FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



This is one of the most attractive of the 

 Hairy Speedwell Httle Speedwells for its flowers are bright 

 Veronica 



TourneforiH anc ^ Q ulte large. The stems are branching, 



Blue hairy and purplish, some short and erect, 



Spring, summer, others long and trailing, and the leaves 



autumn are a ^ e rnate above and opposite below, 



Utah, Cal., etc. 



dull yellowish-green, hairy and rather 



soft, with scalloped edges. The flowers grow singly, on 

 slender flower-stalks over an inch long, springing from the 

 angles of the upper leaves, and the corolla is three-eighths of 

 an inch across, the upper lobe deep brilliant blue, veined 

 with dark blue, the side lobes similar in color but not so 

 bright, the lower lobe almost white, without blue veins, 

 and each lobe with a little pale yellow at its base. The 

 stamens and pistil are white, the anthers becoming brown 

 and the style bent to one side, and the capsule is somewhat 

 heart-shaped, containing several cup-shaped seeds. This 

 forms patches along roadsides and in fields, the soft foliage 

 dotted with the quaint bright blue flowers, opening a few 

 at a time in bright sunlight and closing at night. This is a 

 native of Europe and Asia and is found across the continent. 

 In shallow water, or in very wet 



American Brook- meadows we find these liule flowers> 

 lime 

 Veronica They are smooth perennials, with strag- 



Americana gh'ng, branching, purplish stems, more or 



Blue less creeping, and rooting from the lower 



Summer -^ frQm Qne three f j Th 



Across the ' , 



continent yellowish -green leaves usually have short 



leaf-stalks and are often toothed and the 

 very small, pale blue flowers, with white centers and 

 veined with purple, grow in loose spreading clusters. 



A pretty little plant, with smooth, 



Alpine Speedwell gtiffish toothless j and d brf ht 



Veronica 



Wormskjbldii lue flowers, with a little white at the 



Blue base of the petals and veined with purple. 



Summer This j s found in damp spots in the moun- 



Northwest, Ariz., ^ { ^ up to twelye thousand feet> in 



northern places across the continent, and 

 as far south as Arizona. 



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