300 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



(233) Teucrium. GERMANDER. 



T. Scorodonia : stems erect, hairy, 1 foot high, slightly 

 branched, almost woody at the base ; leaves ovate or lanceolate, 

 coarsely toothed, wrinkled, downy ; flowers of a pale yellow, 

 in pairs, forming terminal and axillary one-sided racemes. 

 Wood Sage. Woods and hedges. Fl. July, August. 



(234) Verbena. VERVAIN. 



V. officinalis : stem nearly glabrous, erect, 12 feet high, 

 with long, spreading, wiry branches ; leaves obovate or ob- 

 long, stalked, coarsely toothed or cut, the upper ones few, 

 lanceolate ; flowers very small, lilac, in long slender spikes. 

 Roadsides and waste places. Fl. July, August. 



{235) Veronica. SPEEDWELL. 

 * Flowers in terminal racemes. 



V. spicata : stems ascending or erect, J-l foot high, usually 

 simple ; leaves oblong or the lower ones ovate, downy, slightly 

 crenate; flowers clear blue, in dense terminal spikes. Hilly 

 pastures, in limestone districts, rare. Fl. July, August. 



V. serpyllifolia : stems shortly creeping, much branched, 

 forming dense, leafy tufts, the flowering branches ascending, 

 2-6 inches high ; leaves ovate, slightly crenate, glabrous ; 

 flowers very small, pale blue or white with darker streaks, 

 sessile or shortly stalked, in terminal racemes, the bracts 

 rather large and leaf-like. Pastures, fields, and waste places. 

 PL May, June. 



V. arvensis : annual ; stems hairy, 2-6 inches high, erect, 

 simple, or sometimes diffuse and branching at the base ; leaves 

 ovate, toothed, the upper floral ones lanceolate ; flowers small, 



