796 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



long; corolla 2-2.5 mm. wide, white; filaments very short; style 0.2-0.3 mm. long; capsule 

 3-3.5 mm. long; seeds 0.5 mm. long. 



Moist ground, Transition Zones; occasional in coastal Washington and Oregon, probably naturalized from 

 eastern North America. Type locality: Europe (as adventive). May-June. 



Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis (H. B. K.) Pennell, Torreya 19: 167. 1919. (Veronica xalapensis 

 H. B. K., Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2 : 389. 1818; V. Sherwoodii Peck, Torreya 28: 56. 1928.) Plant pubescent with 

 short gland-tipped hairs, which are usually present even on the capsule. Muddy soil, streamsides and pools. 

 Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; over western North America from western Canada to Mexico, also in the 

 St. Lawrence Valley and southward to South America. Type locality: Jalapa ("Xalapa"), Mexico. March-July. 



6. Veronica arvensis L. Com Speedwell. Fig. 4785. 



Veronica arvensis L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, erect or ascending, 1-3 dm. long, pilose with glandless hairs. Leaf-blades ovate, 

 rounded-obtuse, crenate-dentate, rounded to short petioles or the uppermost sessile ; flowers in 

 spiciform leafy-bracted terminal racemes, the pedicels only 1-2 mm. long ; sepals 4, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acutish, 3.5-4 mm. long, the lower pair slightly the longer; corolla 2-2.5 mm. wide, bright 

 violet-blue; filaments short; style 0.7 mm. long; capsule 2-2.5 mm. long, rounded, deeply 

 obcordate, its lobes flaring, ciliate-pubescent ; seeds 1 mm. long. 



Fields, somewhat naturalized from Europe. April-July. 



7. Veronica persica Poir. Persian Speedwell. Fig. 4786. 



Veronica persica Poir. Encycl. 8: 542. 1808. 



Annual, ascending, 2-A dm. tall, pilose with glandless hairs. Leaves scattered or alternate, the 

 blades ovate, obtuse, dentate with rounded lobes, truncate to petioles shorter than the blades ; 

 flowers in lax leafy-bracted terminal racemes, the pedicels becoming 20-35 mm. long; sepals 4, 

 elliptic-ovate, obtuse, short-ciliate, 5 mm. long; corolla 7-11 mm. wide, violet-blue, pale ventrally, 

 all lobes darker-veined; filaments 2 mm. long; style 2 mm. long; capsule 2.5-3 mm. long, widely 

 notched, the rectangular lobes widely flaring; seeds 1.5 mm. long. 



Waste ground and lawns, somewhat naturalized from Eurasia. Feb.-May. 



8. Veronica Chamaedrys L. Germander Speedwell. Fig. 4787. 



Veronica Chamaedrys L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Perennial, ascending, 2-4 dm. tall, pubescent with glandless hairs. Leaves opposite, the blades 

 ovate, obtuse, dentate with rounded lobes, rounded to sessile or the lower to petioled bases; 

 flowers in long minutely bracted axillary racemes, the pedicels 6-7 mm. long ; sepals 4, linear- 

 lanceolate, pubescent or ciliate, 3-4 mm. long; corolla 10-12 mm. wide, light violet-blue; fila- 

 ments 3 mm. long; style 4-5 mm. long; capsule 3.5 mm. long, triangular-obcordate, its lobes 

 rounded. 



Occasional in lawns of western Oregon. Naturalized from Europe. May. 



9. Veronica officinalis L, Officinal Speedwell. Fig. 4788. 



Veronica officinalis L. Sp. PI. 11. 1753. 



Perennial, repent and distally ascending, Z-6 dm. long, pubescent with glandless hairs. Leaves 

 opposite, the blades oval, acute or acutish, crenate-serrate, narrowed to shortly petioled bases ; 

 flowers in spike-like small-bracted axillary racemes, the pedicels 1-1.5 mm. long; sepals 4, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3 mm. long ; corolla 6-8 mm. wide, lined or tinted with lavender-violet ; 

 filaments 2 mm. long; style 3 mm. long; capsule 4 mm. long, obovate, shallowly retuse; seeds 

 1 mm. long. 



Occasional in fields of western Washington and western Oregon; naturalized from Europe. July. 



Veronica ofiicinalis var. Toumefortii (Vill.) Reichb. & G. F. Reichenb. Icon. Fl. Germ. 20: 49. pi. 1706. 

 1862. (Veronica Tournefortii Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. 20. 1779.) Plants smaller, the leaf-blades narrowly 

 elliptic, more acute, the larger 1-1. S cm. (rather than 2-3 cm.) long. Fields, western Oregon; naturalized from 

 Europe. June. 



10. Veronica americana (Raf.) Schwein. American Brooklime. Fig. 4789. 



Veronica Beccabunga var. americana Raf. Med. Fl. 109. 1830. 



Veronica americana Schwein. ex Benth. in A. DC. Prod. 10: 468. 1846. 



Perennial, glabrous throughout, at base rhizomatose and repent, the main stems ascending or 

 erect, 1-10 dm. long. Leaves opposite, the blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acutish, 

 serrate with low teeth to merely denticulate, rounded to short petioles ; flowers in loose small- 

 bracted axillary racemes, which are usually 10-25-flowered, the pedicels 5-13 mm. long; sepals 4, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3 mm. long ; corolla 7-10 mm. wide, violet-blue, with somewhat darker 

 lines; filaments 2.5-3 mm. long; style 2.5-3 mm. long; capsule 3-4 mm. long, oval, acutish or 

 rounded; seeds 0.5 mm. long. 



Stream sides and swamps. Transition Zone to Canadian Zone; Alaska to southern California, eastward 

 to New Mexico, North Carolina, and Newfoundland; also in Mexico and northeastern Asia. Type locality: 

 eastern North America. May— Aug. 



11. Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L. Great Water Speedwell. Fig. 4790. 



Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. 



Probably biennial, glabrous throughout or obscurely glandular-puberulent in the inflorescence. 



