, deeply 



crenate-serrate, floral similar, all petiolate ; ped. as long as the Ivs. ; caps, roundish, 

 acutely notched, 00-seeded. (T) Fields, E. : rare. 2-8'. Light blue. May Sept. Eu. 



9 V. bederaefolia L. Prostrate, pilous ; Ivs. petiolate, cordate, roundish, coarsely 



3-5-toothed or lobed, shorter than the ped. ; sep. triangular, subcordate, acute, closed 

 in fruit ; caps, turgid, 4-seeded. Hard soils, E. : rare. Cor. blue. Mar. May. Eu. 



10 V. alpina L. Branched at base, ascending 1 5' ; Ivs. roundish-oval to elliptical, 

 very obtuse, toothed or entire, subsessile ; racemes hairy, densely few-flwd. ; capsule 

 obovate, notched. ii Summits of White Mts., N. H., and R. Mts. Fls. small, bine. 



1 1 V. serpy llifolia L. Branched below, ascending 312' ; Ivs. oval, obtuse, subcre- 

 nate, the lower rounded and petiolate, upper bract-like, oblong, entire ; rac. smoothlsh 

 loose ; caps, obcordate, broader than long. 2; Pastures : com. Cor. blue-wh. May-Aug. 



12V. peregrina L. Smoothish, ascending ; Ivs. petiolate, oblong, few-toothed, ob- 

 tuse, upper obi. -lin., entire; fls. subsessile, whitish ; caps, roundish, slightly notched, 

 CO -seeded. (T) Clay soils, fields : com. 410'. Plant rather fleshy. May, June. 



1 3 V. arvensis L. Corn S. Hairy, branched ; Ivs. below round-ovate, subcordate, 

 petiolate, crenate, the upper lanceolate ; corolla pale blue, pencilled, shorter than the 

 calyx (as in No. 12) ; caps, obcordate. . Dry fields : com. 2 <5'. May, June. Eur. 



