GENUS 23. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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10. Veronica agrestis L. Procumbent, Field 



or Garden Speedwell. Fig. 3805. 



Veronica agrestis L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent; stems creeping or procumbent, 

 very slender, branched, 3'-8' long, the branches as- 

 cending or spreading. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, 

 obtuse at the apex, rounded, truncate or subcordate 

 at the base, crenate, all short-petioled, or the upper- 

 most sessile, the lowest opposite, the upper alternate 

 and each with a slender-peduncled small blue flower 

 in its axil ; peduncles equalling or longer than the 

 leaves ; corolla not exceeding the calyx ; capsule 

 broader than high, compressed, but not very flat, nar- 

 rowly emarginate at the summit, i" high, 2" broad; 

 seeds few, hollowed out on the inner side. 



In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to New Jersey 

 and Louisiana. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 

 of Asia. Other English names are germander-chickweed 

 and winter-weed. May-Sept. 



11. Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin. Tournefort's Speedwell. Byzantine Speed- 



well. Fig. 3806. 



Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin, Fl. Bad. i : 39. 1805. 

 Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sibth. & Smith, 



Fl. Grace, i : pi. 8. 1806. 



V. Buxbaumii Tenore, Fl. Nap. i : 7. pi. i. 1811. 

 V. byzantina B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 1888. 



Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, 

 spreading or ascending, 6'-is' long. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, short-petioled, obtuse or acutish, 

 sometimes narrowed at the base, crenate-dentate 

 or somewhat incised, 4"-i2" long, the lowest 

 opposite, the upper all alternate and each with 

 a slender-peduncled rather large blue flower in 

 its axil; peduncles filiform, as long as the leaves 

 or longer ; corolla exceeding the calyx, 3"-4" 

 broad ; capsule twice as broad as high, 3" broad, 

 with a wide and shallow emargination at the 

 summit; seeds few or several, hollowed out on 

 the inner side. . 



In waste places, Nova Scotia to southern New 

 York and Ohio ; Colorado to California. Adventive 

 or naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. 

 Bird's-eye. Cat's-eye. May-Sept. 



12. Veronica hederaefolia L. Ivy-leaved 

 Speedwell. Fig. 3807. 



Veronica hederaefolia L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent ; stems slender, diffusely 

 branched, 3'-i8' long. Leaves orbicular or 

 broader, truncate or subcordate at the base, 

 3-5-lobed or 3~5-crenate, petioled, i'-i' in diam- 

 eter, the lower opposite, the upper all alternate 

 and with slender peduncled small blue flowers 

 in their axils; peduncles filiform, often longer 

 than the leaves ; corolla 2" broad, scarcely 

 longer than the calyx ; capsule little compressed, 

 2-lobed, broader than high, shorter than the 

 densely ciliate sepals, 2-4-seeded; seeds exca- 

 vated on the inner side. 



In thickets, fields and waste places, southern 

 New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to South 

 Carolina. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 

 of Asia. April-Oct. Ivy-chickweed. Mother-of- 

 wheat. Small henbit. Winter-weed. Morgeline. 



