VERONICA— VIB URNUM. 



183 



turbinate scales arachnoid-ciliatc, a little 

 mucronate. Perhaps a distinct species. S. 



scaberri'mn, (p. Ju. 2i.) stem simple: 

 leaves lance-linear, denticulate, scabrous, 

 hairy ; corymb sub-Hmbelled ; scales of 

 the involucrum lanceolate, mucronate. 2 f. 

 S. 



fascicida'ta, (Au. IS.) leaves long, linear, 

 sparingly serrate ; Howers corymbed, ap- 

 proximate ; involucrum ovoid, smooth ; 

 ecales unarmed. S, 

 VERON"ICA. 2—1. (Pediculares.) 



officina'lh, /speedwell, b. M. 11 .) spikes 

 lateral, peduix-led ; leaves opposite, obo- 

 vate, hairy ; stem procumbent, rough-hair- 

 ed. 9-12 i. 



anagoVliss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. 2X) 

 racemes opposite, long, loose ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, serrate ; stem erect. 12-18 i. 



beccnbnn"ga, (brook-lime, b. J. 2^.) ra- 

 cemes opposite ; leaves oval-obtu.se, sub- 

 serrate, glabrous; stem procumbent, root- 

 ing at the base. Probably a variety of the 

 last. 9-18 i. 



Rerpyllifo'lia, (b. M. to Au. 2^.) racemes 

 spiked, many-flowered ; leaves ovate, 

 slightly crenate ; capsules broad obcordate ; 

 stems procumbent, 3-5 inches long, some- 

 times creeping ; flowers pale, in a long ter- 

 minal spike, or raceme. Meadows. In- 

 troduced. 



scutella'ta, racemes axillary, alternate ; 

 pedicels divaricate ; leaves linear, dentate- 

 serrate ; stem erect, weak. 6-12 i. Flow- 

 ers flesh-colored, racemed. Moist places. 



agre!i"tis, flower peduncled ; leaves on 

 short petioles, cordate-ovate, deeply serrate ; 

 segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate ; 

 stem procumbent ; flowers small, pale blue, 

 axillary, solitary. Sandy fields. Can. to 

 Car. 



alpi'na, leaves opposite, lance-oblong, 

 acute, toothed; corymb termiiial; calyx 

 hispid. 



arven"ds, (field veronica, w-b. M. @.) 

 stem procumbent ; flowers solitary ; lower 

 leaves opposite, petioled, cordate ovate, ser- 

 rate ; floral leaves alternate, lanceolate, ses- 

 sile, longer than the peduncles ; segments 

 of the calyx unequal. Var. renifor''mis, 

 leaves reniform, entire, sessile. 3 8 i. 



hedei-ifo'lin, (ivy speedwell, w-b. M. 0.) 

 flowers solitary ; leaves as long as the pet- 

 ioles, round-cordate, 5-lobed; upper ones 

 3-lobed ; segments of the calyx cordate, 

 ciliate, acute ; stem procumbent. 



peregri'na, (Maryland veronica, w. Mar. 

 1^.) flowers solitary, sessile ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, toothed and entire ; lower ones op- 

 posite, upper ones alternate, linear-lance- 

 olate. 4-8 i. 



renffor"mis, (b. J. 11.) stem creeping; 

 spikes peduncled ; peduncles lateral, axil- 

 lary, 1-bractcd ; leaves opposite, long pet- 

 ioled, heart-reniform, gash-crenate. ^\ 

 VESICA'RIA. 14-1. (Crucifera.) 



didi/mocat^'pa, white-downy, down stel- 

 lated ; calyx equal ; silicles large, inflated, [ 

 In pairs ; radical leaves broad ovate-spatu- 1 

 late ; the rest lanceolate, sub-entire. Rocky I 

 Mountains, and W'est. 



VEXILLA'RTA. 16—10. {Leguminosai.) [From 



vexillujn, a banner.] 



vugiii''ia'na, (butterfly weed, p. Ju. 2^.) 

 stem twining, and with the ovate leafets 

 glabrous or sub-pnbesccnt ; peduncle 1-4- 

 flowered ; calyx Spurted, about as long 

 as the lanceolate-bracts; legume linear, 

 compressed ; flowers larger than those of 

 any other North American papilionaceous 

 plant. Hedges. 'Penn. to Car. 



maria'na, stem climbing, glabrous ; leaves 

 ternate ; leafets lance-oval ; peduncles soli- 

 tary, 1-3-flowered ; calyx tubular campanu- 

 late, glabrous, much longer than the bracts, 

 legume torulose. Banks of streams. Flow- 

 ers large, pale blue. 



plumi'era, climbing; leaves ternate, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate ; calyx campanulate, 

 shorter than the ovate bracts ; corolla large, 

 silky. iS'. 

 V1BUR"NUM. 5—3. {Caprifolia.) 



oxycoc"cns, (high cranberry, r-w. J. ^.) 

 leaves 3lobed, acute at the ba.se, 3-nerved; 

 lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and 

 obtusely toothed; petioles glandular; cyniea 

 radiate ; flowers of the ray large, abortive. 

 Small shrub with spreading branches; fruit 

 large, red, "acid. 5-8 f. Mountain woods. 



laiUanoi'des, (hobble-bush, w. M. ^.) 

 branches flexuose, often procumbent ; 

 leaves orbicular-ovate, abruptly acumin- 

 ate, unequally serrate ; nerves and petioles 

 pulverulent-tomentose ; cymes closely ses- 

 sile ; fruit ovate. 4-8 f. Fruit red, black 

 when fully ripe. Mountains. 



pyrifo'Uum, (w. J. ^ .) smooth ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, crenate, serrate ; pe- 

 tiole naked ; cymes sub-pedunculate ; fruit 

 oblong ovate. 5-10 f. 



leida'go, (sheep-berry, w. J. Ip.) glab- 

 rous; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, hook- 

 serrate ; petioles margined, undulate ; cymes 

 sessile. The branches, when full grown, 

 often form a fastigiate top. Berries black, 

 oval, and pleasant tasted ; somewhat mu- 

 cilaginous. 8-15 f. 



acerifo'lium, (maple guelder-rose, dock- 

 mackie, w, J. ^.) leaves heart ovate, or 3- 

 lobed, acuminate, sharp serrate, pubescent 

 beneath ; cymes long peduncled ; stem very 

 flexible ; leaves broad and sub membrana- 

 ceous. 4 5 f Leaves applied to inflamed 

 tumors by the Indians. 



mi'dum, w. M. ^.) glabrous; leaves oval, 

 sub-entire ; margins revolute ; petioles na- 

 ked ; cymes peduncled ; flowers small, 

 crowded. Berries black. 8-12 f. 



pnbes"cc7is, (w. J. ^.) pubescent; leaves 

 short-petioled, ovate, acuminate, dentate- 

 serrate, villose beneath ; cymes peduncled; 

 fruit oblong. 6 f. Higli grounds. 



cassinoi'dex, (J. ^ .) ghibrous ; leaves lance- 

 olate, acute at each end, crenate ; margins 

 slightly revolute ; petioles keel«d, without 

 glands. Swamps. 



dentn'tum, (arrow-wood, w. M. f>.) 

 smoothish ; leaves long petioled, orbicular- 

 ovate, dentate-seirate. plicate, glabrous 

 both sides ; cyme peduncled ; fruit sub- 

 globose. Frui't blue. 8 f. 



obuva'tum, (M.S.) glabrous; branches 

 virgate ; leaves obuvate. crenate. dentate 



