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■«- •»- Capsule strongly flattened, several-seeded. 



4. V. scutellata, L. (Maksh Spke!)\vell.) .^';/jno//(, slender and weak 

 (6- 12' high) ; leaves sessile, linear, acute, remoteli/ denticulate ; racemes several, 

 very slender and zigzag; Jioicersfew and scattered, on elongated spreading or 

 reflexed pedicels ; capsule very flat, much broader than long, notched at both 

 ends or didymous. — Bogs, common. June- Aug. (Ku., Asia.) 



5. V. officinalis, L. (Common Spkkdwell.) Pulicsmit ; stem inns- 

 trate, rooting at base; leaves short-petioled, uhovule-elliptical or ived;je-ol>lont/, 

 obtuse, serrate; racemes densely manij-Jlowered ; pedicelsshorter than the calvx ; 

 capsule obovate-triangular, broadly notched. — Dry hills and open woi^d.s, N. 

 Kng. to Mich. , and southward. July. (Ku., Asia.) 



V. Cii.\M^i)KYS, L. Stem pubescent, at least in two lines, ascending from 

 a creeping base; leaves subsrssile, ovate or cordate, incisel// crcnate ; racemes 

 looselij-jloivered ; pedicels little longer than calyx ; capsule triangular-obcor- 

 date. — Sparingly introduced into Canada, N. Y., and l*enn. (Adv. from Eu.) 



* * Leaves opposite ; floivers in a terminal raceme; the lower bracts leaf -I ike; 



capsules fat, several-seeded. Perennials (mostli/ turning blackish in drying). 



6. V. alpina, L. Stem branched from the base, erect, simple (2-12' 

 high) ; leaves elliptical, or the lowest rounded, entire or toothed, nearly sessile ; 

 raceme hairy, few-foivered, crowded ; capsule obovate, notched. — Alpine sum- 

 mits of the White Mts. (Eu., Asia.) 



7. V. serpyllifolia, L. (Thyme-leaved Spkedwkli..) Much branched 

 at the creeping base, nearly smooth ; branches ascending and simple (2 - 4' high) ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong, obscurely crenate, the lowest petioled and rouniled, the 

 upper passing into lanceolate bracts; raceme loose; corolla whitish, or pale 

 blue, with deeper stripes ; capsule rounded, broader than long, obtusely notched. 



— Roadsides and fields, common; introduced and indigenous. May -July 

 (Eu., Asia.) 



* * * Annuals ; foral leaves like those of the stem (or somewhat reduced), the 



flowers appearing to be axillary and solitary, mostly alternate ; corolla shorter 

 than the calyx. 

 H- Flowers short-pndicelled ; foral leaves reduced ; corolla shorter than the calyx. 



8. V. peregrina, L. (Neckweed. Purslane Speedwell.) Glan- 

 dular-puberulent or nearly smooth, erect (4-9' high), branched; lowest leaves 

 petioled, oval-oblong, toothed, thickish, the others sessile, obtuse; the upper 

 oblong-linear and entire, longer than the almost .-sessile (whitish) flowers; cap- 

 sale orbicular, slightly notched, many-seeded. — Waste and cultivated grounds, 

 in damp soil; throughout U. S., and almost cosmopolite. April -June. 



V. ARVENSis, L. (Corn Speedwell.) Simple or diffusely branched 

 (3 - 8' high), hairy ; lower leaves petioled, ovate, crenate ; the uppermost sessile, 

 lanceolate, entire ; cajisule inversely heart-shaped, the lobes rounded. — Culti- 

 vated grounds, Atlantic States to Tex., rather rare. (Nat. from Eu.) 



■*- -•- Flowers long-pedicelled in axds of ordinary leaves ; seeds cup-shaped. 



V. AGRESTis, L. (Field Speedwell.) Leaves round or ovate, crenate- 

 toothed, the floral somewhat similar; calvx-lobes oblong; flower small; ovary 

 many-ovuled, but the nearly orbicular and sharply notched capsule 1 - 2 seeded. 



— Saixly fields, \ Brunswick to La., near the coast. (Adv. from Eu.) 



V. BVxBAt':Mii, Tenore. Leaves round or heart-ovato. crenately cut-toothed 

 (§ - 1' long) ; flower large (nearly i' wide, l>lue) ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, widely 



