10 DIANDRIA M0N0GYNIA» 



ovate, obtuse, sl^itly toothe<l, obscurely 3 nerved ; upper leaves ses- 

 sile, alternate, lanceolate, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers a.xi\' 

 lary, solitary, towanls the suminit of the bianches nearly sessile ; af- 

 ter flowering, the pecUnicles extend to 1—2 lines. Cali/x 1 leaved', 

 deeply 4 parted, segments a little uiiequal, persistent. Corolla pale 

 blue, shorter tiian the calyx. Filaments half t'.e len^tli of the corol- 

 la, inserted into its tuoe. dntherfi somewhat cordate, 2 celled, white. 

 Germ superior, co^npressed, furrowed, -"ti/lc clavate, as long as the 

 filaments. SUs^ma obtuse. ^Seed 6 — 8 in each cell, obovate, dotted. 

 Grows in soils somewhat damp, around Charleston. Like the 

 preceding, imported. 

 Flowers May — June. Field Veronica. 



7. PEREokiNA. 



V. flonbus S'>litanis, j Flowers solitary, ses- 

 ^essilihus ; foliis ol>l ji)<^is, | silt^ ; leaves oblong, ra- 

 obtusiuscaiis, denta is i!i- tiicr obtuse, toothed and 

 tegiisque ; caule ere ct ). j entire ; stem erect. 

 Smith, Trans. Lin. Soc. 

 1. ii. 19, 



Mich. 1. p. 4. Pursh, 1. p. tl. 

 V. CaroUniana, W alt. p. Gl. 



Itoot annual. Stem erect and procumbent, 8 inches hi»h, terete^ 

 smooth, frequently witlumt branches. The luwost /eai-e.s'' opposite,, 

 toothed; the upper alternate, Unear-lancecdate, nearly entire ; all 

 .mooth FWrs axillary solitary, nearly sus-ije. Corolla white, 

 shorter than the calyx. Ftk.«««fs nearly half us long as the corolla. 

 Mthers somewhat sagittate, w'aite. Seeds s ioino- ° 



Grows m cultivated grounds very abundantly ''* 



flowers February-March. i^„,^;„,^^ Veronica.' 



JUSTICIA. Grx.PL. 35. 



Calyx shiiplex s. dii- I Onh-^^- i » n 



ptex. Corolla i -M pf ^ ' '""P'* °'" ''''"''^''• 

 sepiraentura valvis con hil!^ .' ^^'P^S'P*! 



tTMiiim *"'"" contrary to the val- 



