528 ORDER 86. SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



9 V. serpyllifolia L. Subglabrous, much branched below; sts. ascending; Ivs. 

 oval, subcrenate, obtuse, lower roundish and petiolate, upper sessile, passing 

 abruptly into oblong, entire, alternate bracts ; ped. 'longer than the ovate sepals ; 

 caps, obcordate, broader than long. 2f Meadows and mountain valleys, in grass, 

 etc., IT. S. and Can. Plant varying in height from 3' to 12'. Leaves rather 

 fleshy, 3-veined, 4 12" long, petioles 2". Racemes bracted, rather close in 

 flower, elongating in fruit to 2 5'. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, blue 

 and white, penciled with purple lines. May Aug. 



10 V. alpina L. Branched at base, ascending ; Ivs. roundish-oval, subentire, 

 very obtuse, short-petioled, upper elliptical and much smaller; roc. hairy, few- 

 flowered^ usually dense ; ped about as long as the calyx ; stam. shorter than the 

 corolla; caps, obovate, emarginata White Mts., N. H. and Rocky Mts. Plant 1 

 to 5' long. Lvs. about 4" by 5''. Fls. small, blue. Scarcely distinguishable 

 from dwarf specimens of No. 9. 



11 V. peregrina L. Ascending, suLglabroits ; Ivs. petiolate, oblong, few-toothed. 

 obtuse, upper sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrate or entire, floral oblong-linear, entire, 

 longer than the subsessile flowers ; caps, suborbicular, slightly notched, the lobes 

 rounded. OD Throughout 1ST. Am., in fields or clayey soils. Plant often branched 

 from the base, 4 to 10' high. Lvs. rather fleshy, the upper cauline, 6 to 11" long, 

 floral much smaller. Sepals oblong, longer than the pale blue or white corolla. 

 Caps, hardly broader than long. May, Jn. (V. Marilandica Willd.) 



12 V. arvensis L. CORN' SPEEDWELL. Puberulent-pilous, simple or branched, 

 erect or assurgent ; Ivs. ovate or roundish, subcordate, inciscly crenate, lower ones 

 petiolate, upper and floral alternate, lanceolate, crenate, sessile; ped. shorter than 

 the calyx. Frequent in dry fields, N. If. to Ga. and La. A small, pubescent, 

 pale-green plant, 2 to 6' high. St. nearly erect, branching from the base, .the 

 leaves assurgent. Cor. shorter than the cal., pale blue, penciled with purple 

 lines. May, Jn. 



ft. RENIFORMIS. Lvs. sessile, reniform, entire. (V. reniformis Raf.) 



13 V. spicata L. SPIKED SPEEDWELL. Erect, tall ; Ivs. petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong or lanceolate, lower ones obtuse, crenate, upper acute, crenate-serrate, entire 

 at apex ; rac. mostly solitary ; pedicels much shorter than the sepals ; cal. mostly 

 hoary -pubescent. U Europe and Asia. A beautiful garden species with numer- 

 ous varieties. Flowers blue, roseate, etc. f 



14 V. gentianoides Vahl. St. caspitous; flowering branches erect, simple; 

 Ivs. thick, entire, or sparingly crenate ; lowest crowded, obovate or oblong, the rest 

 remote, oblong or lanceolate, the floral bract-lj,ke ; rac. loosely many-flowered, 

 pubescent ; ped. many times longer than the calyx. Fls. rather large, blue, 

 f Asia. 



25. BUCHNE N RA, L. BLUE-HEARTS. (In honor of J. G. Buchner, a 

 German botanist, 1743.) Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla salver form, tube 

 slender, limb flat, in 5, obovate-oblong, subequal lobes ; stamens 4, in- 

 cluded, anthers halved, i.e., with but one cell ; capsule 2-valvecl. Herbs, 

 with the lower Ivs. opposite, the upper alternate. Fls. in a terminal 

 spike. 



B. Americana L. Tall, slender, hispid, very rough ; Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, few- 

 toothed, obtuse, 3-veined, the lowest oblong-obovate ; highest linear ; spike long- 

 peduncled ; fls. dense, becoming remote in fruit ; cor. tube slender, pubescent, 

 twice as long as the hispid, tubular calyx, or the deep blue cor. lobes. X. Y. to 

 G-a. and La. Sts. 2 to 3f high, simple or few-branched, the upper half naked or 

 with bracts only. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Fls. 6 to 12 in the spike, 6 to 7" long. Jn. 

 Aug. (B. elongata Sw. ? (Darby) is the same plant). Blackens in drying. 



26. MACRANTHERA, Torr. (Gr. {iaKp6$, great, Lat. anthera, an- 

 thers ; a mongrel word.) Calyx tube campanulate, lobes 5, long and 

 narrow ; corolla tubular, limb oblique, segments short, entire, stamens 

 4, long, exsertecl, subequal ; style long, filiform ; capsule ovate, acumi- 



