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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



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Procumbent, 

 (Fig. 3296.) 



10. Veronica agrestis L. 



Field or Garden Speedwell, {t lg. 



Veronica agrestis L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent; stems creeping or procum- 

 bent, very slender, branched, $'-&' l n g. the 

 branches ascending or spreading. Leaves broadly 

 ovate or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded, truncate 

 or subcordate at the base, crenate, all short-peti- 

 oled, or the uppermost sessile, the lowest opposite, 

 the upper alternate and each with a slender-pe- 

 duncled small blue flower in its axil; peduncles 

 equalling or longer than the leaves; corolla not 

 exceeding the calyx; capsule broader than high, 

 compressed, but not very flat, narrowly emarginate 

 at the summit, i // high, 2 // broad; seeds few, hol- 

 lowed out on the inner side. 



In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to New Jer- 

 sey and Louisiana. Naturalized from Europe. Native 

 also of Asia. Other English names are Germander 

 Chickweed and Winter-weed. May-Sept. 



11. Veronica Byzantina (Sibth. & Smith) B.S P. Buxbaum's Speedwell. 



Byzantine Speedwell. (Fig. 3297.) 



Veronica agrestis var. Bvsantina Sibth. & Smith, 



Fl. Graec. 1: pi. S. i"8o6. 

 V. BuxbanmiiTenore:, Fl. Nap. 1: 7. pi. 1. 1811. 

 V. Byzantina B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 1888. 



Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, 

 spreading or ascending, 6 / -i5 / long. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, short-petioled, obtuse or acut- 

 ish, sometimes narrowed at the base, crenate- 

 dentate or somewhat incised, 4 // -i2 // long, the 

 lowest opposite, the upper all alternate and 

 each with a slender-peduncled rather large 

 blue flower in its axil; peduncles filiform, 

 as long as the leaves or longer; corolla exceed- 

 ing the calyx, 3 // ~4 // broad; capsule twice as 

 broad as high, 3" broad, with a wide and shallow 

 emarginatiou at the summit; seeds few or sev- 

 eral, hollowed out on the inner side. 



In waste places, Nova Scotia to southern New 

 York. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. 

 Native also of Asia. Also called Bird's Eye and 

 Cat's Eye. May-Sept. 



12. Veronica hederaefolia L. 



Ivy-leaved Speedwell. (Fig. 329S.) 



Veronica hederaefolia L. Sp. PI. 13. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent; stems slender, diffusely 



branched, 3 / -i8 / long. L&aves orbicular or 



broader, truncate or subcordate at the base, 



3-5-lobed or 3-5-crenate, petioled, %. / -i / in 



diameter, the lower opposite, the upper all 



alternate and with slender peduncled small 



blue flowers in their axils; peduncles filiform, 



often longer than the leaves; corolla 1" 



broad, scarcely longer than the calyx; capsule 



little compressed, 2-lobed, broader than high, 



shorter than the densely ciliate sepals, 2-4- 



seeded; seeds excavated on the inner side. 



In thickets, fields and waste places, southern 

 New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Nat- 

 uralized from Europe. Native also of Asia. 

 April-Oct. Other names are Ivy-Chickweed, 

 Mother-of- Wheat, Small Henbit, Winter-weed, 

 and Morgeline. 



