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406 XCI. SCROPHULARIACER, ~- VERONICA. 
4. VY. scuTeLLATa. Skull-cap or Marsh Speedwell. 
Glabrous, ascending, weak; Jvs. linear or lance-linear, sessile, acute, re- 
motely denticulate; rac. in alternate axils, very loose ; pedicels divaricate; caps. 
Sg age broadly obcordate.—2 slender and weak, in swamps and marshes, 
N. Eng. and Western States, and Brit. Am., common. Stem 10—16’ high. 
Leaves (2—3' by 2—3’) much longer than the internodes. Peduncles and ped- 
icels filiform, the latter (6—9”) six times longer than the bracts. Flowers 
rather large, flesh-color, with purple lines. Jn.—Aug. 
5. V. OFFICINALIS. Officinal Speedwell. 
Roughish-pubescent; s¢. prostrate, branched; lvs. briefly petiolate, and 
subsessile, obovate-elliptic or oblong, obtuse, serrate, mostly narrowed to the 
base; rac. dense, many-flowered ; pedicels shorter than the calyx; caps. puberu- 
lent, obovate-triangular, slightly emarginate.—2, in dry woods and open fields, 
Can. to Ga. Plant trailing, 6—12’ long, with ascending branches. ‘The leaves 
vary from ovate to obovate, but are generally elliptical, 1—1}’ in length. The 
flowers are pale blue, forming rather long, axillary, erect, pedunculate spikes. 
Found in dry woods and open fields. May—ZJl. § 
* * Raceme terminal. 
6. V. seRPyLuirotia. Thyme-leaved or Smooth Speedwell. 
‘Subglabrous, much branched below ; s/s. ascending; dvs. oval, subcrenate, 
obtuse, lower roundish and petiolate, upper sessile, passing abruptly into ob- 
long, entire, alternate bracts; ped. as long as the ovate sepals ; caps. obcordate, 
broader than long.—2 Meadows and mountain valleys, in grass, &c., U.S. and 
Can. Plant varying in height from 3’ to 12’. Leaves rather fleshy, 3-veined, 
orbicular and oval and ovate, 4—12” long, petioles O—2”. Racemes bracted, 
rather close in flower, elongating in fruit to 2—5’. Corolla scarcely exceed- 
ing the calyx, blue and white, beautifully penciled with purple lines. May— 
August. 
*+** Annual. Flowers axillary, solitary, scarcely racemed. 
7. V. perecrina. (V. Marilandica. Willd.) Purslane Speedwell. 
Ascending, subglabrous ; lowest lvs. petiolate, oval-oblong, dentate-serrate, 
obtuse, upper sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrate or entire, floral ones oblong-linear, 
entire, longer than the subsessile flowers; caps. suborbicular, slightly notched, 
the lobes rounded.—@) Throughout N. America, in fields or clayey soils. Plant 
often branched from the base, 4—10’ high. Leaves rather fleshy, the upper 
cauline 6—11” long, floral much smaller. Sepals oblong, longer than the pale 
blue or white corolla. Capsule hardly broader than long. May, June, 
8. V. arvensis. Feld Veronica. Corn Speedwell. 
Puberulent-pilose, simple or branched, erect or assurgent; Jvs. cordate- 
ovate, incisely crenate, lower ones petiolate, upper and floral alternate, lanceo- 
late, crenate, sessile.—Frequent in dry fields, N. H. to Car. W. to the Miss. 
A small, pubescent, pale green plant, 2—6’ high. Stem nearly erect, branching 
from the base, the leaves assurgent. Flowers on short peduncles, corolla shorter 
than the calyx, pale blue, beautifully penciled with purple lines. May, June. § 
8.2 (V. reniformis. Raf.) Lws. sessile, reniform, entire. 
9. V. acrestis. Neckweed. Field Speedwell. 
St. procumbent, diffusely branching; /vs. cordate-ovate, petiolate, deeply 
serrate, floral ones lanceolate; ped. as long as the leaves——@ In cultivated 
fields, Can, to Ga. and La. A small, pilose plant, 2—8’ long, with a round, 
leafy, hairy stem, branching mostly at the base. The leaves are roundish- 
ovate, shorter than their petioles, the upper alternate. Flowers small, light 
blue, veined, their stalks recurved in fruit. Segments of the calyx fringed, 
ovate, equal. Seeds concave beneath. May—Sept. 
10. V. neperRz#rouia. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 
Prostrate, pilose; dvs. petiolate, cordate, roundish, mostly 3—5-toothed or 
lobed ; ped. scarcely longer than the leaves; sep. triangular, subcordate, acute, 
at length erect—Dry or rocky soils, L. I. to Del. Stem diffusely branched. 
Leaves rather fieshy, the lower smaller, opposite, upper cauline broadly cor- 
date or truncate at base, alternate as well as the floral. Calyx somewhat 4- 
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