150 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



BROOKLIME (Veronica Americana). Figwort family. 

 Length several in. to 3 ft.; flowers blue; calyx 

 and corolla generally 4- parted; leaves mostly with 

 stalks, oblong to egg-shaped, generally toothed, 

 somewhat heart-shaped at base. Ditches. Com- 

 mon. Early summer. 



SPEEDWELL (Veronica offici nalis) . Figwort family. 



Ht. under i ft.; hairy; stem lying on ground; 

 flowers light blue, small, in long racemes; calyx 

 and corolla generally 4-parted; leaves short stalked, 

 oblong to inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, toothed. 

 Hills and woods. Summer. 



THYME-LEAVED SPEEDWELL (Veronica serpyllifolia) . 



Figwort family. 



Ht. few in.; branching at base; flowers light blue, 

 small, in terminal racemes; corolla generally 4- 

 parted; leaves oblong to egg-shaped, wavy toothed, 

 lowest with stalks and rounded. Roadsides and 

 fields, Common. Spring, summer. 



2. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in raceme, corolla 

 not 4-parted. 



MAD-DOG SKULL-CAP (Scutellaria lateriflora) . Mint 



family. ^ 



Max. ht. 2 ft. ; stem square, smooth, much branched; 

 racemes generally axillary; calyx 2-lipped; corolla 

 2-lipped, blue, pointed; leaves coarsely toothed, 

 base rounded, with long stalks. Wet places. Com- 

 mon. Summer, autumn. 



SKULL-CAP (Scutellaria integrifolia) . Mint family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; minutely hairy; stem square; 

 racemes terminal, flowers (blue) i in. long; calyx 

 2-lipped, upper lip with cap; corolla 2-lipped; 

 leaves lance-shaped to linear, mostly without teeth, 

 short stalked. Dry ground. Summer. R. I., West 

 and South. 



