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1. M. orbieulatum, Michx. (M. emarginatum, El. Hemianthus mi- 
. eranthemoides, Nutt.  Herpestis micrantha, Ell? not of Pursh.) — Muddy 
banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. June- Oct.— Stem 6!- 192! 
long. Leaves 3" - 5” long, sometimes emarginate. Corolla not longer than 
the minute (3) calyx. 5 
ll. AMPHIANTHUS, Torr. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, 4-cleft; the upper and 
lower lobes rather longer. Stamens 2: anther-cells distinct. Style’ minutely 
2-cleft at the apex, acute. Capsule obcordate, compressed, loculicidal. Seeds 
oblong, rugulose. — A very small annual, with the linear obtuse leaves clustered 
at the summit of the short stem, and minute white flowers, some of which are 
borne on short naked recurved peduncles from the axils of the leaves, and others 
on a slender (1' long) terminal 2-bracted scape. 
1, A. pusillus, Torr.— In shallow excavations of flat rocks, Newton 
County, Georgia, Dr. Leavenworth. March and April. 
12. VERONICA, L. Srerpwett. 
Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, or salver-shaped, 4 — 5-lobed. 
Stamens 2, one each side of the upper lobe of the corolla. Stigma capitate. 
Capsule compressed and obcordate, or oblong and obtuse, septicidal or locu- 
licidal. Seeds few or many, flattened or concave on the inner face.— Chiefly 
herbs, with the stem-leaves opposite or whorled, the floral ones alternate. 
Flowers small, axillary, racemed or spiked, blue or white. 
* Leaves whorled : corolla tubular: capsule oblong. 
l. V. Virginica, L. Perennial, smooth or pubescent; stem tall, erect; 
leaves 4—7 in a whorl, lanceolate, serrate, short-petioled ; flowers very numer- 
us, crowded in axillary (whorled) and terminal spikes; stamens long-exserted ; 
corolla white or purple. (Leptandra, Nutt.) — Mountain-meadows, Georgia, and 
northward. June - August. — Stem 29—49 high. Leaves 2/~ 4! long. 
* * Stem-leaves opposite: corolla wheel-shaped : capsule obcordate. 
+ Flowers in dense azillary racemes. PE 
2. V. officinalis, L. Perennial, pubescent ; stem prostrate, rooting at the 
; leaves obovate-elliptical, or wedge-oblong, obtuse, serrate, short-petioled ; 
racemes alternate, many-flowered ; corolla blue. — Mountains of North Carolina, 
and northward. July.— Stem 6/—12'long. Racemes 2/—4/ long. 
+ + Flowers scattered, in leafy terminal racemes. 
3. V. serpyllifolia, L. Perennial, smoothish; stem ascending, diffusely 
ed ; leaves oval or roundish, crenate, short-petioled, the floral ones lance- — 
late and entire; pedicels as long as the calyx; corolla blue. — Low pastures - 
ìn the upper districts, May - Sept. — Stem 4/—6/long. Leaves 4" -6" long. 
4. V. peregrina, L. Annual, smooth; stem erect, simple or b 
loves sessile, oblong, toothed ; the lowest narrowed into a petiole; the for — 
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