May, 1921] The Figworts of Ohio 235 



11. Veronica tournefortii Gmel. Tournefort's Speedwell. 



Diffusely-branched, pubescent annual, 6-18 in. long. Leaves oval 

 or ovate, short-petioled, crenate-dentate, %-\]i in. long, the lower ones 

 opposite, the upper ones alternate. Flowers blue, comparativeh' large, 

 on slender peduncles, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; peduncles 

 as long as or longer than the leaves ; petals exceeding the sepals. Capsule 

 twice as broad as high, with a wide, shallow indentation at the summit. 

 In waste places. May-September. Madison, Franklin, Jefferson, 

 Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, and Belmont Counties. From Europe. 



12. Veronica hederaefolia L. Ivy-leaf Speedwell. 



Slender, diffusely-branched, pubescent annual. 3-18 in. long. 

 Leaves broadly cordate, 3-5 lobed, 3-5 crenate, petioled, 3^-1 in. wide, 

 the lower ones opposite, the upper ones alternate. Flowers small, blue, 

 axillary, peduncled, the peduncles often longer than the leaves; corolla 

 scarcely longer than the calyx; sepals densely ciliate, becoming heart- 

 shaped at maturity. Capsule only slightly 2-lobed, scarcely notched 

 at the apex, but little compressed. In thickets, fields, and waste places. 

 Erie and Hamilton Counties. From Europe. 



19. Synthyris Benth. Synthyris. 

 Perennial herbs, with simple, erect stems and a thick 

 rhizome, with alternate leaves, the basal leaves large and 

 petioled, the upper stem leaves smaller, sessile or partly clasping 

 and bract-like. Flowers small, pink, purple, or greenish- 

 yellow, in dense, elongated spikes or racemes. Corolla 2-4-lobed 

 or cleft, or sometimes wanting. Stamens two, sometimes 

 four, exserted; anther-sacs parallel or divergent. Seeds numer- 

 ous, flat, oval or orbicular. 



1. Synthyris buUii (Eat.) Heller. Bull's Synth^^ris. 



Pubescent perennial, with a stout stem, 1-23^2 ft. high. Basal 

 leaves ovate or orbicular, rounded at the apex, truncate or cordate at 

 the base, crenulate, 2-5 in. long, 5-7 nerved, with petioles usually shorter 

 than the blades; stem leaves small, crenulate, sessile oj slightly 

 clasping, gradually becoming smaller. Inflorescence a dense spike, 

 elongating in fruit; flowers small, greenish -yellow; the corolla, if 

 present, commonly 2-lobed. Capsule emarginate, slightly exceeding 

 the calyx. On dry prairies. May-July. Montgomery County. 



20. Pedicularis (Tourn.) L. Lousewort. 



Erect herbs, with pinnately-lobed, cleft, or pinnatifid leaves, 

 and rather large flowers in spikes or spike-like racemes. Corolla 

 strongly two-lipped, the upper lip arched, laterally compressed 

 and often beaked at the apex, enclosing the four didynamous 

 stamens. Anther-sacs similar and parallel. Ovules and seeds, 

 numerous. 



