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one inch long; flowers white with purple throat, one-third of 

 an inch in diameter. Frequents damp ground, edges of 

 marshes and wet fields. Perennial. August to September. 



Veronica Agrestis. Linn, (veronica.) A plant w'ith pros- 

 trate, slender stems, branching, slightly hairy, L/eaves hal^ 

 an inch long, roundish, coarsely serrate. Flower stalks same 

 length, one-flowered. The whole plant is insignificant. 

 Flowers pale blue, veined, quarter of an inch. Grows in waste 

 ground and in gardens Annual. March to June. 



Veronica Arvensis. lyinn. (speedwell.) This species has 

 erect stems four to eight inches long. Leaves ovate, slightly 

 serrate. Flowers on a long, leafy stalk, blossoming sparingly, 

 one or two at a time. Flow^ers one-eighth of an inch broad, 

 blue. Common on wa3'sides. Annual. Spring months. 



Veronica Peregrina. Linn. (speedwell.) A plant with 

 erect, smooth stem several inches high Leaves crinkly,' 

 oblong, blunt, scarcely serrate, slightly fleshy. Flowers soli- 

 tary from leaf joints, white, one-eighth of an inch across. 

 Cultivated ground. Annual. Spring months. 



Maurandia Sempervirens. Jacq. (roving sailor) An ever- 

 green, delicate climber, with long, slender stem, often festoon- 

 ing to great length. Leaves triangular, smooth, clean. Climbs 

 along rocks and over brushwood, and is seen to perfection, 

 clothing the steep cutting at Mount Langton entrance. 

 Flowers, an inch long, pale purple. Perennial. Summer 

 months. 



Maurandia Barclayana. Bot. Reg. Similar in all respects 

 to the former, but with leaves somewhat larger and flowers 

 double the size. Flourishes at Mount St. Agnes, and in the 

 lane east of Rosebank, Pitts Bay Road. 



Lin aria Vulgaris. Mills, (toadflux; butter and eggs. ) An 

 upright plant, one to two feet high, with slender smooth and 

 leafy stem. Leaves one to two inches long, one-eighth of an 

 inch wide, alternate or in whorls of three, numerous all the way 

 up the stem. Flower-heads terminal, crowded. Flowers, with 

 a peculiar spur as long as the tube, yellow with a deep orange 



