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renate, downy, on winged petioles, those of the stem alternate, some- 
achat decurrent _Tacem ear one-sided, simple, of numerous drooping 
crimson or flo 
Purpie Dikbaie Foxglove 
Stem 3-4 feet high, angled, leafy below and terminated by the raceme. Leaves dull 
green, prominently netted oe those of the stem gradually diminishing into bracts. 
-234 inches lon within somewhat hairy and age ans spotted with deep 
purple dots surrounded by ee sues, or eding, 20 solitary, a: my peduncles. Capsule 
downy, tipped with the persistent style. Seeds pale brown, ated 
Cultivated. Native of Europe. June-July. 
bs. Common in gardens where it is prized for its showy flowers, and 
oo by the “ re sie ” and others who raise medicinal plants for 
common name Fox-glove is said to os ee 
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5. VERO’NICA, L. Sprepwet.. 
[Origin of the name obscure ; perhaps the flower of St. Veronica.] 
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped or salver-shaped, the border un- 
equally 4-lobed, the lateral lobes, or the a one, usually narrower. 
| Stamens 2, one on each side of bag upp lobe 0 the cool, exserted ; 
1 V. peregri : hous ual ; cua, rr bths leaves mi pare peti- 
oled, pete Fey upper alternate, sessile and entire ; flowers subssessile 
in the axils of leaf-like bracts te’; capsule orbicular, slightly noted, 
hts Veronica. Purslane Speedwell. Neckw 
Stem 3-6 inches high, often branched at base. Leaves half an inch to near an aa 
a long, fleshy. Calye lobes resembling | the ane Beep leaves or bracts. Corolla whitish, 
B: smail —— tg rem i the lobes n ; 
oe Waste and cultivated grounds. urn Ae inore 
Obs. a very co nua ‘ed ich has every appearance of an — 
introduced stranger, , though it is considered by most botanists as a ‘ative 
plant. It is widely different throughout the whole Jeng of ayo : 
