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. LONGiFOLiA 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 inheel-shaped, the tube short ; capside more or less notched, strongly 

 fiattened except in nos. 4 a)id 5 ; loi'j or decumbent herbs. 



■*- Perennials, stoloniferous or rooting at base, loith opposite usually serrate 

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



t-»- 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. June-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, Keb., 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 ; mRtiire fruiting pedicels thickish, 4—5 mm. long. — Brooks and ditches 

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



++ ++ Capsule strongly fiattened, several-seeded. 



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

 leaves sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, remotely denticidate ; 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. (I.urasia.) Var. vill6sa Schumacher. 

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



8. V. ofi&cinalis L. (Common S.) Pubescent; stem prostrate, rooting at 

 ba.se; leaves short-petioled, obovate-elliptical or v-edgc-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., ]Micli. , 

 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 tria-ngular-obcordate. — l^astures, open 

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



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

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

 flowered, strictly asc(niding ; calyx uneqtially b-parted ; corolla 1 cm. broad, 

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

 N. E. (Introd. from Eu.) 



