VERONICA. DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. , 11 



segments of the calyx cordate, ciliate, acute ; stem procum- 

 bent. fViUd. Spec, I. p. 73. Muhl. Cat. p. 2. Eng. 

 BoL 784. Roem, ^ Schult. I. p. 121. 



Roj( fibrous, annual. Stem diffuse, pubescent, reniform-cordate, 

 hairy, and a liltle fleshy. Calyx somewhat 4-angled when the 

 fruit is ripe ; margin only ciliate, the rest smooth ; segments 

 converging. Corolla blue, caducous, smaller than the calyx. 

 CatisiUe somewhat 4-sided, ventricose. Seeds '2 in each cell, 

 large and urceolate. 

 Hab. Among the shady rocks on the hills between Bergen and 

 Weehawk, New-Jersey. Near Brooklyn, Long-Island. In 

 Delaware. Muhle nb erg. One of our first spring plants, 

 frequently flowering as early as the 28th of March. 



10. V. reniformis R af. : stem procumbent hispid ; leaves 

 sessile, reniform, entire, hairy, villose ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, subsessile. Raf. in Med. Repos. XI. p. 360. R. in 

 D esv. Jour, de Bot. 1 808. I. p« 228. Roem. i^ Schult. 

 }. p. 127. (excl. syn. Pursli). 



Root annual, fibrous. Stems few, terete, villose, nearly simple, 

 procumbent. Leaves alternate, subsessile. Segments of the 

 calyx ovate, somewhat acute. Corolla white, or pale blue ; 

 segments rounded, obtuse. Capsule compressed, smooth. 

 Raf. 

 Hab. In sandy soils. New-Jersey. Flowers in summer. 

 R afi ne a q ue. 



With this species I am unacquainted. It is probably th.e 

 V. arvensis of this work. 



9. LEPTANDRA. Nutt. 



Ca/z/x 5 -parted; segments acuminate. Corolla lu- 

 bular-campanulate ; border 4-lobed, a little ringent; the 

 lower segment narrower. Stamens^ and at length the 

 pistils, much exserted. Capsule ovate, acuminate, 

 2-celled, opening at the summit ? Nu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 7. 

 Callistachya Raf in esq. Veronica, spec. 

 Lin. Nat. Ord. ANxiRRiiiNEiE {Nutt.) Rhi- 



NANTHACE.(E? 



L. virginica JV*. : leaves verticillate, in fours or fives, 

 lanceolate, serrate, petiolate. Veronica virginica Lin. 

 Willd. Sped. p. 54. Mich. F/. I. p. 5. Pursh Fl. 

 1. p. 10. Elliott Sk. I. p. 10. Clayt. Virg. p. 2. 

 Pluk. aim. t. 70. f. 2. Roem. ^ Schult. I. p. 67. 

 Callistachva virginica Raf, Cat. PI. J^. York. p. 10. 

 Eat. Man. Bot. p. 183. 



