Vol,. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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10. f. as^restis. 



11. V. Byzantitia. 



12. V. hcderaefoUa. 



Water Pimpernel. 



Flowers solitary in the axils; peduncles as long as the leaves, or longer. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, crenate or dentate. .. 



Corolla not longer than the calyx; capsule narrowly emarginate. 



Corolla longer than the calyv; capsule broadly emarginate. 

 Leaves orbicular, or broader, 3-5-lobed or -crenate. 



I. Veronica Anagallis-aquatica ly.T iWater Speedwell. 



(Fig. 3287.) 



Veronica Anagallisaqualica L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. 



Perennial by stolons or leafy shoots developed in 

 autumn; stem rather stout, glabrous, or glandular- 

 puberulent above, erect or decumbent, often root- 

 ing at the lower nodes, usually brauched, i°-3° 

 high. Leaves of sterile autumn shoots orbicular 

 to obovate, obtuse, serrulate, narrowed into mar- 

 gined petioles, those of the flowering stems ovate, 

 oblong, or lanceolate, sessile and more or less clasp- 

 ing or the lowest short-petioled, serrulate or en- 

 tire, \}i.'-\' long, ]i'-i' wide; racemes peduncled, 

 borne in most of the axils, I'-'s' long; bractlets 

 shorter than or exceeding the pedicels; flowers 

 blue, or purplish striped, 2" broad; capsule com- 

 pressed, not very flat, nearly orbicular, 2-lobed, 

 emarginate, i)-<"high; seeds flat. 



In brooks and swamps, Nova Scotia to British Co- 

 lumbia, south to eastern Virginia, Nebraska and New Mexico. Also in Europe and Asia. The 

 plant of the Atlantic Coast appears as if introduced. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. May-Sept. 



2. Veronica Americana Schwein. American Brookliine. (Fig. 3288.) 



Veronica Americana Schwein.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 



46S. 1S46. 



Similar to the preceding species, perennial by sto- 

 lons or leafy shoots, glabrous throughout; stem de- 

 cumbent, usually branched, rooting at the lower nodes, 

 6'-3° long. Leaves oblong, ovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, all distinctly petioled, sharply serrate, truncate, 

 rounded, or subcordate at the base, obtuse or acutish 

 at the apex, i'-3' long, \i'-T.' wide; racemes pedun- 

 cled, borne in most of the axils, loose, elongated, 

 sometimes 6' long; bractlets shorter than the pedi- 

 cels; flower blue or nearly white, usually striped with 

 purple, 1" broad ; capsule nearly orbicular, compressed, 

 but not very flat, emarginate, i^" high; seeds flat. 



In brooks and swamps, Anticosti to Alaska, south to 

 Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Mexico and California. 

 Ascends to 2600 ft. in the Catskills. April-Sept. 



3. Veronica scutellata L. Marsh or Skull- 

 cap Speedwell. (Fig. 3289). 



Veronica sculellata L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. 



Glabrous, or very sparingly pubescent, rarely cjuite 

 hairy, perennial by leaf}- shoots or stolons; stems slen- 

 der, decumbent, or ascending, leafy, simple or branched, 

 commonly rooting at the lower nodes, 6'-2° high. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, sessile and slightly 

 clasping, remotely denticulate, acute, l'-3' long, i"- 

 3" wide; racemes borne in nearly all the axils, or only 

 in the alternate ones, equalling or longer than the 

 leaves; bractlets much shorter than the filiform spread- 

 ing pedicels; flowers blue, 2"-3''' broad; capsule broad- 

 er than high, very flat, deeply emarginate at the sum- 

 mit, slightly so at the base, 2"-2yz" broad; seeds flat. 



In swamps, Labrador to British Columbia, south to 

 .southern New York, Minnesota and California. Also in 

 Hurope and Asia. May-Sept. 



