304 SCROPHULARIACEiE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
States, certainly indigenous in some places, especially in the moun¬ 
tains southward. July. 
§4. Veronicastrum, Benth. — Leaves opposite: flowers in a termi¬ 
nal raceme , the lower bracts resembling the stem-leaves : corolla wheel¬ 
shaped : pods flat, several-seeded. 
* Perennials (mostly turning blackish in drying). 
6. V. alpina, L. (Alpine Speedwell.) Stems branched 
from the base, erect, simple, leafy; leaves elliptical, or the lowest 
rounded, entire or toothed, nearly sessile ; raceme hairy , few-flowered , 
crowded; stamens short; pod obovate, notched. — Alpine summits of 
the White Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes. — Plant 2' -6' high : 
flowers blue. 
7. V. serpyllifdlia, L. (Thyme-leaved Speedwell.) 
Much branched at the diffusely prostrate base, low, smooth or nearly 
so; branches ascending and simple ; leaves ovate or oblong , obscurely 
crenate, the lowest petioled and rounded, the upper passing into lance¬ 
olate bracts, entire; raceme loose; pod rounded, broader than long, 
obtusely notched. — Road-sides and fields, common : introduced and 
indigenous. May-July. — Corolla whitish or pale blue, with deep¬ 
er stripes. 
* * Annuals: floral leaves like those of the stem , so that the flowers 
appear axillary and solitary : corolla shorter than the calyx. 
8. V, peregrhia, L. (Neck-weed. Purslane Speedwell.) 
Nearly smooth , ascending, branched; lowest leaves petioled , oval-ob¬ 
long , toothed ; the others sessile, oblong, obtuse; the upper oblong- 
linear and entire, longer than the almost sessile flowers; pod orbic¬ 
ular , slightly notched. — Cultivated grounds, common, introduced. 
April - June. — Leaves thickish : corolla whitish. 
9. V. arvensis, L. (Corn Speedwell.) Simple or diffuse¬ 
ly branched, hairy ; lower leaves petioled , ovate , crenate ; the upper¬ 
most sessile, lanceolate, entire; peduncles shorter than the calyx> 
pod inversely heart-shaped, the lobes rounded. — Cultivated grounds, 
common, introduced. June. —Stem 3'-8' high : calyx unequal: co¬ 
rolla pale blue. 
§5. Omphalospora, Besser.— Annuals: stem-leaves opposite, the up¬ 
per alternate and bearing solitary peduncled flowers in their axi s • 
corolla wheel-shaped: pod flat: seeds cup-shaped. 
10. \ 9 agrestis, L. (Field Speedwell.) Prostrate, hairy» 
leaves petioled, round or ovate, crenate-toothed ; the floral somew n 
similar, about the length of the recurved peduncles ; calyx-l° 
ovate-lanceolate ; ovary many-ovuled , but the nearly orbicular sharp 
ly notched pod few-seeded. —Sandy fields, introduced. May-O ct ’ 
— Flowers small, blue or white. 
11. V. liedersB folia, L. (Ivy-leaved Speedwell.) 
trate, hairy ; leaves petioled, roundish, 3-5 -toothed or lobed; the 
