562 SCROPHULARIACEAE 
7. V. serpyllifolia, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 143.) TuyMr-LEAvED SPEEDWELL. 
Stem somewhat creeping at base, 2 to 4 in. high, much branched, smooth 
or nearly so. Leaves opposite broadly oblong or egg-shaped, rounded at 
both ends, obscurely notched at margins. Flowers in the upper axils 
forming a narrow terminal spike. Corolla pale blue or white with stripes. 
Capsule broader than long, notched above. 
8. V. peregrina, L. (Fig. 9, pl. 143.) Purstane SpeepWELL. Stem 
4 to 9 in. high, branched at base, somewhat downy or smooth. Lowest 
leaves opposite, oblong or oval, sometimes on short leaf-stalks, the upper 
leaves alternate, narrow, elliptic or oblong without leaf-stalks. Flowers in 
the axils forming a rather loose spike of bluish, nearly white flowers. 
Capsule nearly orbicular, slightly notched at top. Waste places and as 
a weed in cultivated grounds. April-June. 
9. V.arvensis, L. (Fig. 8, pl. 143.) Corn Sprrpwett. Stem 3 to 
8 in. high, branched or simple, hairy. Lower leaves opposite, egg-shaped, 
on leaf-stalks, upper alternate, egg-shaped, without leaf-stalks. Flowers 
solitary in the leaf-axils, small, blue to white. Fields and waste places. 
March-Sept. 
10. V. agrestis, L. Firrp SpEEpWELL. Stem 3 to 8 in. high, branched 
or simple, hairy. Lower leaves opposite on leaf-stalks, toothed, upper 
alternate without leaf-stalks, egg-shaped. Flowers solitary in most of 
the axils, on flower stems much ionger than the leaves. Corolla small, 
blue. Capsule round, sharply notched. Waste places, naturalized. May- 
Sept. 
1l. V. Byzantina, BSP. (Fig. 5, pl. 143.) ByZANnTINE SPEEDWELL. 
Stem 4 to 1 ft. high, branched, whole plant hairy. Lower leaves opposite, 
upper alternate, egg-shaped, borders toothed. Flowers solitary in the 
leaf-axils on flower stems as long as the leaves, corolla blue. Capsule 
twice as broad as high, broadly notched. Waste places, naturalized. May- 
Sept. 
12. V.hederaefolia, L. (Fig. 4, pl. 143.) Ivy-LEAvED SPEEDWELL. 
Stem slender, branched, 3 to 18 in. long, hairy. Leaves round or heart- 
shaped at base with a few deep notches at margins. Flowers solitary in 
the leaf-axils on flower stems rather shorter than the leaves. Fields and 
thickets, southern New York and southward. April-Oct. 
17, LEPTANDRA, Nutt. 
Tall erect herbs, with whorled, or sometimes opposite, leaves and with 
dense terminal spikes of white or blue flowers. Corolla tube much longer 
than the calyx and longer than the border.. Stamens 2, extending beyond 
the throat of the corolla; style as long as the stamens. Capsule higher 
than broad, many seeded. 
L. virginica, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 144.) Curver’s Root. (Veronica vir- 
ginica, L.) Erect, smooth or somewhat downy, 2 to 3 ft. high. Leaves 
in whorls of 3 to 9, mostly 4, on short leaf-stalks, lance-shaped, with 
sharp teeth at margins, 3 to 6 in. long. Flowers small, nearly white in 
spikes, usually 3 or more, but less frequently one, the middle one first 
developed. Rich fields and woods. July-Aug. 
