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 SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 727 



petioled, lanceolate, pointed, finely serrate; spikes panicled ; corolla small, 

 nearly white, the tube much longer than the calyx and short limb ; stamens much 

 exserted ; capsule oblong-ovate, not notched, opening by 4 teeth at the apex, 

 many-seeded. (Leptandra Nutt.) Rich soil, w. Mass, and Ct. to Man., and 

 southw. July, Aug. 



2. V. LONGirdLiA L. Similar; stem puberulent; leaves opposite or in 3's, 

 slender-petioled, narrowly lanceolate, coarsely and doubly serrate ; spikes soli- 

 tary or few ; corolla blue, the tube about equaling the calyx and limb ; capsule 

 suborbicular, fiat, rounded or emarginate at apex. Cultivated, and sometimes 

 found by roadsides, in thickets, and about old house-sites, N. S. to w. Que. and 

 N. Y. (Introd. from Eu.) 



3. V. BACHOFEXII Heuffel. Like the preceding, but the leaves triangular- 

 ovate, cordate. Vicinity of Quebec. (Introd. from Eu.) 



* * Corolla wheel- shaped, the tube short; capsule more or less notched, strongly 

 flattened except in nos. 4 and 5 ; low or decumbent herbs. 



)- Perennials, stoloniferous or rooting at base, with opposite usually serrate 

 leaves ; racemes axillary, mostly opposite ; corolla pale blue. 



w Capsule turgid, orbicular, many-seeded. 



4. V. Anagallis-aquatica L. (WATER S.) Smooth, creeping and rooting at 

 base, then erect, 1-10 dm. high ; leaves sessile, most of them clasping by a heart- 

 shaped base, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrate or entire, 1 dm. or less long ; pedi- 

 cels spreading; corolla pale blue, with purple stripes ; capsule slightly notched. 

 Brooks and ditches, Essex Co., Mass. (Oakes) ; w. N. E. to B. C., and 

 southw. Jime-Aug. (Eurasia.) 



5. V. americana Schwein. (AMERICAN BROOKLIME.) Similar; leaves 

 lanceolate to elongate-ovate, acute or acutish, serrate, short-petioled ; mature 

 fruiting pedicels very slender, 6-11 mm. long. Brooks, ditches, etc., Nfd. 

 to Alaska, s. to Va., W. Va., Great L. region, Neb., and in the Rocky Mts. 

 June-Aug. 



6. V. BECCABUNGA L. (EUROPEAN BROOKLIME.) Almost fleshy, prostrate 

 and strongly repent ; leaves oval or short-oblong, rounded at tip, crenate, short- 

 petioled ; mature fruiting pedicels thickish, 4-5 mm. long. Brooks and ditches 

 about Quebec and near New York City. (Nat. from Eu.) 



++ +* Capsule strongly flattened, several-seeded. 



7. V. scutellata L. (MARSH S.) Smooth, slender and weak, 1-5 dm. high ; 

 leaves sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, remotely denticulate ; racemes 

 several, very slender and zizag ; flowers few and scattered, on elongated 

 spreading or reflexed pedicels ; capsule very flat, much broader than long, 

 notched at both ends or didymous. Swamps and wet places, Nfd. to B. C., s. 

 to N. Y., Wise., and Cal. May-Aug. (Eurasia.) Var. VILL6SA Schumacher. 

 Stems villous. Ont. and w. N. Y. to Wash. 



8. V. officinalis L. (COMMON S.) Pubescent; stem prostrate, rooting at 

 base ; leaves short-petioled, obovate-elliptical or wedge-oblong, obtuse, serrate ; 

 racemes densely many-flowered ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; capsule obovate- 

 triangular, broadly notched. Dry hills and open woods, Nfd. to Ont., Mich., 

 and southw. May-Aug. (Eurasia.) 



9. V. CHAMAEDRYS L. (BIRD'S-EYE.) Stem very slender, pubescent (at 

 least in two lines), ascending from a creeping base ; leaves subsessile, ovate or 

 cordate, incisely crenate; racemes loosely flowered, flexuous ; pedicels little 

 longer than the 4-parted calyx ; capsule triangular-obcordate. Pastures, open 

 woods, etc., N. S. to Ont. arid O., local. May, June. (Nat. from Eu. ) 



10. V. TfitrcRiuM L. Stems pubescent, stiff and upright, 3-7 dm. high ; 

 leaves subsessile, oblong, coarsely toothed, pubescent ; racemes more densely 

 flowered, strictly ascending; calyx unequally ^-parted; corolla 1 cm. broad, 

 bluish ; capsules orbicular or oval. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides, etc., 

 N. E. (Introd. from Eu.) 



