£28 Order 6G.— SCROPHULARIACE^. 



9 V. serpyllifolia L. Subglabrous, much branched below; sts. ascending; Iv& 

 oval, subcreuate, obtuse, lower roundish and petiolate, upper sessile, passiDg 

 abruptly into oblong, entire, alternate bracts ; ped. longer than the ovate sepals ; 

 caps, obcordate, broader than long. — 2T Meadows and mountain valleys, in grass, 

 etc., U. S. and Can. Plant varying in height from ?>' to 12'. Leaves rather 

 fleshy, 3-veined, 4 — 12" long, petioles — 2". Racemes bracted, rather close in 

 flower, elongating in fruit to 2 — 5'. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, blue 

 and white, penciled with purplo lines. May — Aug. 



10 V. alpina L. Branched at base, ascending; lvs. roundish-oval, subentire, 

 very obtuse, short-petioled, upper elliptical and much smaller ; rac. hairy, few- 

 /lowered, usually douse ; ped about as long as the calyx; stam. shorter thao tbo 

 corolla; caps. obovak, omarginato. — White Mts., N. II. and Rocky Mts. Plant 1 

 to 5' long. Lvs. about 4" by 5'. Pis. small, blue. — Scarcely distinguishable 

 from dwarf specimens of No. 9. 



11 V. peregrlna L. Ascending, subgldbrous; lvs. petiolate, oblong, few-toothed, 

 obtuse, upper sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrate or entire, floral oblong-linear, entire, 

 longer than the subsessile flowers; caps, suborbicnlar, slightly notched, the lobes 

 rounded. — (J) Throughout N. Am., in fields or clayey soils. Plant often branched 

 from the base, 4 t.?10' high. Lvs. rather fleshy, tho upper cauline, 6 to 11" long, 

 floral much smaller. Sepals oblong, longer than the palo blue or white corolla. 

 Caps, hardly broader than long. May, Jn. (V. Mariiandica "Willd.) 



12 V. arvensis L. Cortx Speedwell. Puberulent-pMous, simple or branched, 

 orect or assurgent ; lvs. ovate or roundish, subcordate, incisthj crenatc, lower ones 

 petiolate, upper and floral alternate, lanceolate, crenate, sessile; pod. shorter than 

 the calyx. — Frequent in dry fields, N. II. to Ga. and La. A small, pubescent, 

 pale-green plant, 2 to 6' high. St. nearly erect, branching from the base, the 

 leaves assurgent. Cor. shorter than tho cal., pale blue, penciled with purple 

 line3. May, Jn. § 



/?. r.ENJFor.Mis. Lvs. sessile, reniform, entire. (V. reniformis Raf.) 



13 V. spicata L. Spiked Speedwell. Erect, tall ; lvs. petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong or lanceolate, lower ones obtuse, crenate, upper acute, crenate-scrrate, entire 

 at apex; rac. mostly solitary; pedicels much shorter than the sepals; cal. mostly 

 hoary-pubescent. — 2[ Europe and Asia. A beautiful garden species with numer- 

 ous varieties. Flowers blue, roseate, etc. f 



14 V. gentianoides Vahl. St. caspitous ; flowering branches erect, simple ; 

 lvs. thick, entire, or sparingly crenato ; lowest crowded, obovate or oblong, the rest 

 remote, oblong or lanceolate, tho floral braet-like ; rac. loosely many-rlowered, 

 pubescent; ped. many times longer than the calyx. — Fls. rather large, blue. 

 •j- Asia. 



25. RUCHNE V RA, L. Blue-hearts. (In honor of J. G. Euchner, a 

 German botanist, 1743.) Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla salver form, tube 

 slender, limb flat, in 5, obovatc-oblong, subequal lobes ; stamens 4, in- 

 cluded, anthers halved, i.e., with but one cell ; capsule 2-valved. — Herbs, 

 with the lower lvs. opposite, the upper alternate. Fls. in a terminal 

 spike. 



B. Americana L. Tall, slender, hispid, very rough ; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, few- 

 toothed, obtuse, 3-veined, tho lowest oblong-obovaio ; highest linear ; spike long- 

 peduncled ; fls. dense, becoming remote in fruit ; cor. tube slender, pubescent, 

 twice as long as the hispid, tubular calyx, or the deep blue cor. lobes, — N. Y. to 

 Ga. and La. Sts. 2 to 3f high, simple or few-branched, the upper half nuked or 

 with bracts only. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Fls. 6 to 12 in tho spike, C to 7" long. Jn. 

 — Aug. (B. elongata Sw. ? (Darby) i3 the same plant). Blackens in drying. 



28. MACRAN'THERA, Torr. (Gr. ftaKpoc, great, Lat. anthem, an- 

 thers ; a mongrel word.) Calyx tube campanulate, lobes 5, long and 

 narrow ; corolla tubular, limb oblique, segments short, entire, stamens 

 4, long, exserted, subequal ; style long, filiform ; capsule ovate, acumi- 



