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3. D. GRANDiFLoRA. Allioiii. Great Yellow Foxglove. — Lvs. ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, veiny, serrulate, amplexicaul ; rac. tomentose, lax; cat. segments 

 lanceolate, acute; cor. ventricuse-campanulate, segments broader than long, 

 lowest twice broader than the lateral. — % in Europe. Plant 2 — 3f high. Flow- 

 ers li' long, yellow, varying to brownish or orange, f 



4. D. LOTEA. Small Yellow Foxglove. — Very smooth ; lvs. oblong or lanceo- 

 late, denticulate; rac. secund, many-flowered ; cal. segments lanceolate, acute; 

 cor. glabrous, tube subventricose, lower segment half as long again as the rest. — 

 % Europe. Stem 3f high. Flowers 8 — 10" long, yellov/, varying to white, -f 



5. D. ORiENTALis. Lam. Oriental Spotted Foxglove. — St. Rnd lance-linear hs. 

 glabrous; spi/:e interrupted, glandular-villose; pedicels very short; cal. segments 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute; cor. pubescent, lower segments oblong, obtuse. — 7]. 

 Bythinia. Height 3f. Corolla pui-plish, spotted. 



Ois.— Severul other species are sometimes seen in gardens, among which are D. T?utpsi, with mullein- 

 like leaves all radical and flat on the ground ; D. leucap/icea, with very large, dense, leafy racemes ol 

 dusky white lis. Numerous hybrids also occur in gardens, produced between the above species which are 

 often ditiicult to distinguish. 



Tribe 8. VERONICE^. 



19. VERONICA. 



Etjinology doubtful ; perhaps named for St. Veronica. 



Calyx 4-parted ; corolla subrotate. deeply 4-cleft, lower segments 

 mostly narrow ; sta. 2, inserted into the tube, exserted ; sterile fil. 

 ; caps, compressed, 2-sulcate, often obcordate, 2-celled, few-seeded. 

 — Herbs or shrubs {the folloiving specks herbs). Lvs. opposite. Fls. 

 solitary., axillary or in racemes, blue, Jieshcolored or white. 

 § 1. Erect, tall. Lvs. verticillate ; racemes dense, terminal, often pani- 

 cled; corolla tube longer than the limb. Leptandra. Benth. 



1. V. ViRGiNiCA. (Leptandra Virginica. Null.) Culver's Physic. 

 Erect, tall, glabrous ; lvs. briefly peiiolate, in 4s, 5s or 6s, lance-ovate to 



lance-linear ; sjnkes mostly several, paniculate.'— -Woods, thickets and barrens, 

 Can. to Ga., W. to the Miss. ! A conspicuous plant arising 2— 5f. Stem sim- 

 ple, straight, smooth, with whorls of lanceolate, acuminate, finely serrate leaves 

 which are subpetiolate and glaucous beneatli, and 4 — 6 in a whorl. Flowers 

 numerous, nearly sessile, in long, terminal and verticillate, subterminal spikes. 

 Corolla white, tubular, pubescent inside. Stamens and style twice as long as 

 the corolla. Jl. 



§ 2. Leaves opposite. Corolla tube very short. 

 * Racemes axillary. 



2. V. Anagallis. (V. tenerrima. Schmidt.) 



Glabrous, erect; lvs. sessile, clasping and subcordate, lanceolate, acutish, 

 entire or serrulate ; rac. in opposite or alternate axils ; caps, orbicular, slightly 



notched. % A smooth, succulent plant, frequenting the borders of brooks and 



pools, Can. and U. S. ! not common. Stem fleshy, 12—20' high. Leaves about 

 2_3''by 5 — 7". Racemes longer than the leaves, loose, pedicels (2 — 3") scarce- 

 ly longer than the bracts. Flowers bluish-purple, small. Jn. Jl. 



3. V. Americana. Schv/enitz. (V. Beccabunga Am. authors.) BrooJdimc. 

 Glabrous, decumbent at base, erect above ; Ics. ovate or ovate-oblong, 



acute or obtusish, serrate, petiolSte, abrupt at base; rac. opposite, loose; 

 caps, roundish, turgid, emarginate.— TJ. in brooks and clear waters. Can. and 

 U. S. Plant rather fleshv, very smooth, 12—18' long, more or less decumbent 

 and rooting at base'. Leaves 1—2' long, l—h as wide, petioles 1—3" long, mar- 

 gined. Racemes longer than the leaves. Pedicels (3—5") twice longer than 

 the bracts. Flowers "blue or bluish-purple. Jn. Jl.— This plant is variable, 

 some of its .species approaching V. Anagallis, others V. Beccabunga, of Europe. 



a. Lvs. ovate, acute, acutely serrate, truncate or subcordate at base. — Fre- 

 quent ! 



/?. /,;'.<;. evate-lanceolate, serrulate, rounded at base, petiolate. — Cemmon' 



