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obscurely crenate, the lowest petioled and rounded; recenie loose; 

 corolla whitish or pale blue with deeper stripes. 



A. Flowers appearing to be axillary and solitary, mostly alternate. 

 c. Flowers short-pedicelled : Jloral leaves reduced.: 



Ve-ron'-i-ca per-e-gri'-na L. Neckweed ; Purslane Speedwell. — Glan- 

 dular-puberulent or nearly smooth ; lowest leaves oval oblong, toothed, 

 thickish, the others sessile; the upper oblong-linear, longer than the 

 almost sessile whitish flowers; capsule orbicular, slightly notched. 



Ve-ron'-i-ca ar-ven'-sis L. Corn Speedwell. — Hairy, lower leaves 

 ovate, crenate. the uppermost sessile, lanceolate ; capsule inversel}' 

 heart-shaped. 



c. Flowers long-pedicelled, in axils of ordinary leaves) 



Ve-ron'-i-ca a-gres'-tis L. Field Speedwell. — Leaves round or ovate, 

 crenate-toothed ; flower .small ; capsule nearly orbicular, sharply 

 notched, many-ovuled, but 1-2 seeded. 



Ve-ron'-i-ca by-zan-ti'-na (Sib & vSm.) B. S. P. {V. buxbaumii Ten.) 

 Speedwell. — Leaves round or heart-ovate, crenately cut-toothed, 73-I 

 in. long; flower large, nearly ]A in. wide, blue; capsule obcordate-tri- 

 angular, broadly notched, 16-24 seeded. 



Ve-ron'-i-ca he-der-se-fo'-li-a L. ivy-leaved Speedwell. — Leaves rounded 

 or heart-shaped, 3 to 7-toothed or lobed; flowers small; capsule turgid, 

 2-lobed, 2 to 4-seeded. 



4. Genus CAS-TIL-LE'-JA. — Calyx tubular, flattened, tube of the 

 corolla included in the calyx, its upper lip long and narrow; lower lip 

 short; anther-cells unequal; the floral leaves usually dilated, colored 

 and more showy than the j'ellow or purplish-spiked flowers. 



Cas-til-le'-ja coc-cin'-e-a (L.) Spreug. Painted Cup. — Root-leaves 

 clustered, mostly entire, those of the stem incised, the floral :> to 5- 

 cleft, bright scarlet toward the summit (rarely yellow) : corolla pale- 

 yellow. 



0. Genus PE - DIC - U - LA'- RIS.— Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 arched, flattened, anther cells equal; flowers rather large, in a spike; 

 leaves chiefly pinnatifid. 



Pe-dic-u-la'-ris can-a-den'-sis L. Lousewort ; Wood Betony.— Upper lip 

 of the dull-greenish-yellow and purplish corolla hooded, incurved, 

 2-toothed under the apex ; capsule flat. 



