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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



4. Veronica officinalis L,. Common Speed- 

 well. Fluellin. (Fig. 3290.) 



Veronica officinalis L- Sp. PI. n. 1753. 



Perennial by stolons, pubescent all over; stem as- 

 cending, s'-io' high. Leaves oblong, oval, or obo- 

 vate, petioled, V z '-i f long, obtuse at the apex, serrate, 

 narrowed into the petioles ; racemes spike-like.narrow, 

 dense, elongated, often borne only in alternate axils, 

 much longer than the leaves; subulate bractlets and 

 the calyx longer than the pedicels; flowers pale blue, 

 2 // -3 // broad; capsule obovate-cuneate, compressed, 

 broadly emarginate, 1" high, i^*" broad; seeds 

 numerous, flat. 



In dry fields and woods, Nova Scotia to Ontario and 

 Michigan, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. As- 

 cends to 5600 ft. in Virginia. Also in Europe and Asia. 

 Appears, in most places, as if introduced. Called also 

 Paul's Betony, Ground-hele and Upland Speedwell. May- 

 Aug. 



5. Veronica Chamaedrys L,. Germander Speedwell. (Fig. 3291.) 



Veronica Chamaedrys L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Perennial; stem ascending, simple or branch- 

 ed, slender, pubescent in two lines, 4 / -i2 / 

 high. Leaves ovate, sessile, or very nearly 

 so, pubescent, truncate, rounded or cordate 

 at the base, incised-dentate, obtuse at the 

 apex, l /2 / -i l /i / long; racemes borne in oppo- 

 site or alternate axils, ped uncled, more or 

 less pubescent, loose, 2 / -6 / long; pedicels 

 filiform, longer that the calyx and usually 

 longer than the bractlets; flowers light blue, 

 3 // -4 // broad; capsule obcordate, narrowed at 

 the base; seeds numerous, flatfish. 



In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia and 

 Quebec to southern New York and Pennsylvania. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Other English names 

 are Blue Eye, Eyebright, Angel's Eyes, God's 

 Eye, Bird's Eye, Cat's Eye, Base Vervain, Forget- 

 me-not. May-July. 



6. Veronica alpina L,. Alpine Speed- 

 well. (Fig. 3292.) 



Veronica' alpina L. Sp. PI. 11. 1753. 



Perennial, pubescent or nearly glabrous; stems 

 ascending or erect, slender, usually simple, 2 / -i2 / 

 high. Leaves oblong, ovate, or elliptic, sessile, 

 mostly rounded at both ends, crenulate or entire, 

 Yz f -\ f long; flowers in a short narrow raceme at 

 the end of the stem, light blue, 2 // ~3 // broad; 

 pedicels shorter than the calyx in flower, much 

 shorter than the bractlets, 2 // -3 // long in fruit; 

 capsule ellipsoid or slightly obovoid, moderately 

 compressed, emarginate, 2 // -3 // high; seeds nu- 

 merous, flattish. 



Labrador; mountains of Quebec and New England 

 to Alaska, south in the Rock3' Mountains to Colorado 

 and in the Sierra Nevada to Nevada. Summer. 



