DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. VerOllica. 



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brevis. fVorw magni, conferti, pallide caerulet. CaU 

 4-fidus : laciniis 3. superioribus oblongis; 2. inferiori- 

 bus linearibus, multo minoribus. Cor. Tubus brevis- 

 simus. Z/im^«5 planus : laciniis oblongis, acutis, ca- 

 lyce triplo longioribus, intima linear!. Fii longitudine 

 coroUae. 

 I. V. raceme terminali subspicato, foliis ovatis glabris ere- serpylUfoUa. 

 natis. Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. (54. 



Icon. Fl dan. 4g2. 



On road sides and in dry woods, common. 1/ . May 

 — Aug. v.v. Creeping 3 flowers pale with blue 

 stripes. 



5. V. racemis lateralibus, foliis ovatis planis, caule repente. Bcccabunga. 



Willd. sp. pi. 1 . p. 64. 

 Icon. Engl. dot. 655. Fl.dan.SM. 

 In rivulets and springs ; Pensylvania to Virginia, rare. 



11 . June, July. v. v. Leaves shining green, blunt ; 



flowers large, blue. 



6. V. racemis lateralibus, foliis lanceolatis serratis, caule AnagaUis. 



erecto. IVilld. sp. pi. 1. /;. d5. 



Icon. Engl. i-ot. 781. Fl.dau.g03. 



In ditches and rivulets, more common : Canada to Ca- 

 rolina. 1/ . June — Aug. v. v Leaves acute. 



7. V. racemis lateralibus alternis : pedicellis pendulis, foliis 



linearibus. fVilld sp. pi. 1. p. 65. 

 Icon. Engl. Lot. /82. Fl. dan ^Op. 

 Var. foliis mtegerrimiset serratis. 

 In wet meadows on gravelly soil. '2/ . July. v. v. 

 The American plant has longer leaves than any of the 

 European specimens I have seen. 

 8. V. floribus solitariis foliisque cordatis subsessilibus, caule 

 hirto. IVilld. sp. pi. 1 . p. 73. 

 Icon. Engl. bot. 734. Fl. dan. 515. 

 Common in fields and cultivated grounds. O.May — 

 Sept. V. V. Flowers blue, small. 

 g. V. floribus sessilibus, foliis llneavi-lanceolatis dentatis peregrina. 

 integerrimisque, caule erecto. Willd. sp. pi. I. p. 76. 

 Vuhl. enum. pi. I. p. 85. 

 V. romana. Linn. mant. 3 1 7. 



V. mar)landica. Murr. in com. gcst. 1782. p. 1 1, t. 3. 

 V. caroliniana. Walt.fi. car. p. O'l. 

 V. carnosula. Lam. illustr. I . p. 47. 

 Icon. Alurr. I. c. Fl. dan. 407. 



scutellata. 



'''arvensis. 



