FIGWORT FAMILY 561 
Clusters of flowers narrow or somewhat spreading, springing from the leaf-axils. 
Plants essentially without hairs, 
Leaves broad, more or less egg- shaped: 
Leaves with leaf-stalks . Stidieriee Le Anagallis-aquatica 
eaves: without, leat-stalk 5 2 =) es . V. americana 
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Plants decidedly hairy. 
Leaves oval on leaf-stalks . V. officinalis 
Leaves egg-shaped, with large teeth, leaf- stalks wanting ie. Chamaedrys 
Clusters of flowers in narrow terminal spikes. 
Flower-stem shorter than the calyx. 
Weavest broadly ovale on elliptic s-1) ys) sey yee nie) aay ene ee arpene 
Leaves narrowly oval, linear or oblong . . . . . . V. peregrina 
Flower stem as long or longer than the calyx . . . . . V. serpyllifolia 
Flowers singly in the axils. 
Leaves broadly obtuse or heart-shaped at base . . . . . V. hederaefolia 
Leaves narrowed at base. 
Flower stems much longer than the leaves . . . . . V. arvensis 
Flower stem much longer than the leaf . . . . . . Vz. agrestis 
Flower stem about as long as the leaf . . . . . V. Byzantina 
1. V. Anagallis-aquatica, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 143.) Water SPEEDWELL. 
Plant smooth or slightly downy above, decumbent, rooting at the lower 
nodes, then erect. Leaves opposite, egg-shaped to lance- shaped, toothed 
at margins, clasping the stem at base. Flowers in slender elongated clus- 
ters, arising in the leaf-axils. Corolla pale blue, striped with purple, 
Capsule nearly orbicular, somewhat compressed. Brooks and swamps, 
throughout our area, May-Sept. 
2. V.americana, Schwein. (Fig. 6, pl. 143.) AMERICAN BrooK- 
LIME. Smooth, decumbent at base, rooting at the lower nodes, then erect, 
stem 8 in. to 3 ft. long. Leaves opposite, oblong or egg-shaped, coarsely 
toothed at margins, generally on leaf-stalks. Flowers in loose, rather slen- 
der clusters, small, very light blue, purple striped. Capsule nearly or- 
bicular, compressed. Brooksides and swamps, throughout our area. April- 
Sept. 
3. V. scutellata, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 143.) Marsa SprepweLt. Stem 
slender, decumbent and rooting at base, 4 to 2 ft. high, generally smooth. 
Leaves opposite, linear or narrow lance-shaped. Flowers in slender clus- 
ters from the leaf-axils, small, blue. Capsule much flattened, depressed 
at top. Swamps, southern New Yorw, and northward. May-Sept. 
4. V. officinalis, L. (Fig. 11, pl. 143.) Common SpPEEDWELL. Stem 
decumbent, rooting at base, then partly erect; whole plant hairy. Leaves 
opposite, oval, toothed. Flowers in slender spikes, many flowered, the 
flower stem shorter than the calyx; corolla blue. Capsule somewhat tri- 
angular, notched at summit. Dry fields, borders of woods. May-Aug. 
5. V.Chamaedrys, L. (Fig. 10, pl. 143.) GerRMANDER SPEEDWELL. 
Stem creeping at base, then ascending, more or less hairy. Leaves op- 
posite, broadly egg-shaped, generally heart-shaped at base, with coarse 
teeth at murgins, without leaf-stalks or with very short ones. Flowers in 
slender spikes. Flower stems longer than the calyx. Capsule, heart- 
shaped above. Fields and waste places, introduced. May-July. 
6. V.alpina, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 143.) Arprine SpEEDWELL. Stem erect, 
branched from the base, 2 to 12 in. high, hairy. Leaves opposite, broadly 
elliptic, attached directly to the stem. Flowers in a short narrow terminal 
cluster, light blue. Capsule tall, notched at top. High mountains of 
New England, ete. 
