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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  1. 
  G. 
  virginiana 
  L. 
  Stem 
  cylindrical, 
  4-10 
  in. 
  long, 
  branching 
  from 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Leaves 
  f-U 
  in. 
  long, 
  varying 
  from 
  lance-oblong 
  to 
  spatu- 
  

   late. 
  Corolla 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  tinged 
  with 
  red. 
  Common 
  in 
  muddy 
  soil, 
  

   along 
  brooksides, 
  etc. 
  

  

  VI. 
  VERONICA 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  or 
  all 
  the 
  leaves 
  opposite, 
  

   rarely 
  whorled. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  axillary 
  or 
  terminal 
  racemes, 
  rarely 
  

   .solitary. 
  Calyx 
  usually 
  4-parted. 
  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped 
  or 
  some- 
  

   \v 
  hat 
  bell-shaped 
  ; 
  limb 
  usually 
  4-cleft, 
  spreading, 
  the 
  side 
  lobes 
  

   commonly 
  narrower. 
  Stamens 
  2, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe, 
  projecting. 
  Stigma 
  somewhat 
  

   knobbed. 
  Capsule 
  generally 
  flattened, 
  often 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  2-celled, 
  few-many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  V. 
  americana 
  Schwein. 
  BKOOKLIME. 
  A 
  perennial, 
  smooth 
  herb, 
  

   somewhat 
  prostrate 
  below 
  but 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  erect, 
  

   8-15 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long, 
  lance-ovate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  serrate, 
  

   short-petioled. 
  Racemes 
  2-4 
  in. 
  long, 
  axillary 
  and 
  opposite. 
  _ 
  Corolla 
  

   wheel-shaped, 
  blue. 
  Capsule 
  swollen, 
  roundish. 
  Muddy 
  soil 
  about 
  

   springs 
  and 
  brooks. 
  

  

  2. 
  V. 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  COMMON 
  SPEEDWELL, 
  GYPSY 
  WEED. 
  Peren- 
  

   nial. 
  Roughish-downy. 
  with 
  the 
  prostrate 
  stems 
  spreading 
  and 
  root- 
  

   ing. 
  Leaves 
  wedge-oblong 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  obtuse, 
  serrate, 
  somewhat 
  

   petioled. 
  Racemes 
  dense, 
  of 
  many 
  pale 
  bluish 
  flowers. 
  Capsule 
  

   rather 
  large, 
  inversely 
  heart-shaped 
  and 
  somewhat 
  triangular. 
  Dry 
  

   hillsides, 
  open 
  woods 
  and 
  fields. 
  

  

  3. 
  V. 
  serpyllifolia 
  L. 
  THYME-LEAVED 
  SPEEDWELL. 
  Perennial; 
  

   smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so 
  ; 
  branching 
  and 
  creeping 
  below, 
  but 
  with 
  nearly 
  

   simple 
  ascending 
  shoots, 
  2-4 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  slightly 
  crenate, 
  the 
  

   lowest 
  ones 
  petioled 
  and 
  roundish, 
  those 
  farther 
  up 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  

   the 
  uppermost 
  ones 
  mere 
  bracts. 
  Raceme 
  loosely 
  flowered. 
  Corolla 
  

   nearly 
  white 
  or 
  pale 
  blue, 
  beautifully 
  striped 
  with 
  darker 
  lines. 
  Cap- 
  

   sule 
  inversely 
  heart-shaped, 
  its 
  width 
  greater 
  than 
  its 
  length. 
  Damp, 
  

   grassy 
  ground; 
  a 
  common 
  weed 
  in 
  lawns. 
  

  

  4. 
  V. 
  peregrina 
  L. 
  PURSLANE 
  SPEEDWELL. 
  A 
  homely, 
  rather 
  

   fleshy, 
  somewhat 
  erect-branched 
  annual 
  weed, 
  4-9 
  in. 
  high. 
  Lowest 
  

   leaves 
  petioled, 
  oblong, 
  somewhat 
  toothed 
  ; 
  those 
  above 
  them 
  sessile, 
  

   the 
  uppermost 
  ones 
  broadly 
  linear 
  and 
  entire. 
  Flowers 
  solitary, 
  in- 
  

   conspicuous, 
  whitish, 
  barely 
  pediceled, 
  appearing 
  to 
  spring 
  from 
  

   the 
  axils 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  floraf 
  leaves. 
  Corolla 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  calyx. 
  

   Capsule 
  roundish, 
  barely 
  notched, 
  many-seeded. 
  Common 
  in 
  damp 
  

   ground, 
  in 
  fields 
  and 
  gardens. 
  

  

  