Scrophulariaceae. 1 03 



I.— VERONICA. 



Leaves opposite, flowers in axillary or terminal racemes, calyx 4 — 5- 

 partite, corolla rotate 4-partite, lobes unequal, stamens 2. 

 Bracts resembling the cauline leaves, flowers axillary 



solitary, 420 



Bracts smaller than the cauline leaves, and not the 

 same shape, 419 



419 Flowers in spikes, 4^9* 



419 Flowers in racemes, 422 



4 1 9* Leaves cordate ovate, V. arvensis. 



4 1 9* Leaves elliptical, V. spicat* 



420 Leaves cordate 5 — 7-lobed V. hedersefolia. 



420 Leaves cordate and serrate but not lobed 421 



421 Corolla less than J inch, 423 



421 Corolla more than J inch, . . . , ^ . .V. Buxbaumii. 



422 Racemes terminal, V. serpyllifolia. 



422 Racemes axillary, 424 

 423 Sepals oblong obtuse, lower petals white, . . . .V. agrestis. 

 423 Sepals ovate acute, petals all blue, ..... V. polita. 



424 Marsh plants, 425 



424 Land plants, 426 



425 Racemes alternate, . V. scutellata. 



425 Racemes opposite, 427 



426 Racemes usually alternate, 428 



426 Racemes usually opposite, . . . .V. Chamaedrys. 

 427 Stem erect, leaves lanceolate acute, .... V. Anagallis. 

 427 Stem procumbent at the base, leaves elliptical 



obtuse, . .V. Beccabunga. 



428 Leaves elliptical, capsule obcordate, . . V. officinalis. 



428 Leaves ovato-cordate, capsules orbicular, . V. montana. 



VERONrCA ARVEN'SIS (109). Wall Speedwell. 4—7. Stem 4-12 



(1054) inches high, leaves cordate ovate crenate, flowers minute pale-blue with 



a white eye in a terminal raceme with very short pedicels and crowded 



leafy bracts almost forming a spike, bracts lanceolate entire longer than 



the flowers, capsule obcordate. Dry places. 



VERONTCA HEDERiEFO'LIA (96). Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 4—9. 

 (1048) Stem 4 — 8 in. high, leaves cordate or broadly ovate 5 — 7-lobed, flowers 

 pale-blue axillary solitary, peduncles ^ — f in. long. Banks. 



VERONI'CA SERPYLLIFO'LIA (in). Thyme-leaved Speedwell. 



(1056) 5 — 6. Stem 3 — 10 in. high, leaves broadly ovate or oblong somewhat 

 obtuse somewhat coriaceous very slightly crenate, flowers J in. dia- 

 meter white or blue in terminal many-flowered racemes, bracts alternate 

 lanceolate about as long as the flowers, pedicels short erect, capsuk 

 deeply notched. Moist wasU places. 



