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b Floral leaves like the rest, not longer 



than the recurved peduncles 7-9 



b Floral leaves bract-like, longer than the 



erect flower-stalks c 



c Perennial. Flower-stalks equalling or 



exceeding the calyx.... 10, 11. 

 o Annual. Flower-stalks shorter than 



the calyx, or none.... 12, 13 

 X V. Virginia'na. Culver's Physic. Leaves 

 whorled. Corolla tube longer than limb. 

 2 V. spica'ta. Spike-flowered S. Leaves op- 

 posite. Corolla limb longer than tube, f 



3 V. Anagal'lis. Water S. Leaves ses- 

 sile, cordate-clasping, ovate -lance. 



4 V. America 'na. Jirooklime. Leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-ovute, base round- 

 ish or cordate. 



5 V scutella'ta. Marsh S. Leaves linear. 

 Kacemes very slender, few-flowered. 



6 V. officina'lis. Common S. Lvs. obovate- 

 elliptical, finely serrate. Racemes dense. 



7 V. Buxbamn'ii. JJuxbavm'tS. Lvs. 

 roundish-ovate. Pod triangular-ob- 

 cordate. Fields. E. 



8 V. agres'tis. Xeckwetd. Lvs. cordate- 

 ovate. Pod roundish, i-cutely notch- 

 ed. Fields. E. 



9 V. hederaefo'lia. Ivy-leaved S. Leaves cordate, roundish, 8-5-lobed. Capsule 



4-sceded. M. Rare. [than long, c, 



10 V. serpyllifo'lia. Thyme-leaved S. Flower-stalks longer than calyx. Pod broader 



11 V. alpi'na. Alpine S. Fl. -stalks as long as the calyx. Pod obov. Hairy. White Mts. 



12 V. peregri'na. Purslane S. Smoothish. Leaves petiolate, oblong, few- 

 toothed, fleshy, c. 



18 V. arven'sis. Corn, S. Hairy. Uower leaves ovate, crenate, petiolate ; uppc* 

 lanceolate, sessile, entire. Stem 2-6' high. In fields. Common. 



5. OOLLDT'SIA. Innocence. 



.Calyx 5-eleft. Corolla 2-lipped, throat closed, upper lip bifid, lower lip 

 trifid, with the middle segment keel-like, holding the style and 4 stamens 

 in a kind of sack. Capsule roundish. Annual herbs. 



I C. verna. Early Collinsia, or Innocence. Corolla 2 or 3 times longer than the calyx. 

 Plant. S to 18' high, tender and delicate. Leaves lance- ovate, dentate, opposite 

 Flew era variegated with blue and white, singular and pretty. M. W. 

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Fig. 575. Speedwell ( Veronica serpylli- 

 fo!ia\ whole plant Fig. 576. Plan of the 

 flower: o, is the 2-celle<I ovary; *, the 2 

 stamens; p. the 4 petals; ftp, the 4 sepals. 

 Fig. 577. Cross-section of the pod, show 

 iugU.-2cells,&c. 



