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2. C. pallida, (L.) Spreng. ; var. septentrionMis, (Lindl.) Gray. 

 Perennial, smooth except at the top; leaves entire or nearly so; bracts i 



yellowish or reddish-purple, but not bright. Moist soil, Man.-Alta. 



3. C. sessiliflSra, Pursh. 



Perennial, hairy; stems leafy, often branched at the base, 6-10 in. high ; 

 leaves sessile, the lower linear and entire, the others, deeply cut; flowers 

 yellowish-green, not showy. Dry sandy prairies, Man. and Sask. 



4. C. mini&ta, Dougl. 



Stems several from a short rootstook, 8 in. to 2 ft. high, mostly simple; 

 leaves lanceolate to linear, rarely 3-cleft; bracts bright red; spikes short 

 and dense; the whoLe plant glabrous up to the flowers. Moist ground, 

 Man.-Alta. 



8. VERONICA. Speedwell. 



Calyx 4-parted; corolla unequally 4-parted, the lower lobe the 

 smallest, rotate; stamens 2, on the base of the upper lobe of the 

 coroUa, the anthers united; style slender; ovary 2-celled; capsule 

 flattened, sometimes heart-shaped. Mostly herbs with small blue, 

 purple, pink, or white flowers. 



1. V. Anagailis-aquStica, L. Water Speedwell. 



Smooth, the lower part of the stem prostrate and rooting at the joints, 

 the upper part erect; leaves entire or nearly so, those of the flowering stem, 

 lanceolate, sessile, clasping at the base, those produced later orbicular, or ovate, 

 and petioled; flowers bluish or purplish; capsule flattened, nearly orbicular. 

 Drying streams and ditches, Man.-Alta. 



2. V. americana, Schwein. 



Similar to the preceding, but all the leaves oblong to lanceolate, distinctly 

 petioled, and sharply serrate. Streams and ditches, Man.-Alta. 



3. V. scutellata, L. Marsh Speedwell. 



Slender, decumbent, 6 in. to 2 ft. high, glabrous, rooting by leafy shoots 

 from the base; leaves linear, sessile and slightly clasping, denticulate with 

 few teeth ; flowers blue on slender pedicels in axillaf y racemes exceeding the 

 leaves; capsule longer across the transverse axis, deeply notched &t the 

 summit. Wet places, Man.-Alta. 



LXXVIII. LENTIBULARIACE^ (Bladderwokt Family). 



Aquatic herbs, free-floating or rooting in the mud, with leaves 

 clustered at the base, or borne on immersed floating stems, and irreg- 

 ular flowers carried above the water on erect scapes. Corolla 



