204 SCROPHULARIACEAE (FIGWORT FAMILY) 



Q. Plant not viscid or merely viscid-puberulent; corolla 6-8 mm. long; some of 

 the leaves wider than linear. C. E. M. rubellus 



QQ. Plant viscid-pubescent with spreading hairs; corolla 8-10 mm. long; leaves 

 linear. C. E. M. brewer! 



PP. Corolla 14-20 mm. long; stigma funnelform. 

 R. Leaves elliptic or merely the upper ones ovate, acute. 



S. Calyx teeth subulate, about $ as long as the calyx tube. E. M. bigelovii 



SS. Calyx teeth triangular, acute, }-j as long as the calyx tube. E. M. nanus 

 RR. Leaves ovate, acuminate; calyx teeth triangular-subulate. E. M. cusickil 

 PPP. Corolla 22-50 mm. long; stigma either 2-lipped or funnelform. 

 T. Perennial; calyx 16-30 mm. long; style glabrous. 



U. Upper leaves often connate; calyx 25-30 mm. long; corolla scarlet and yellow; 



stamens exserted. W. E. M. cardinalis 



Uu. Leaves not connate; calyx 16-20 mm. long; corolla rose-red and purplish; 



stamens included. C. E. M. lewisii 



TT. Annual; calyx 10-12 mm. long; style pubescent above; upper leaves often 



connate. U. E. M. subuniflorus 



GRATIOLA (HEDGE HYSSOP) 



Annual. Leaves entire or dentate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. 

 Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip entire to a-cleft ; lower 3-lobed. (L. gratia = a 

 favor, from supposed medicinal value.) 



A. Peduncles 2-bracted under the calyx; sepals shorter than the corolla; capsule 

 about equaling the calyx. W. C. E. G. virginiana 



AA. Peduncles bractless; sepals equaling the corolla; capsule much shorter than the 

 calyx. W. C. G. ebracteata 



VERONICA (SPEEDWELL) 



Flowers white- or pink or blue. Corolla rotate ; limb 4~5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 2. Ovary 2-celled. Capsules somewhat flat, loculicidal. (Said to 

 be in honor of St. Veronica.) 



A. Flowers in the axillary racemes; bracts of the racemes small, not leaflike; per- 

 ennial. 



B. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate; capsule distinctly flat; seeds several. W. C. E. 



V. scutellata (MARSH SPEEDWELL) 

 BB. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate; capsule turgid, orbicular or nearly so; 



seeds many. 



C. Stem leaves short-petioled, serrate. W. C. E. V. americana (BROOKLIME) 



CC. Stem leaves sessile or somewhat clasping, serrate or entire. E. 



V. anagallis-aquatica (WATER SPEEDWELL) 

 AA. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves which are either foliage leaves 



or leaflike bracts. 

 D. Perennial; most of the leaves opposite; inflorescence leaves much reduced, the 



upper bractlike. 

 E. Lower leaves petioled, upper sessile; capsule wider than long. 



F. Rachis and pedicels puberulent but not glandular-hairy; corolla whitish or 

 pale blue. W. E. V. serpyllifolia (THYME-LEAVED SPEEDWELL) 



FF. Rachis and pedicels glandular-hairy; corolla dark blue. W. C. E. 



V. humifusa 

 EE. All the leaves sessile; capsule longer than wide. 



G. Leaves longer than the internodes; corolla 6-10 mm. wide. 



