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Middle Duinc/.— Burlington, Shore of Delaware River. 

 Coast Strip.— Long Branch (C), Lake Como (S), Spring Lake (NB), 

 Sea Girt, Bay Head, St. Albans (L). Spray Beach (L), Holgate's (L). 



VERONICA L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Flowers racemose in the axils of the leaves. 



b. Plants glabrous or slightly glandular, flowers blue. 



c. Leaves ovate or oval, petioled. V. americana, p. 682 



cc. Leaves linear or linear lanceolate. V. scutellata, p. 682 



bb. Plants pubescent, leaves oval or obovate, petioled, flowers pale blue. 



V. oMcinalis, p. 683 

 aa. Flowers in terminal spikes or racemes, pale blue with darker stripes. 

 Stems decumbent, leaves opposite, oval, 6-12 mm. long. 



V. serpyllifolia, p. 683 

 aaa. Flowers solitary in the axils. Plant 7-30 cm. high. 



6. Erect glabrous or glandular, leaves oblong, 6-^0 mm. long, flowers 



white. V. peregrina, p. 683 



b6. Much branched and diffuse, leaves ovate or oval, crenate, 4-12 mm. 



long, flowers blue to nearly white. [V. arvensis]* 



Veronica americana Schw. Brooklime. 



Veronica americana "Schw." Benth in D. C. Prodr. X. 468. 1846 [Canada 

 and Carolina to Oregon] .^Knieskern 23. — Willis 43. — Britton 187. 



In streams; frequent in the northern counties and occasional 



within our limits in the Middle district. 



Fl. — Early June to early August. 



Middle District. — New Egypt (C), Burlington, Swedesboro. 



Veronica scutellata L. Marsh Speedwell. 



Veronica scutellata Linnasus, Sp. PI. 12. 1753 [Europe]. — Britton 187. — Kel- 

 ler and Brown 290. 



Frequent or occasional in swamps of the Northernmost coun-, 

 ties, also at Princton Junction, Black Swamp, Somerset County 

 and Rosemont, Hunterdon County; and at one or two stations 

 near Camden, where it is now probably extinct. 



Fl. — Early May to late August. 



Middle District. — Cooper's Perry, Whiskey Road. 



* Corn Speedwell a common weed. 



