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Flowers solitary, in the axils; peduncles as long as the leaves, or longer. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, crenate or dentate. 



Corolla not longer than the calyx; capsule narrowly emarginate. 10. V. arrest is. 



Corolla longer than the calyx; capsule broadly emarginate. 11. V. Bysantina. 



Leaves orbicular, or broader, 3-5-lobed or -crenate. 12. V. hederaefolia. 



i. Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L,. Water Speedwell. Water Pimpernel. 



(Fig. 3287.) 



I'eronica Anagallis-aquatica L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. 



Perennial by stolons or leafy shoots developed in 

 autumn; stem rather stout, glabrous, or glandular- 

 puberulent above, erect or decumbent, often root- 

 ing at the lower nodes, usually branched, i-3 

 high. Leaves of sterile autumn shoots orbicular 

 to obovate, obtuse, serrulate, narrowed into mar- 

 gined petioles, those of the flowering stems ovate, 

 oblong, or lanceolate, sessile and more or less clasp- 

 ing or the lowest short-petioled, serrulate or en- 

 tire, j}i / -Y long, )i'-2' wide; racemes peduncled, 

 borne in most of the axils, 2'-*,' long; bractlets 

 shorter than or exceeding the pedicels; flowers 

 blue, or purplish striped, 2" broad; capsule com- 

 pressed, not very flat, nearly orbicular, 2-lobed, 

 emarginate, i^ // high; seeds flat. 



In brooks and swamps, Nova Scotia to British Co- 

 lumbia, south to eastern Virginia, Nebraska and New Mexico. Also in Europe and Asia. The 

 plant of the Atlantic Coast appears as if introduced. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. May-Sept. 



2. Veronica Americana Schwein. American Brooklime. (Fig. 3288.) 



Veronica Americana Schwein.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 

 468. 1846. 



Similar to the preceding species, perennial by sto- 

 lons or leafy shoots, glabrous throughout; stem de- 

 cumbent, usually branched, rooting at the lower nodes, 

 6 / ~3 long. Leaves oblong, ovate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, all distinctly petioled, sharply serrate, truncate, 

 rounded, or subcordate at the base, obtuse or acutish 

 at the apex, \'-^' long, % / -i / wide; racemes pedun- 

 cled, borne in most of the axils, loose, elongated, 

 sometimes 6 / long; bractlets shorter than the pedi- 

 cels; flower bine or nearly white, usually striped -with 

 purple, 2 ff broad; capsule nearly orbicular, compressed, 

 but not very flat, emarginate, \%" high; seeds flat. 



In brooks and swamps, Anticosti to Alaska, south to 

 Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Mexico and California. 

 Ascends to 2600 ft. in the Catskills. April-Sept. 



3. Veronica scutellata L. Marsh or Skull- 

 cap Speedwell. (Fig. 3289). 

 Veronica scutellata L. Sp. PI. 12. 1753. 



Glabrous, or very sparingly pubescent, rarely quite 

 hairy, perennial by leafy shoots or stolons; stems slen- 

 der, decumbent.or ascending, leafy,simple or branched, 

 commonly rooting at the lower nodes, 6'-2 high. 

 Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, sessile and slightly 

 clasping, remotely denticulate, acute, if 2/ long, \"- 

 3 // wide; racemes borne in nearly all the axils, or only 

 in the alternate ones, equalling or longer than the 

 leaves; bractlets much shorter than the filiform spread- 

 ing pedicels; flowers blue, 2 // ~3 // broad; capsule broad- 

 er than high, very flat, deeply emarginate at the sum- 

 mit, slightly so at the base, 2 // -2^ // broad; seeds flat. 



In swamps, Labrador to British Columbia, south to 

 southern New York. Minnesota and California. Also in 

 Europe and Asia. May-Sept. 



