6. Ve scutellata L. Low creeping glabrous perennials with prostrate 
stems prerely—subereet—end—tiinty-vilicup; leaves linear~lanceolate to 
lanceolate, 2-6 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, very acute, rounded and Sessile at 
the base, or the lowermost on short petioles, all opposite, the margins 
sparingly callous-denticulate; flowers in axillary slender racemes 2-10 mm. 
long, the bracts oblong or lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels, pedicels 
filiform, 6-8 mm. long; sepals 1.5 mm. long, obtuse, unequal; corolla 
lavender, the lobes ovate to rotund, about 2 mm. long, the lowermost longer; 
capsule strongly flattened, 3-3.5 mm. broad, deeply notched, broader than 
tall; seeds very flat, 1.5 mm. long, oval. 
Frequent in boggy meadows and in muddy places along streams and 
lakos, ~ostlv at lower elevations, Plants thinly villous which have been 
designated forma villosa (Schumacher) Pennell, occur occasionally, 
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