282 SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Blades of the stem-leaves petioled, distinctly serrate. 



2. V. Americana. 

 Leaf-blades linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate : capsule very flat. 



3. V. scutellata. 

 Plants copiously pubescent : dry-soil species. 



Calyx longer than the pedicel: corolla 4-6 mm. broad; leaf-blades finely 



toothed, petioled. 4. V. officinalis. 



Calyx shorter than the pedicel : corolla 6-8 mm. broad : leaf-blades 

 coarsely toothed, sessile. 5. V. Chamaedrys. 



B. Flowers axillary to leaf-like bracts, sometimes collected into terminal ra- 

 cemes. 

 Pedicels shorter than the subtending bracts. 

 Plants perennial : capsules merely retuse or truncate. 



6. V. serpyllifolia. 

 Plants annual : capsules deeply notched. 

 Foliage glabrous or glandular. 7. V. peregrina. 



Foliage pubescent. 8. V. arvensis. 



Pedicels longer than the subtending bracts at maturity. 

 Leaf-blades ovate to oblong, toothed. 

 Capsule barely broader than high : calyx about as long as the corolla. 



9. V. agrestis. 

 Capsule about twice as broad as high : calyx much shorter than the 

 corolla. 10. V. Byzaniina. 



Leaf-blades orbicular to reniform, lobed. 11. V. hederaefolia. 



1. Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L. Water Speedwei^L or Pim- 

 pernel. (Man. p. 832; I. F. y. 328J.) In brooks and swamps, N. S. 

 to B. C, N. C, Pa., Va., Neb. and N. Mex. Also in Eu. and Asia. — 

 Pennsylvania : Northampton, on the Delaware above Easton. 



2. Veronica Americana Schwein. American Brooklime. (Man. 

 p. 833 ; I. F. /. 328S. ) In brooks and swamps, Anticosti to Alaska, 

 Pa., Neb., N. Mex. and Calif. — Pennsylvania: LuzERNE ; North- 

 ampton ; Bucks ; Delaware ; Chester ; Philadelphia ; Lancaster ; 

 Dauphin ; Lebanon ; Franklin ; Huntingdon ; Allegheny. 



3. Veronica scutellata L. Marsh or Skullcap Speedwell. (Man. 

 p. 833 ; I. F. /. j^^p.) In swamps, Lab. to B. C, N. Y., Minn, and 

 Calif. Also in Eu. and Asia. — Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northamp- 

 ton ; Bucks ; Philadelphia ; Chester ; Lancaster ; Huntingdon ; 



Allegheny. 



4. Veronica officinalis L. Common Speedwell. (Man. p. 833 ; 

 I. F. /. ji-po.) In dry fields and woods, N. S. to Ont, S. Dak., N. C. 

 and Tenn. Also in Europe and Asia. — Pennsylvania : Pike ; Monroe ; 

 Northampton ; Bucks ; Philadelphia ; Delaware ; Chester ; Lan- 

 caster ; Somerset ; Allegheny. 



5. Veronica Chamaedrys L. Germander Speedwell. (Man. 

 p. 833 ; I. F. /] 3291-) In fields and waste places, N. S. and Quebec to 

 N. Y. and Pa. Nat. from Eu. — Pennsylvania : Philadelphia, ballast. 



6. Veronica serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leaved Speedwell. (Man. 

 p. 833; I. F. /. 3293.) In fields and thickets. Lab. to Alaska, Ga., 

 N. Mex. and Calif. Also in Eu., Asia and .S. Am. — Pennsylvania : Mon- 



