Veronica. XCI. SCROPHULARIACEiE. 405 



3. D. GRANDIPL6RA. Allioni, Great Yellow Foxglove. — Lvs. ovate or oblong- 

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

 % Europe. Stem 3f high. Flowers 8 — 10" long, yellow, varying to white, t 



5. D. ORiENTALis. Lam. Oriental Spotted Foxglove. — St. and lance-linear lvs. 

 glabrous; spike interrupted, glandular- villose ; pedicels very short; cal. segments 

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

 Bythinia. Height 3f. Corolla purplish, spotted. 



06s.— Several other species are sometimes seen in gardens, among which are B. Thapai,vi'\th mullein- 

 like leaves all radical and flat on the ground ; D. leucaphaa, with very large, dense, leafy racemes of 

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

 often difficult to distinguish. 



Tribe 8. VERONICE^. 



19. VERONICA. 



Etymology 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 follouiing species herbs). Lvs. opposite. Fls. 

 solitary^ axillary or in racemes^ blue, Jiesh-colored or white. 

 § 1. Erect, tall. Lvs. verticiUate ; racemes detise, terminal, often panv- 

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



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

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



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

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

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

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

 numerous, nearly sessile, in long, terminal and verticiUate, 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. Schwenitz. (V. Beccabunga Am. authors.) Brooklime. 

 Glabrous, decumlx*nt at base, erect above ; lvs. ovate or ovate-oblong, 



acute or obtusisli, .serrate, petiolate, abrupt at base; rac. opposite, loose; 

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

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

 and rooting at base. Leaves 1 — 2' long, { — J 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. AnagallLs, others V. Beccabunga, of Europe. 



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

 quent ! 



p. Fa's. ovate-lanceolate, serrulate, rounded at base, petiolate. — Common! 



