i DliNDRiA MONOGYNIA. 



P, 



Perennial. Stem erec% 2—3 feet high, glabrous, slightly angled. 

 Leaves verticillate, nearly sessile, glabrous on the upper surface, pu- 

 bescent on the under. Flowers dense, on long axillary spikes ; one at 

 the base of each leaf, near the summit of the stem. Corolla tubular, 

 white. Filaments much longer than the corolla. •Anthers incumbent. 

 Germ above. Style long, persistent. Capsule tapering to a point at 

 Ihe summit, not emargiuate as is usual in this genus. 



Grows in the mountain vallies. 



Flowers June — August. Virginian Veronica* 



». Officinalis. 



V. spicis lateralibus, I Spikes lateral, on ped- 



pedunculatis ; foliis op- I uncles ; leaves, opposite, 



positisjObovato-subrotun- ] obovate, nearly round, 



dis, pilosis, annuls ; caule hairy, annual ; stem pro* 



procumbente, hirto. Sp. \ cunibent, rough. 



pi. 1. p. 59. 



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Mich 



^tem spreading. Leaves pal 



Pursh, 1. p. 10. Smith, flor. Brit. t. p. 16. 



if 



tit 



Spikes 



Stem, tlowers pale blue coloured, with deeper veins 



Grows in Carolina. Pursh. 



April— J 



** Flores cortjmboso^ 1 ** Flou^ers in corym 

 racemosL \ iose racemes, 



3. SeRPYLLI FOLIA. 



V. racemo terminal!, ] Raceme terminal — ■ 



subspicato ; folus ovatis, I what spijced ; leaves o 

 glabns, creiiatis. Sp. pi. | vate, glabi 



1. p. 61. 



Sp. pi. I. p. 64. Walt. 1). 60 -Mir-u i 

 67. Big. p.^5. Pursh, 1.?. n. ^''^' '" P' 4' Clajt. p. 2. Na. 



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Perennial. Stem 8 i 



rerenniai. ^Jtm 8—12 inches lnn« j 

 ain-led, sometimes creeping. i'"t ^''""l^"*' Pubescent, slightly 

 petioles. Flowers in a terminan.»ft PP"*''^'' decussate, on Ihort 

 long. %i. persistent. (Culi e^^^^^ Peduncles 2^3 lines 



Inserted on the authoritvnf W 1! '''^V'^*^' *^i''ate. 

 ^vith this species in the Southern I iL'''^ *^^^^^^"^- I have not met 



Howcrs Aiay— June 



Thy 



