FIGWORT FAMILY 783 



6. V. serpyllifolia L. Stems decumbent or creeping, 0.5-3 dm. high; leaves 

 short-petioled or sessile; blades oblong, oval or suborbicular, 5-15 mm. long, 

 entire or crenulate, obtuse; corolla white or purpUsh, 3-4 mm. broad; capsule 

 retuse at the apex, obreniform, ciliate and piiberulent. Open woods, fields, and 

 thickets: Lab. — Ga. — -Colo. — -Calif. — -Alaska; Eurasia. Submont. — Subalp. My- 

 Au. 



7. V. xalapensis H.B.K. Stem 1-3 dm. high, branched, with ascending 

 branches, glandular-pubescent throughout; leaves thick, the lower ones petioled, 

 spatulate, crenate, the upper linear or oblong; racemes spike-like; corolla whitish, 

 2-3 nmi. wide; capsule orbicular, slightly notched, glandular. V. peregrina 

 Coult., not L. Sandy soils: Sask. — Tex. — Calif. — B.C.; Mex. Plain — Sub- 

 mont. Je-S. 



8. V. arvensis L. Stem pubescent, 0.5-3 dm. high, at first simple, later 

 branched; lower leaves ovate or oval, crenate, 5-15 mm. long, petioled and 

 opposite, the upper sessile, alternate and often entire; corolla blue or nearly 

 white, 2 mm. broad; capsule broadly obcordate, 2 mm. high. Fields and waste 

 places: N.S.—Fla.— Tex.— Minn.; B.C.— Ida.— Cahf.; nat. from Eu. Mr-S. 



9. V. agrestis L. Stem decumbent or creeping, 5-20 cm. long; leaf-blades 

 broadl}- ovate or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base; 

 corolla small, blue, not longer than the calyx; capsule broader than liigh, 4 mm. 

 broad. P'ields and waste places: N.S. — N.J. — La.; Utah; nat. or adv. from Eu. 

 My-S. 



10. V. campylopoda Boiss. Stem 1-2 dm. high, erect or ascending, pubes- 

 cent; leaves opjjosite or alternate, oblong or elliptic, entire or toothed, thick; 

 sepals linear-lanceolate; fruit 3-4 mm. high, 5-6 mm. broad, cleft to near the 

 base. Alfalfa fields: Utah; adv. from Asia Minor. 



11. V. Buxbaumii Tenore. Stem finely pubescent, 1-4 dm. high, usually 

 branched at the base; leaves opposite or alternate, short-petioled; blades ovate, 

 oval, or suborbicular, 8-15 mm. long, coarsely serrate; sepals pubescent, elhptic 

 or lanceolate; corolla blue, 9-11 mm. broad; capsule obreniform, 7-8 mm. broad, 

 pubescent. Fields and waste places: N.Y. — Ga. — Colo. — Utah; nat. from Eu. 

 Ap-N. 



12. V. hederaefolia L. Stem diffusely branched, 0.5-4.5 dm. long; leaf- 

 blades 5-25 mm. broad, pubescent; corolla 4 mm. broad, scarcely longer than 

 the calyx; capsule broader than long, 2-lobed. Fields and waste places: N.Y. — 

 N.J. — S.C.; Utah; adv. or nat. from Eu. Ap-0. 



16. SYNTHYRIS Benth. 



Perennial herbs, with rootstocks. Leaves mainly basal, petioled, digitately 

 veined, the blades reniform, orbicular, or ovate in outline, toothed or variously 

 cleft; stem-leaves alternate, reduced and bract-hke. Flowers perfect, in terminal 

 racemes. Calyx of 4 oblong, slightly united sepals. Corolla campanulate, 

 nearly regular in the manner of Veronica. Stamens 2; filaments adnate to the 

 corolla-tube, one on each side of the upper corolla-lobe, slender; anther-sacs 

 parallel or somewhat divergent. Styles wholly united, filiform; stigma capitate. 

 Capsule compressed, usually emarginate, loculicidal. Seeds few or several, flat 

 or concave on the sides. 



Leaves twice or thrice pinnately divided. 



Calyx and capsule glabroas; corolla 3-4 mm. long. 1. S. pinnatifida. 



Calyx and capsule villous; corolla about 6 m^m. long. 2. S. dissecta. 

 Leaves not pinnate; blades reniform or rounded, with cordate base. 



Leaf-blades deeply cleft and laciniate. 3. S. laciniata. 



Leaf-blades lobed and dentate or crenate. 4. S. major. 



1. S. pinnatifida S. Wats. Leaves 1 dm. long or less, twice or thrice pin- 

 nately divided, with linear or lanceolate divisions, somewhat villous-tomentose, 

 or glabrate; scape .5-15 cm. long, villous-tomentose; corolla whitish or pink, 3-4 

 mm. long; lobes oblong or elliptic; capsule 4 mm. long. High mountains: tjtah 

 — Ida. Mont. Jl-Au. 



