158 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 



Dr. Parry from Scott county, and Messrs. Barnes, Reppert, 

 and Miller from Muscatine county. 



Parry, Owen's Rep. Wis. la. and Minn. , p. 616; Arthur, Contr. Fl. la., 

 p. 23; Proc Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 1, p, 160; History of 

 Floyd county, p. 308; Hitchcock, Trans. St. LouisAcad. Science, Vol 5, p. 

 511; Fink, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 97; Bessey, Fourth Bien. Rep. 

 Agr. Col., p. 112; Burgess, Bull. Torr. Bot Club, Vol. 6, p. 102; Halsted, 

 Bull. State Agr. Col., Feb., 1888, p. 43; Bull. Nov., 1886; pp. 43, 44, and 

 4S; Shimek, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 31; Iowa Geol. Sur., 

 Vol. 10, p. 183; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Science?, Vol. 5, p. 124, and 

 p. 157; Manual FI Plants of Iowa, p. 124; Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, 

 Proc. Davenport Acad. Sciences; Vol 8, p. 244. 



Veronica arvensis L. Sp. PI. 13. 1758. Corn Speedwell. 



Stem hairy, 3 — 9 inches high, single or diffusely branched, 

 lower leaves petioled, ovate, crenate, the upper sessile, 

 ovate or lanceolate, entire; flowers very small, axillary; 

 capsule obovate, obcordate. 



This species is a native of Europe and Asia, and occurs 

 in America as a naturalized weed in fields, open woods, 

 waste places, and grassy places in cultivated soil. The 

 species ranges from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, 

 south to Florida, Alabama, Kansas, and Texas. In Iowa 

 the species is frequent and blooms from May until Sep- 

 tember. Type locality: "Habitat in Europse arvis cultis." 



Specimens in our collection are from Muscatine and 

 Henry counties. The State University has a specimen 

 from Johnson county. Prof. Arthur and Prof. Epham 

 reported the species from Winneshiek and Lee counties; 

 Prof. Hitchcock from Story county, and Messrs. Nagel and 

 Haupt from Scott count5\ 



Nagel and Haupt, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 160; 

 Arthur, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 4, p. 66; Hitchcock, 

 Trans. St. LouisAcad. Science, Vol. 5, p. 511; Halsted, Bull. State Agr. 

 Col., Feb., 1888, p. 43; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 

 157; Manual FI. Plants of Iowa, p. 124; Upham, Flora of Minn., p. 100; 

 Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, Proc. Davenport .A.cad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 

 8, p. 244. 



