May, 1921] The Figworts of Ohio 233 



1. Veronica teucrium. L. Germander Speedwell. 



Pubescent perennial, with erect stem, uj) to 20 in. high. Leaves 

 ovate to Hnear-lanceolate, nearly entire, crcnate to even bluntly dentate- 

 incised, mostly sessile. Racemes opposite, elongated, many-flowered; 

 flowers large, blue or violet, rarely rose or white; calyx-segments oblong- 

 linear to lanceolate. Capsule obovate. Rare in grass or waste land. 

 August. Medina County. From Europe. 



2. Veronica chamaedrys L. Bird's-eye Speedwell. 



Sim]jle or branched perennial, with slender, ascending stem, pubes- 

 cent in 2 lines, 4-12 in. high. Leaves ovate, sessile or nearly .so, pubes- 

 cent, truncate, rounded, or cordate at the base, incised-dentate, obtuse 

 at the apex, Yr-\}/i in. long. The loose racemes, 2-6 in. long, are long- 

 peduncled, 10-20 flowered, and either in opposite or alternate axils; 

 flowers light blue or violet-blue, about % in. broad; pedicels longer than 

 the calyx, and usually longer than the subtending bractlets. Capsule 

 obcordate, narrowed at the base. In fields and waste places. May- 

 July. Lake County. From Europe. 



3. Veronica americana Schwein. American Speedwell. 



Glabrous perennial, at first decumbent, later erect and branching, 

 rooting at the lower nodes, 6 in. -3 ft. long. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, short-petioled, sharply serrate, truncate, rounded, or sub- 

 cordate at the base, 1-3 in. long, 1<^-1 in. wide. Racemes loose, 

 elongated, sometimes 6 in. long, usually 10-25 flowered, peduncled, and 

 in most of the axils ; bractlets shorter than the pedicels ; flowers blue or 

 nearly white, usually striped with purple. Capsule nearly orbicular, 

 compressed. In brooks and swamps. Plant emersed. April October. 

 General. 



4. Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. Water Speedwell. 



Perennial, with stout stem, glabrous or glandular-puberulent above, 

 erect or decumbent, usually branched, often rooting at the lower nodes, 

 1-3 ft. high. Leaves of the sterile, autumnal shoots orbicular to obovate, 

 serrulate, narrowed into margined petioles; leaves of the flowering stems 

 lanceolate to oblong, 1^-4 in. long, }/4-2 in. wide, sessile and more or 

 less clasping, or the lowest ones short-petioled, finely serrate or nearly 

 entire. Racemes 2-G in. long, peduncled; flowers blue, often purple- 

 striped. Capsule nearly orbicular, 2-lobed. In brooks and swamps. 

 May-September. Butler, Champaign, Auglaize, Lucas, Erie, Miami, 

 Clark, and Highland Counties. 



5. Veronica scutellata L. Skullcap Speedwell. 



Perennial, usually glabrous, sometimes pubescent or hairy. Stem 

 slender, decumbent or ascending, leafy, simple or branched, 6 in.-2 ft. 

 high. Leaves sessile, slightly clasping, linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 remotely denticultae, 1-33^ in. long, }s to nearly % in. wide. Racemes 

 axillary, equalling or longer than the leaves; peduncles slender; flowers 

 small, blue, scattered, on very slender, spreading pedicels; bractlets 

 shorter than the pedicels. Capsule much wider than long, strongly 



