FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceas. 



feet high. In meadows and moist woods. Not recorded 



in Vermont by Brainerd and Eggleston. N. Y., south 



to Ala., and west to Mo. and Neb. 



A perennial species with a hollow, 



merican smooth stem, which creeps over the 

 Brooklime '■ 



Veronica ground and finally becomes erect and 



Americana branching. The leaves long-oval or ob- 



Lavender=blue long lance-shaped, light green, slightly 



^ ^^~ ^ toothed, with short, flat stems. The tiny 



September ^ .' , , ' . , . , . 



flower IS lavender-blue violet-striped, with 



a white centre ; the corolla four-lobed, the lower lobe 

 narrower than the others, the two divergent stamens 

 light purple. The frail, quickly fading flowers are set 

 on slender stems, in loose terminal spikes. 6-15 inches 

 high. On banks of streams and in damp places ; com- 

 mon from Me., south to Pa., and westward. Found in 

 the Catskill Mountains near the Mountain House. 



A similar species. The flowers on rather 

 ^^^ zig-zag stems, and with linear, acute, 



Veronica shallow-toothed leaves, slightly clasping 



scutellata the Stem. Fruit capsule flat, notched, and 



Lavender=blue broader than it is long. 6-20 inches high. 

 ^*^~ In swamps, from Me., south to southern 



N. Y., and west to Minn. Local in Cal. 

 Also in Europe and Asia. 



A woolly species with prostrate but 

 Common ^ ,, -^ i r 



Speedwell finally erect stem. Leaves liglit green, 



Veronica oval or obovate, toothed, and narrow at 



officinalis tiie basc. The flowers light lavender, 



J ' ne^A^'^^us?'^ striped Avith light violet ; corolla four- 

 lobed. The flowers are set closely on slen- 

 der spikes, rising from the leaf-angles. 8-10 inches high. 

 Common in dry fields and wooded uplands. Me., south 

 to S. Car., west to Mich. Also in Europe and Asia. 



A small mountain species with the same 

 Veronica time of blooni ; the slender stem generally 



^^^ simple, the leaves indistinctly toothed or 



toothless, elliptical or ovate. Lavender flowers in short 

 clusters. 2-12 inches high. On Mt. Washington and 

 the high mountains of New Eng., also in the Rockies. 

 The seed-capsules of Veronica are in efl^ect notched. 



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