150 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Brooklime {Veronica Americana) . Figwort family. 

 Lcngtli several in. to 3 ft.; flowers blue; calyx 

 and corolla generally 4-parted; leaves mostly with 

 stalks, oblong to egg-shaped, generally toothed, 

 somewhat heart-shaped at base. Ditches. Com- 

 mon. Early summer. 



Speedwell {Veroi^ica officinalis). Figwort family. 



Ht. under i ft.; hairy; stem lying on ground; 

 flowers light blue, small, in long racemes; calyx 

 and corolla generally 4-parted; leaves short stalked, 

 oblong to inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, toothed. 

 Hills and woods. Summer. 



Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia). 

 Figwort family. 

 Ht. few in.; branching at base; flowers light blue, 

 small, in terminal racemes; corolla generally 4- 

 parted; leaves oblong to egg-shaped, wavy toothed., 

 lowest with stalks and rounded. Roadsides and 

 fields. Common. Spring, summer. 



2. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in raceme, corolla 

 not 4-parted. 



Mad-dog Skull-cap {Scutellaria lateriflora). Mint 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft. ; stem square, smooth, much branched ; 

 racemes generally axillary; calyx 2-lipped; corolla 

 2-lipped, blue, pointed; leaves coarsely toothed, 

 base rounded, with long stalks. Wet places. Com- 

 mon. Summer, autunm. 



Skull-cap {Scutellaria integrijolia). Mint familv. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; minutely hairy; stem square; 

 racemes terminal, flowers (blue) i in. long; calyx 

 2-lipped, upper Hp with cap; corolla 2-lipped; 

 leaves lance-shaped to linear, mostly without teeth, 

 short stalked. Dry ground. Summer. R. L, West 

 and South. 



