ro4 Scrophulariaceae. 



VERONrCA AGRES'TIS(io7). Field Speedwell. 4—9. Stem 4— 8 



(1050) in. high, leaves pale-green ovato-cordate coarsely serrate, flowers 

 minute pale blue or white axillary solitary, pedicels bending down, 

 capsule rounded and deeply lobed. Waste places, 



VERONI'CA POLI'TA (87). Characters of V. agrestis but with a bright 

 (1049) blue corolla and greyish leaves broader and more deeply and irregu- 

 larly serrate. Waste places, 



VERONI'CA SCUTELLA'TA (loo). Marsh Speedwell. 7—8. Stem 

 (1065) 6 — 18 in. high slender glabrous, leaves sessile linear-lanceolate slightly 



toothed, corolla J in. diameter white or pinkish in alternate axillary 



racemes. Bogs and ditches. 



VERONI'CA BUXBAU'MII (80). 4—9. Stem prostrate, 6—12 in., 



(1051) leaves i in. shortly petioled oblong or ovato-cordate coarsely serrate, 

 ' sepals lanceolate spreading in fruit, lobes of capsule diverging, flowers 



large bright blue solitary axillary, peduncles long. Fields. 



VERONI'CA CHAMiEDRYS (in). Germander Speedwell. 5—6 



(1063) Stem I — 2 ft. high hairy on opposite sides, leaves sessile ovato-cordate 

 deeply serrate, flowers g — ^ in. diameter bright blue in opposite axillary 

 racemes. Banks. Fig. p. 102. 



VERONI'CA ANAGAL'LIS (97). Water Speedwell. 7—8. Stem 

 (1006) stout I — 2 ft. high glabrous not much branched, leaves sessile lance- 

 olate serrate, corolla ^ inch diameter pale lilac or white, flowers in 

 opposite axillary ascending racemes. Wet places. 



VERONI'CA BECCABUN'GA (116). Brooklime. 5—9. Stem 1—2 

 (1067) ft. high procumbent glabrous succulent, leaves petiolate oblong 



obtuse serrate, flowers J in. diameter blue in opposite axillary racemes. 



Ditches. 



VERONI'CA SPICA'TA (3). Stems erect 6—18 in., leaves elliptical 

 (1060) serrate, flowers \ in. bright blue with long stamens and styles in a 

 dense terminal spike 2 — 6 in. long. [C. CI. 



VERONI'CA OFFICINA'LIS (in). Common Speedwell. 5—7. 



(1062) Stems 2 — 10 in. high hairy all round, leaves varying from elliptical 

 to orbicular, shortly petioled serrate, corolla J in. diameter flowers 

 pale-blue in slender many-flowered axillary racemes. Dry places. 



VERONI'CA MONTA'NA (86). Mountain Speedwell. 5—6. Stem 



(1064) I — 2 ft. high hairy diffuse, leaves ovate-cordate serrate, corolla ^ in. 

 diameter, flowers pale-blue or white in short axillary racemes. Moist 

 woods. 



II.— VERBASCUM. 

 Stamens 5, corolla rotate, segments 5 nearly equal. 



Plant glabrous, V. Blattaria. 



Plant downy or hairy, 429 

 429 Leaves decurrent, ... o ... V. Thapsus. 

 429 Leaves not decurrent, 430 



430 Flowers in racemes, . , . . V. nigrum. 



430 Flowers in panicles, V. Lychnites. 



