9, Veronica Le 
Anmueal rennial herbs with opposite leaves. Flowers in racemes 
or solitary re the axils. Sepals 4, rarely 5. Corolla saucer-shaped, very 
slightly irregular, 4-lobed, the lowermost lobe usually narrowed. Stenens 
2. Stigma capitate. Capsule laterally compressed, usually notched at the 
apex, obovate or obcordate, loculicidal. ah» ( due * r piss 
© Main stem terminating in an inflorescence, tts 
4 beactaigavee alternate 
Plant perennial, with rootstocks; only the upper 
a leaf-axils flower~beering so that inflorescence 
L is formed of definite racemes 
Capsule longer than wide, slightly notched ; 
4 “a Sarai glabrous within A Ve masmsthjol di 1. 
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4 Capsule wider than long, notched one-fourth 
2, Plant anmel, fibrous-rooted, most leaf-axils 
@ length; corolla pubescent within is ve ae liifolia 9 ! 
Re _ : ; 
4 
U¢ flower-bearing, so that inflorescence seems to 
\be of "axillary" flowers 
Corolla white; capsule notched, the style .2 mms 
8 long hidden between the capsule-lobes J V. peregrina 
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Sees tear Fae 
Corolla deep violet-Ylue; capsule notched nearly 
8 {or about one-third, length, the style .6 mn. 
\long, reaching about to the capsule-lobes y XN. arvensis 
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O Main stem never terminating in an inflorescence, the 
leaves opposite throughout and the flowers all in 
4 Gain racemes 
4 
2 Capsule ovoid, not or scarcely notched, equally ‘ 
(o wide and long; leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate gf Ve. americana : 
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.2 Capsule flattened, deeply notched, much wider than 
(, long; leaf-blades linear to linear-lanceolate 6. V. scutellata 
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