376 THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



many, drooping in a Ions, erect raceme, 2 in. long, white to purple and 

 spotted inside. Old garden plant from Europe. 



10. CASTILLfilA. Painted-cup. 



Herbs, at least partially parasitic on roots of other plants: flowers 

 sessile in leafy, often brilliantly colored bracts: calyx tubular, 2-4-cleft; 

 corolla very irregular, tubular, the tube included in the calyx, the upper 

 lip very long, arched and keeled, enfolding 2 pairs of stamens; lower lip 

 short, 3-lobed. Late spring and summer. Four or five species in our 

 territory. 



C. cocclnea, Spreng. Annual or biennial, 8-12 in., with very striking 

 inflorescence, of scarlet or yellow 3-cleft bracts surrounding the flowers. 

 Damp meadows or thickets, not common but conspicuous. 



IL GKATiOLA. Hedge Hyssop. 



Low, mostly perennial herbs, found in damp situations: leaves opposite: 

 peduncles axillary, I-flowered each: calj-x 5-parted, segments scarcely 

 equal: corolla 2-lipped, upper lip emarginate or 2-cleft, lower 3-lobed: 

 fertile stamens 2. 



G. Virginiina, Linn. Stems branching, or creeping at base, more or 

 less viscid, 4-6 in. tall: leaves oblong or lanceolate, few-toothed, sessile: 

 flowers with yellowish corolla, Yz-Vt. in. long: sterile filaments not present. 

 Wet places. All summer. 



12. VEBONICA. Speedwell. 



Ours herbs with leaves mostly opposite or whorled, blue or white flowers 

 solitary or in racemes from the leaf axils, or terminal: corolla wheel-shaped, 

 the border irregularly 4-lobed: stamens 2, inserted on corolla tube, with 

 slender long filaments: ovary 2-celIed, style slender: capsule flattened, 

 notched at apex, 2-celled, few-numerous-seeded. 



V. Americana, Schw. Perennial, weak and decumbent at base, rooting 

 at nodes, finally erect: leaves opposite at base, mostly petioled, thickisb, 

 oblong to lance-ovate, serrate racemes axillary, opposite, 2-3 in. long: 

 flowers small, pale blue, on slender pedicels: capsule swollen, many-seeded. 

 Common in and about brooks and swampy ground. June through summer. 



V. officinalis, Linn. Little pubescent prostrate perennial, 6 in. to 1 ft., 

 in dry fields and woods: leaves wedge-oblong, or obovate, short-petioled, 

 serrate: racemes spike-like, longer than leaves: flowers pale blue. July. 



V. peregrina, Linn. Annual, glabrous, erect 4-9 in., branched: lower 

 leaves thick, oval, toothed, petioled; others sessile, entire: flowers very 

 small, whitish, axillary and solitary: capsule orbicular, slightly notched. A 

 common weed. April to June. 



V. serpyllifdlia, Linn. Perennial, creeping; leaves small, rounded, 

 almost entire: flowering stems, smooth, simple, ascending 2-6 in.: flowers 

 very small, in terminal racemes: corolla pale blue or whitish with purple 

 stripes, exceeding calyx. Common in lawns and grassy fields. May through 

 ?ummer, 



