308 64. Veronica. 22. RHINANTHACE^. PI. ex. 



cor. 



Veronica verna, Lin. S. P. 17. 

 Dry fields ; annual ; April. 



Stem 6 in. high, often much branched ; Jiowers blue ; 

 sepales pointed. 



15. Veronica triphyllos. Three-leaved speedwell. 

 Flowers solitary; zipper leaves finger-parted; peduncles 



longer than the calyx ; seeds ^bX. 



Veronica floscnlis singularibus, foliis laciniatis erecta, Rati Syn. 280y6. 

 Alsine recta, Ger. em, 612, 5. 

 Veronica triphyllos, Lin. S. P. 19. 

 Upright chickweed. 



Sandy fields ; annual ; April. 



5^e/» much branched ; lower leaves not cut ; upper leaves 

 nearly sessile, unequal, 3 to 5-lobed ; peduncles long ; se- 

 pales blunt, unequal; Jiowers dark blue; capsule nicked; 

 seeds many, flat. — Herb dries black. 



16. Veronica arvensis. Cornfield speedwell. 

 Flowers solitary ; leaves ovate, heartshape, cut ; hracteoe. 



oblong, scarcely nicked; seeds many, flat; stem upright. 

 Veronica flosculis singularibus, cauliculis adherentibus, Rail Syn. 279,5. 

 Alsine foliis veronicae, Ger. em. 613, 7. 

 Alsine foliis subrotundis Veronicse, Park. 762. 

 Veronica arvensis, Lin. S. P. 18. 

 Speedwell chickweed. 



!Dry fields and walls ; annual ; May. 

 , Stem 6 in. high; leaves pale green; sepales lanceolate, 

 pointed; jiowers pale blue; capsules reverse heartshape; 

 seeds elliptical. 



17. Veronica agrestis. Field speedwell. 

 Flowers peduncled ; leaves heartshape, ovate, broadly 



serrate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; stem spreading, 

 diffiised ; seeds many ; umbilicus concave ; outside wrinkled. 



Veronica floris singularibus, in oblongis pediculis chanfjaedryfolla, Rail 

 Syn. 279, 4. 



Alsine foliis frissaginis, Ger. em. 616, 1 ; Park. 764. 



Veronica agrestis, Lin. S. P. 18. 



Germander chickweed. Henbit. 



Fields and pastures ; annual ; May to September. 

 Stem hairy; leaves nearly sessile; flowers small, light 

 blue ; sepales blunt, fringed ; capsules twin, hairy. 



18. Veronica hedertEfolia. Ivyleaved speedwell. 

 ■ Flowers ^eduncXed', ie/ja/es heartshape; peduncles longer 



than the leaves ; leaves heartshape, flat, .o-lobcd ; seeds 2 to 

 ■i in each cell ; umbilicus concave, outside wrinkled. 



