154 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS.* 



axillary, loosely flowered. Pod triangular -obcordate. 

 Chiefly eastward ; also at Niagara Falls. 



6. V. serpyllifo'lia, L. (THYME-LEAVED S.) Flowers 

 whitish or pale blue, in a loose terminal raceme. Stem 

 nearly smooth, branched at the creeping base. Leaves 

 obscurely crenate, the lowest petioled. Pod flat, notched. 

 Roadsides and fields. Plant only 2 or 3 inches high. 



7. V. peregTi'na, L. (NECKWEED.) Flowers whitish, 

 solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, short- pedicelled. 

 Corolla shorter than the calyx. Stem 4-9 inches high, near- 

 ly smooth. Pod orbicular, slightly notched. Waste places 

 and cultivated grounds. 



8. V. arven'sis, L. (COBN SPEEDWELL.) Flowers (blue) 

 as in No. 7, but the stem is hairy, and the pod inversely 

 heart-shaped. Cultivated soil. 



9. V. agres'tis, L. (FIELD SPEEDWELL.) Leaves round 

 or ovate, crenate, petioled. Flowers small, in the axils of the 

 ordinary leaves, long- pedicelled. Seeds few, cup-shaped. 

 Sandy fields, Atl. Prov. (Int. from Eu.) 



10. V. Buxbaum'ii, Tenore. Leaves as in the last. 

 Flowers (blue) large, long-pedicelled, -in the axils of the 

 ordinary leaves. Calyx-lobes widely spreading in fruit. 

 Pod obcordate-triangular, broadly notched, many-seeded. 

 Atl. Prov. 



3. I, I \.VRI A, Tourn. TOAD-FLAX. 



1. L. VUlga'ris, Mill. (TOAD-FLAX. BUTTER- AND-EGGS.) 

 Leaves crowded, linear, pale green. Corolla pale yellow, 

 with a deeper yellow or orange-coloured palate. Roadsides. 



2. L. Canaden'siS, Spreng. (WiLD TOAD-FLAX.) A 

 slender herb, with linear, entire, alternate leaves. Flowers 

 blue, small, in a naked, terminal raceme. Spur of corolla 

 curved, filiform. Sandy soil, Atl. Prov. 



3. L. eymbala'ria, Mill. A delicate little trailing plant, 

 with thickish 3-5-lobed leaves on long petioles, and small 

 yellow and purple flowers. A garden escape. 



