628 Oedeb 86.— SCROPHULARIACB^ 



9 V. serpyllifdlia L. Subglahrous, much branched below ; Bts. ascending; Itr 

 oval, subcrenate, obtuse, lower roundish and petiolate, upper sessile, passing 

 abruptly into oblong, entire, alternate bracts; ped. longer than the ovate sisals; 

 caps, oicordate, broader than- long. — 1[ Meadows and mountain valleys, in grass, 

 etc., TJ. S. and Can. Plant varying in height from 3' to 12'. Leaves rather 

 fleshy, 3-veined, 4 — -13" long, petioles — 2" Racemes bracted, rather close in 

 flower, elongating in fruit to 2 — 5'. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, blue 

 and white, penciled with purple linos. May — Aug. 



10 V. alpina L. Branched at base, ascending ; Ivs. roundish-oval, subentire, 

 very obtuse, sliort-petiolod, upper elliptical and much smaller ; roc. hairy, few- 

 Jlowered, usually dense ; ped about as long as the calyx ; stam. shorter than the 

 corolla; caps, oiovate, emarginate. — -White Mts., N". H. and Rocky Mts. Plant 1 

 to 5' long. Lvs. about 4" by 5''. Pis. small, blue. — Scarcely distinguishable 

 from dwarf specimens of No. 9. 



IX V. peregrina L. Ascending, subglairous ; lvs. petiolate, oHong, few-tooihed, 

 obtuse, upper sessile, oblong, obtuse, serrate or entire, floral oblong-hnear, entire, 

 longer than the subsessile flowers ; caps, suborbicular, shghtly notched, the lobes 

 rounded. — ® Throughout N. Am., in fields or clayey soils. Plant often branched 

 fixim tlie base, 4 to 10' high. Lvs. rather fleshy, the upper cSuline, 6 to 11" long, 

 floral much smaller. Sepals oblong, longer than the pale blue or white corolla. 

 Caps, hardly broader than long. May, Jn. (V. Marilandica "Willd.) 



12 V. arv^usis L. CoRJf Speedwell. Fuheruleni-pHous, simple or branched, 

 erect or assurgent ; lvs. ovate or roundish, suhcordaie, incisely crenate, lower ones 

 petiolate, upper and floral alternate, lanceolate, crenate, sessile; ped. shorter than 

 the calyx. — Frequent in dry fields, N. H. to Ga. and La. A small, pubescent, 

 pale-green plant, 2 to 6' high. St. nearly erect, branching from the base, th» 

 leaves assurgent. Cor. shorter than the cal., pale blue, penciled with purple 

 lines. May, Jn. § 

 /3. RENiFOEMis. Lvs. sessile, reniform, entire. (V. reniformis Raf ) 



13 V. spioita L. Spiked Speedwell. Erect, tall ; lvs. petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong or lanceolate, lower ones obtuse, crenate, upper acute, crenate-serrate, entire 

 at apex ; rac. mo.stly solitary ; pedicels much shorter than the sepals ; cal. mostly 

 hoary-pubescent. — If Europe and Asii A beautiful garden species withinumer- 

 ous varieties. Flowers blue, roseate, etc. f 



14 V. gentianoides Tahl. St. caspitous ; flowering branches erect, simple ; 

 his. thick, entire, or sparingly crenate; lowest crowded, obovate or oblong, the rest 

 remote, oblong or lanceolate, the floral bract-like ; rac. loosely many-flowered, 

 pubescent ; ped. many times longen. than tiie calyx. — Pis. rather large, blue. 

 fAsia. 



25. BUCHNE^RA, L. Blue-hearts. (In Lonor oi J. O. Buchner, a 

 German botanist, 1743.) Calyx 6-toothod ; corolla salver form, tube 

 slender, limb flat, in 5, obovate-oblong, subequal lobes ; stamens 4, in- 

 cluded, anthers halved, i.e., with but one cell ; capsule 2-valved. — Herbs, 

 with the lower lvs. opposite, the upper alternate. Fls. in a terminal 

 spike. 



B. Americana L. Tall, slender, hispid, very rough ; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, few- 

 toothed, obtuse, 3-veined, the lowest oblong-obovate ; highest linear ; spike long- 

 peduncled; fls. dense, becoming remote in fruit; cor. tube slender, pubescent, 

 twice as long as the hispid, tubular calyx, or the deep blue cor. lobes. — N. T. to 

 Ga. and La. Sts. 2 to 3f high, simple or few-branched, the upper half naked or 

 with bracts only. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Pis. 6 to 12 in the spike, 6 to 7" long. Jn. 

 — Aug. (B. elongata Sw. ! (Darby) is the same plant). Blackens in drying. 



26. MACRAN'THERA, Torr. (Gr. iiaKpog, great, Lat. anthera, an- 

 thers ; a mongrel word.) Calyx tube campanulate, lobes 5, long and 

 narrow ; corolla tubular, limb oblique, segments short, entire, stamens 

 4, long, cxseited, subequal ; style long, filiform ; capsule ovate, acumi- 



