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 GRATIOLA, L. Hedge Hyssop. 



1660. G. VIRGINIANA, L. 



Low ground. July — 2. (B) A low clammy pubescent plant. 

 Flowers small, whitish, with the tubes yellow. 



1661. G. AUREA, Muhl. 



Alluvial flats. Rather rare. Malloch's Bay. Billings Bridge. 

 New Edinburgh. A small slender plant growing amongst 

 grasses, etc., with large golden-yellow flowers. 



ELYS A NTH ES, Raf. False Pimpernel. 



1662. I. GRATiOLOiDES, Benth. (False Pimpernel.) 



On mud by the sides of rivers. July — 2. (B) Small smooth 

 annuals, very much branched and growing over the mud. The 

 small purplish flowers produced all the summer. 



VERONICA, L. Speedwell. 



1667. V. Anagallis, L. (Water Speedwell.) 



In water, in ditches and streams. Leaves sessile. Ju. — 2. 



1668. V. agrestis, Schwein. (American Brooklime.) 



Brooks and ditches. July — 1. Leaves thick, petioled. Pods 

 swollen. 



1669. V. scutellata, L. (Marsh Speedwell.) 



Swamps and marshes. June — 2. (B) Stems slender and weak. 

 Leaves linear. Flowers in very slender zig-zag racemes. Pods 

 flat, broader than long. 



1671. V. OFFICINALIS, L. (Common Speedwell.) 



Sandy woods. Rather rare. Beechwood. Hull. Chelsea. Aylmer. 

 July — 1. A pubescent prostrate plant with erect many-flowered 

 racemes of pale, lavender flowers. Pod obovate-triangular, 

 broadly notched. 



1675. V, SERPTLLiFOLiA, L. (Thyme-leaved Speedwell.) 



Open grassy places. May — 3. (B) A prostrate, almost glabrous 

 plant, the branchlets terminating in loose elongated racemes. 

 Pod swollen broader than long. 



