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Moist places. N. Y. and Penn. W. to Miss. May. %. — Stem erect, weak, 

 6 — 12 inches long. Flowers flesh-colored, in simple rarely compound racemes. 



Skullcap Speedwell. 



3. V. Anagallis Lmn. : stem erect ; leaves lanceolate, clasping, serrate ; 

 racemes opposite. 



Ditches and moist places. Can. to Car. June — Aug. %. — Stem 1 — 2 feel 

 high, succulent. Leaves varying in width. Flowers numerous, blue or purplish, 

 in long racemes. Fedicds shorter than in the preceding, but never reflexed. 



Water Speedwell. 



4. V. Americana Schwein. : smooth ; stem decumbent at base, erect 

 above ; leaves mostly petioled, ovate or oblong, acute or slightly obtuse, 

 serrate, somewhat cordate at base ; capsule roundish, turgid, emarginate. 

 (D.C.) V. Beccabunga var. Americana Torr, 



Wet grounds. Can. to Car. W. to Oregon. July. %■. — Intermediate between 

 V. Anagallis Snd V. Beccabunga, but probably distinct. It has the habit of the 

 former, but the leaves are mostly petioled, shorter and broader. The capsule 

 and seeds are similar to those of the latter. Intermediate Speedwell. 



5. V. Beccabunga Linn. : stem procumbent at the base and rooting ; 

 leaves elliptic, obtuse, somewhat serrate, smooth ; racemes opposite. 



Ditches, &c. N. S. June. %. — Whole plant smooth and shining. Racemes 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves. Flowers bright blue. Brooklime. 



6. V. officinalis Linn,: stem procumbent, downy; leaves broad-ovate 

 and obovate, serrate, roughly-pubescent ; racemes spiked ; capsule obovate, 

 deeply notched. 



Pastures and dry woods. Can. to Car. May — July. %. — Stem 6 — 12 inches 

 long, rooting below. Flowers pale blue, in erect pedunculate spikes. 



Common Speedwell. 



** Flowers axillary, solitary. 



7. V* agrestis Linn. : stem procumbent, hairy ; leaves all petiolate, cor- 

 date-ovate, incisely-serrate, as long as the peduncles ; capsule of 2 rounded 

 keeled lobes. 



Sandy fields. Can. to Car. May. (I). — Stem 3 — 4 inches long, hairy. 

 Peduncles rather longer than the leaves and recurved when in fruit. Flowers 

 small, pale blue or whitish. Introduced from Europe. 



Procumbent Speedviell. 



8. V. peregrina Linn. : stem erect ; leaves oblong, rather obtuse, dentate- 

 serrate ; flowers solitary, sessile. V. Caroliniana Walt. V. Marilandica 

 Linn. 



Clay grounds. Arct. Araer. to Car. W. to Miss. May— July. (T).— Whole 

 plant smooth. Stem simple, or branched only at base. Flowers very small, 

 white or pale blue, nearly or quite sessile. Neck-weed. 



9. V. arvensis Linn, : stem ascending ; leaves cordate-ovate, serrate ; 

 the lower ones petiolate ; the upper or bracts sessile, lanceolate, alternate, 

 nearly entire ; flowers subsessile. 



Fields, &c. N. Y. to Car. April, July. (T).—Stem somewhat branched at 

 base. Flowers nearly sessile, very small, pale blue. Capsule compressed and 

 ciliate. Introduced from Europe. Small Speedwell. 



10. V. hederifolia Linn. : stem procumbent ; leaves all petiolate, cordate, 

 5 — 7-lobed ; segments of the calyx cordate, ciliate, acute ; capsule of two 

 turgid lobes. 



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