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long. In fields and thickets, Labrador to Georgia, and west- 

 ward. May-August. Fig. 792. 



793. Purslane Speedwell. Veronica peregrina. Somewhat 

 resembling No. 792, but the upper leaves mostly alternate, 

 and the flowers nearly white. In waste places as a weed, also 

 in moist sites, nearly throughout North America. May-Octo- 

 ber. 



794. Turtle-head. Chelone glabra, A smooth erect herb, 

 1^-4 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, or lance-linear, short 

 stalked, 3-6 in. long, coarsely and regularly toothed. Flowers 

 in a close tightly packed terminal cluster, rarely more than 

 2 or 3 flowers open at once. Corolla white, very rarely pink, 

 about I in. long. In wet shady places. Newfoundland to 

 Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 794. 



795. Beard-tongue. Pentstemon hirsutus. An erect perennial, 

 the stem hairy to the base or nearly so. Leaves opposite, 

 some stalked, the lower ones especially, others short-stalked, 

 or stalkless, oblong or lance-oblong, toothed, 2-4 in. long. 

 Flowers in an open, branched terminal cluster. Corolla pur- 

 plish-violet, about I in. long. In thickets, rarely in woods. 

 Maine and Ontario to Florida, and westward. June. Fig. 795. 

 A related plant, P. pallidus, has paler flowers and fewer teeth 

 to the leaves. It grows from Conn, to Florida, and westward, 

 mostly in moist places. 



