VERONICA. DiANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 9 



sometimes almost white, with darker coloured veins. Capsule 

 broadly obcordate ; seeds 15 — 20, ovale, compressed. 

 Hab. Among grass, in meadows, road-sides,- Sec; very com- 

 mon. May. Probably introduced. 



3. V. Beccabunga L.: racemes opposite; leaves ellip- 

 tUcal, obtuse, on short petiole?, subsenate, glabrous ; stem 

 procumbent, rooting at the base. IV i 1 1 d. Spec. I, p. 64. 

 Pursh FL\, p. li. M u h L Cat. p. 2. Eng. Bot. t. 635. 

 Roem. <^ Schult. I. p, 105. 



Root perennial. Stem about a foot long, throwing out roots at 

 the base, terete, smooth. Leaves decurrent into a short pe- 

 tiole. Racemes erect, axillary, arising from near the extre- 

 mity of the stem, beai'ing numerous flowers ; bracts lanceo- 

 late, shorter than the pedicels. Calyx rather obtuse. Corolla, 

 blue. Cafisule inflated. 



Hab. In ditches and small creeks. Near Albany. Dr. E. 

 James. Mr. Tracy. Williamstown, Massachusetts. Prof. 

 Dewey. In Pennsylvania, i^/u /We 7i 6 erj-. June. Brook- 

 lime. 



4. V. anagallis L.: racemes opposite; leaves lanceo- 

 late, serrate ; stem erect. Willd. Spec. I. p. 65. Mich. 

 Fl.hp.5. Pursk Fl.l. p. lU E llio 1 1 Sk. I. ip. 0. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 721. Roem. <^ Schult. I. p. 105. Vero- 

 nica foliis inferioribus oppositis ovatis ; &c. Cold. pL 

 Coldenham. No. 1. 



Root perennial. Stem succulent, somewhat 4-sided, a foot or 

 more high. Leaves about an inch and a half long, very smooth ; 

 the upper ones nearly sessile, the others on short petioles. 

 Racemes longer than in the preceding species ; peduncles 

 somewhat hairy, nearly as long again as the bracts ; Jiowers 

 pale blue. Calyx as long as the capsule ; segments acute. 

 Capsule inflated, eraarginate. Seeds numerous, ovate, com- 

 pressed. 



Hab. In ditches and creeks ; common. June — August. 



5. V. sculellata L. : racemes lateral and alternate ; (rarely 

 opposite;) pedicels divaricate; leaves linear, somewhuS 

 toothed ; stem nearly erect, W i 1 1 d. Spec. I. p. 75. M i c h. 

 Fl. I. p. 5. Purs h r/. I. p. 1 1 . Bi g. Bost. p. 5. Eng, 

 Bof. t.72G. Roan. <$/• Schult. II. p. 106. V. caulibus 

 procumbentibus, &c. Cold.pl. Coldenham. No. 2. 



Root creeping, perennial. Stem weak, often branched and dif- 

 fuse, about a foot high. Leaves opposite, narrow-linear, or 

 linear-lanceolate, 14^ — 2 inches long, remotely denticulate, or 

 rarely almost entire, rather fleshy, 1 -nerved. Racemes axil- 

 lary, filiform, pendulous and divaricate after flowering. Bracts 

 subulate, shorter than the pedicels. Segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate and acute. Qorolla pale blue, or flesh-coloured ; 



