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10. Veronica agrestis L. Procumbent, 

 Field or Garden Speedwell. (Fig. 3296.) 



Veronica agrestis L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent; stems creepinjj or procum- 

 bent, very slender, branched, 3'-S' long, the 

 branches ascending or spreading. Leaves broadly 

 ovale or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded, truncate 

 or subcordate at the base, crenatc, all short-peti- 

 oled, or the uppermost sessile, the lowest opposite, 

 the upper alternate and each with a slender-pe- 

 duncled small blue flower in its axil; peduncles 

 e<inalling or longer than the leaves; corolla not 

 exceeding the calyx; capsule broader than high, 

 compressed, but not very fiat, narrowlj- emarginate 

 at the summit, \" high, 2" broad; seeds few, hol- 

 lowed out on the inner side. 



In fields and waste places. Nova Scotia to New Jer- 

 sey and Louisiana. Naturalized from Europe. Native 

 also of Asia. Other English names are Germander 

 Chickweed and Winter-weed. May-.Sept. 



II. Veronica Byzantina (Sibth. & Siiiitli) B.S P. Buxbainn's Speedwell. 

 Byzantine Speedwell. 



Veronica agreslisvar. Bv:antina Sibth. & Smith, 



Fl. Grace, i; pi. S. 1806. 

 V. Buxbautnii Te-nore, Fl. Nap. I: 7. pi. i. 1811. 

 r. Byzantina B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 18S8. 



Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, 

 spreading or ascending, 6'-i5' long. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, short-petioled, obtuse or acut- 

 ish, sometimes narrowed at the base, crenate- 

 dentate or somewhat incised, 4"-! 2" long, the 

 lowest opposite, the upper all alternate and 

 each with a slender-peduncled rather large 

 blue flower in its axil; peduncles filiform, 

 as long as the leaves or longer; corolla exceed- 

 ing the calyx, z"-A" broad; capsule twice as 

 broad as high, 3" broad, with a wide and shallow 

 emargination at the summit; seeds few or sev- 

 eral, hollowed out on the inner side. 



In waste places. Nova Scotia to southern New 

 York, .\dventive or naturalized from Europe. 

 Native also of Asia. Also called Bird's Eye and 

 Cat's Eye. May-Sept. 



12. Veronica hederaefolia L. 



Ivy-leaved Speedwell. (Fig. 329S.) 



Veronica liederae/olia L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



.■\nnual, pubescent; stems slender, diffusely 

 branched, 3'-iS' long. Leaves orljicular or 

 broader, truncate or subcordate at the base, 

 3-5lobed or 3-5-crenate, petioled, }i'-i' in 

 diameter, the lower opposite, the upper all 

 alternate and with slender peduncled small 

 blue flowers in their axils; peduncles filiform, 

 often longer than the leaves; corolla 2" 

 broad, scarcelj' longer than the calyx; capsule 

 little compressed, 2-lobed, broader than high, 

 shorter than the densely ciliate sepals, 2-4- 

 seeded; seeds excavated on the inner side. 



In thickets, fields and waste places, southern 

 New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Nat- 

 uralized from Europe. Native also of Asia. 

 April-Oct. Other names are Ivy-Chiekweed, 

 Motlier-of- Wheat. Small Henbit, Winter-weed, 

 and Morgeline. 



