Order 86.— FIGWORTS. 



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i> Floral leaves like the rest, not longer 



than the recurved peduncles 7-9 



b Floral leaves bract-like, longer than the 



erect flower-stalks c 



c Perennial. Flower-stalks equalling or 



exceeding the calyx. . . .10, 11. 

 o Annual. Flower-stalks shorter than 

 the calyx, or none 12, 13 



1 V. Virginia'na. Culver'' s Physic. Leaves 

 wliorled. Corolla tube longer than limb. 



2 V. spica'ta. Spike-flowered S. Leaves op- 

 posite. Corolla limb longer than tube. + 



3 V. Anagal'lis. Water S. Leaves ses- 

 sile, cordate-clasping, ovate -lance. 



4 V. America''na. BrooMime. Leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-ovate, base round- 

 ish or cordate. 



5 V. scutella'ta. Marsli S. Leaves linear. 

 Kacemes very slender, few-flowered. 



6 V. officina'lis. Common S. Lvs. obovate- 

 elliptical, finely serrate. Racemes dense. 



7 V. Buxbaum'ii. BaxhaunCs S. Lvs. 

 roundish-ovate. Pod triangular-ob- 

 cordate. Fields. E, 



8 V. agres'tig. Neckweed. Lvs. cordate- 

 ovate. Pod roundish, acutely notch- 

 ed. Fields. E. 



9 V. hederaefo^lia. Ivy-leaved S. Leaves cordate, roundish, 8-5-lobed. Capsule 



4-seeded. M. Pare. [than long. c. 



10 V. serpyllifo'lia. Thym^-leaved S. Flower-stalks longer than calyx. Pod broader 



11 V. alpi'na. .-i;/>m(S ^S". Fl.-stalks as long as the calyx. Pod obov. Hairy. "White Mta. 



12 V. peregri'na. Purslane S. Smoothish. Leaves petiolate, oblong, few- 



toothed, fleshy, c. 



13 V. arven'sis. Corn S. Hairy. Lower leaves ovate, crenate, petiolate; upper 



lanceolate, sessile, entire. Stere 2-6' high. In fields. Common. 



Fig. 575. Speedwell ( Veronica serpyllU 

 folia), whole plant. Fig. 576. Plan of the 

 flower: 0, is the 2-celled ovary ; .9, the 2 

 stamens ; p, the 4 petals ; sp, the 4 sepals. 

 Fig. 577. Cross-section of the pod, show- 

 ing its 2 cells, &c. 



5. OOLLIN'SIA. Innocence. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 2-lipped, throat closed, upper lip bifid, lower lip 

 trifid, with the middle segment keel-like, holding the style and 4 stamens 

 in a kind of sack. Capsule roundish. — Annual herbs. 



i O. verna. Early CoUinsia, or InnoceJice. Corolla 2 or 8 times longer than the calyx. 

 Plant 8 to 18' high, tender and delicate. Leaves lance- ovate, dentate, opposite. 

 Flowers variegated with blue and white, singular and pretty. M. W. 



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