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a Racemes opposite, axillary. Capsule roundish, emarjsrinate Nos. 2, 8 



a Racemes alternate, axillary. Capsule not rounded, very flat Nos. 4, 5 



a Racemes terminal, or the flowers axillary and not racemed. (b) 



b Floral leaves like the rest, not longer than the recurved peduncles Nos. 6 3 



b Floral leaves bractlike, longer than the erect peduncles, (c) 



C Perennial. Peduncles equaling or exceeding the calyx Nos. 9, 10, 14 



C Annual. Peduncles shorter than the calyx or none Nos. 11, 12 



1. V. Virginica L. CULVER'S PHYSIC. Erect, tall, glabrous ; Ivs. verticillate in 

 45, 55, or 6s, lance-ovate to lance-linear; spikes mostly several, paniculate. If 

 Woods, thickets and barrens, Can. to Ga., "W. to Iowa. A conspicuous plant 

 arising 2 5f. Stem simple, straight, smooth, with whorls of acuminate, finely 

 serrate leaves -which are subpetiolate and glaucous beneath. Mowers numerous, 

 nearly sessile, in spikes 3 to 10' long. Corolla white, tubular, pubescent inside. 

 Stamens and style twice as long as the corolla. Jl. (Leptandra Virginica 

 Nutt.) 



2 V. Anagallis L. Glabrous erect ; Ivs. sessile, clasping and subcordate, lanceolate, 

 acutish, entire or serrulate ; rac. in opposite axils ; caps, orbicular, slightly notched. 

 If A smooth, fleshy plant, frequenting the borders of brooks and pools, Can. 

 and TL S. Stem about If high. Leaves 2 3' by 5 7". Racemes (some- 

 times but 1 ^t a node) longer than the leaves, loose, pedicels (2 3") scarcely 

 longer than the bracts. Flowers bluish-purple, small. Jn., Jl. 



3 V. Americana Schwenitz. BBOOKLIME. Glabrous, decumbent at base, erect, 

 above ; Ivs. ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or obtusish ; serrate, petiolate, abrupt at 

 base ; rac. opposite, loose; caps, roundish, turgid, emarginate. if In brooks and 

 clear waters, Can. and U. S. Plant rather fleshy, very smooth, 12 18' long, 

 more or less decumbent and rooting at base. Leaves 1 2' long, petioles mar- 

 gined. Racemes longer than the leaves. Pedicels (3 5") twice longer than tho 

 bracts. Flowers blue or bluish-purple. Jn., Jl. (V. Beccabunga Am. authors.) 



4 V. Bcutellaria L. SKULL-CAP. SPEEDWELL. Glabrous, ascending, weak ; Ivs. 

 linear or lance-linear, sessile, acute, remotely denticulate ; rac. in alternate axils 

 very loose ; pedicels divaricate ; capsule flat, broader than long, cordate at both 

 ends. if Slender and weak, in gwampa and marshes, N. Eng. and "W. States, and 

 Brit. Am., common. St. 10 to 16' high. Lvs. (2 to 3' by 2 to 3") much longer 

 than the internodes. Ped. and pedicels filiform, tho latter (6 to 9") six times 

 longer than tho bracts. Fls. rather large, flesh-color, with purple lines. Jn, 

 Aug. 



5 V. ofScinalia L. OFFICINAL SPEEDWELL. Roughish-pubescent ; St. prostrate, 

 branched ; Ivs. briefly petiolate, and subsessile, obovate-elliptic or oblong, obtuse, ser- 

 rate, mostly narrowed to the base ; rac. dense, many-flowered ; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx; caps, puberulent, obovate-triangular, slightly emarginate. 2 

 In dry woods and open fields, Can. to Ga., rare. Plant trailing, 6 to 12' long, 

 with ascending branches. Lva. 1' to 18" by 6 to 9". Fls. pale blue, forming 

 rather long, axillary, erect, pedunculate spikes. May Jl. Eur. 



6 V. Buxbaumii Tenore. Prostrate, hairy; Ivs. roundish-ovate, coarsely cro- 

 nate-serrate, the floral similar, all on short petioles ; ped. longer than the Ivs. / caps, 

 triangular-obcordate, broader than long. Rare in waste grounds, E. States. Plant 

 7 to 12' long, Ivs. nearly 1' long. CaL spreading 4 to 6". Cor. larger than tho 

 calyx, blue. Caps, co-seeded. 



7 V. agre Btis L. NECKWEED. St. procumbent, diffusely branching ; Ivs. cordate- 

 ovate, deeply crenate-serrato, floral similar, all petiolate ; ped. as long as the leaves ; 

 caps, roundish, acutely notched, co-seeded. CD In cultivated fields, Can. and At- 

 lantic States, not common. A small, pilous plant, 2 to 8' long, branching mostly 

 at base. The Ivs. are roundish-ovate, the lower shorter than their petioles, tho 

 upper alternate. Fls. small, light blue, veined, their stalks recurved in fruit. 

 Segm. of tho cal. fringed, ovate, equal. May -Sept. Eur. 



8 V. hederaefdlia L. Prostrate, pilous ; Ivs. petiolate, cordate, roundish, coarsely 

 3 to ^-toothed or lobed; ped. scarcely longer than tho Ivs. ; sep. triangular, suitor- 

 date, acute, closed in fruit; caps, turgid, 4-seeded. Dry or rocky soils, L. Isl. to 

 Del. rare. St. diffusely branched. Lvs. rather fleshy, 6 to 12" dlam., tho upper 

 larger and alternate. Cal, segm. ciliate. Cor. smaller than the calyx, blue, 



May. Eur. 



