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nate, distinct, small ; fertile ones deciduous ; sterile ones larg- 

 er, white striped with purple. Parasitic. Beech-drops. 



ORDER LXXXIX. SCROPHULARINE^E. Juss. Lind. 



Calyx divided, unequal, persistent. Carol usually irregu- 

 lar and bilabiate, or personate, deciduous ; aestivation imbri- 

 cate. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, rarely equal, some- 

 times 2. Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules definite or indefinite ; 

 style simple ; stigma 2-lobed, rarely entire. Fruit capsular, 

 rarely fleshy, 2- rarely 1-celled, 2 4-valved ; the valves en- 

 tire or bifid, with a dissepiment either double from the inflexed 

 margin of the valves, or simple parallel and entire, or opposite 

 and bipartible. Placenta central, either adhering to the dis- 

 sepiment or separating from it. Seeds indefinite ; embryo 

 straight, included within a fleshy albumen. 



Herbs, seldom shrubs. Leaves usually opposite. 



Div. I. VERONICE.E. 

 1. VERONICA. Linn. 



Calyx 4- rarely 5-p*arted. Carol subrotate, 4-lobed, un- 

 equal, the lower segments narrower. Stamens 2, antherifer- 

 ous, sterile ones none. Capsule 2-celled, obcordate. Seeds 

 few. Diandiia. Monogynia. 



* Spikes or racemes terminal. 



1. V. serpyWfolia Linn. : racemes spiked, many-flowered ; leaves 

 ovate, slightly crenate ; capsule broadly obcordate. 



HAB. Meadows, &c. Throughout the U. S. May to Aug. If. 

 Stems procumbent, 3 5 inches long, sometimes creeping. 

 Flowers small, pale blue, in a long spike or raceme. Introduced. 



Thyme-leaved Speedwell. 



** Spikes or racemes axillary. 



2. V. scutellata Linn. : racemes alternate ; pedicels divaricate ; leaves 

 linear, dentate-serrate. 



HAB. Moist places. N. S. W. to Miss. May. If. Stem erect, 

 weak, 6 12 inches high. Flowers flesh-coloured, in simple 

 rarely compound racemes. Introduced. Scull-cap Speedicell. 



3. V. anagallis Linn. : racemes opposite ; leaves lanceolate, serrate ; 

 atem erect. 



HAB. Ditches and moist places. Can. to Car. June Aug. 

 11. Stem 1 2 feet high, succulent. Leaves varying in width. 

 Flowers blue, in long racemef. Pedicels shorter than in the pre- 

 ceding, but never deflexed. Water Speedwell. 



