70 FLOWERS OF FIELD, LULL, AND SWAMP 



Leaves, small, numerous, roundish, or longer than broad, ses- 

 sile, some clasping. Ihne, summer. 



A plant 6 or 8 inches tall, with smooth, branching, leafy stems, 

 and a labiate flower, the upper lip cut into 2 divisions, the lower 

 into 3. The flowers are purplish, in racemes terminal or from 

 the leaf-axils, on long, slender pedicels. 



The name means mud-flower, and reveals its habitat in wet 

 muddy places. It often chooses a cranberry marsh. 



70. Marsh-speedwell 



Veronica scutBllata. — Fami/y, Figwort. Co/or, pale blue. 

 Leaves, long, narrow, sessile, toothed. Time, summer. 



A delicate, tender plant, with racemes of small flowers, single 

 or in pairs, the panicles often bent in a zigzag fashion. Coro/Ia, 

 wheel-shaped, small. T\\q Jio2ue?'s are on slender pedicels, which 

 bend backward. 6 to 12 inches high. 



71. Pedicularis 



Pedicularis lanceolaia. — Fa7nily, Figwort. Color, pale yel- 

 low. Leaves, oblong, lance-sliaped, double - toothed, lime, 

 August, September. 



A species taller than the commoner wood-betony, i to 3 feet 

 high. A smooth-stemmed plant, with flowers in heavy, terminal 

 spikes. 



Corolla, 2-lipped, the upper lip much curved and hooked under. 



72. Hedge-nettle 



Siachys palusiris. — Family, Mint. Color, crimson. Leaves, 

 upper, sessile ; lower, short-stalked, hairy, crenately toothed, 

 round at base. Time, summer. 



A square-stemmed, leafy plant, 2 or 3 feet high, hairy, densely 

 so along the angles of the stem. 



Tubular, 2-lipped corolla, one, the upper,lip, entire, hairy; the 

 lower, 3-l(jbed. The dark-pink or rose-colored flowers grow in 

 interrupted spikes, crowded towards ihe end. 



