Jones: Flora of Illinois, 137. Scrophulariaceae 229 



11. Leucospora Nutt. 



L. multijida (Michx.) Nutt. Sandy soil near streams, throughout III., ex- 

 cept the n. counties. July-Oct. [Conobea multijida (Michx.) Benth.] 



12. Mazus Lour. 



M. japonicus (Thunb.) Ktze. Waste ground, or in lawns; adv. from e. 

 Asia. Chicago, G. D. Fuller in 1943. [M. rugosus Lour.} 



13. Veronicastrum Fabr. 



(Leptandra Nutt.) 



V. virginicum (L.) Farw. Culver-root. Meadows and thickets, common. 

 July- Aug. [^Veronica virginica L.] 



14. Veronica L. — Speedwell 



1. Flowers in racemes; perennials with rhizomes. 

 2. Racemes in the axils of the leaves. 



3. Capsules pubescent; stems and leaves pubescent; blades oval, serrate, 



short-petioled; waste ground; nat. from Eur. May-Sept 



V. officinalis L. 



3. Capsules glabrous (or with a few gland-tipped hairs); stems and leaves 

 glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent; plants of wet soil. 

 4. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate; cap- 

 sules much broader than long, notched at both ends, much shorter 



than the pedicels; along ditches and ponds. June-Aug 



V. scutellata L. 



4. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, serrate or crenate; capsules nearly or- 

 bicular. 

 5. Leaves short-petioled; plants glabrous throughout; swampy ground 



in the n. half of the state, rare. June-Aug 



V. americana (Raf.) Schw. 



5. Leaves sessile, clasping; plants minutely glandular, at least in the 



inflorescence; ditches and sloughs. June-Sept V. connata Raf. 



2. Racemes terminal; leaves ovate or oval, entire or obscurely crenate, gla- 

 brous; capsules puberulent, orbicular, obcordate, 3-4 mm. broad; road- 

 sides, fields, or lawns; nat. from Eurasia. May-June ....V. serpyllifolta L. 



1. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; plants annual. 



6. Leaves oblanceolate or spatulate to linear, entire or shallowly toothed, 

 glabrous; corolla whitish, 2-3 mm. in diameter; capsules emarginate, 3-4 

 mm. broad, the style not more than 0.5 mm. long; stem glabrous or 

 with gland-tipped trichomes; fields, gardens, and roadsides, common. 



May-June. [F. xalapensis HBK.} V . peregrina L. 



6. Leaves ovate or oval, serrate or dentate, pubescent; corolla blue; capsules 



obcordate. 



7. Pedicels shorter than the leaves; corolla 2-3 mm. broad; capsules 3-4 



mm. broad; lawns, fields, and waste places, common; nat. from Eur. 



Apr. -June V. arvensis L 



