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18. Alcliiiupy'i'iiiii. (Jaly.n 4-cleft^ the lobes akarp-pointed. Corolla 

 gTeenish-yoUow ; upper lip arched, compressed, the lower S-lobed 

 at the apex. Stamens 4 ; anthers hairy. Pod 1-4-seeded, flat, 

 oblique. Upper leaves larger than the lower ones and fringed 

 with bristly teeth at the base. 



1. VKKBAS'cuitl, L. Mullein. 



1. V. Thap'SUS, L. (Common Mullein.) A tall and very 

 ■woolly herb, with the simple stem winged by the decurrent 

 bases of the leaves. Flowers yellow, forming a dense spike. 

 — Fields and roadsides everywhere. 



2. V. Blatta'ria, L. (Moth M.) Stem slender, nearly 

 smooth. Lower leaves petioled, doubly serrate ; the upper 

 partly clasping. Flowers whitish with a, purple tinge, in a 

 loose raceme. Filaments all violet-bearded. — ^Roadsides; not 

 common northward. 



8. VEROX'ICA, L. SPEEDWELL. 



1. V. America' na, Schweinitz. (American Brooklime.) 

 Flowers pale blue, in opposite axillary racemes. Leaves 

 mostly petioled, ihickish,- serr&te. Pod swollen. — A common 

 plant in brooks and ditches. 



2. V. 3ilia,gal'lis, L., (Water Speedwell) is much like 

 No. 1, but the leaves are sessile, with a heart-shaped base. 



3. V, seutella'ta, L. (Marsh S.) Plqwers pale blue, in 

 racemes, chiefly from osfteraoie axils. Leaves «cssi7e, linear, 

 opposite, hardly toothed. Eacemes 1 or 2, slender and zig- 

 sarj. Flowers few. Pods very, flat, notched at both ends. — 

 Bogs. 



Var. pubescens, Macoun, has hairy stem and leaves. 



4. V. offleina'lis, L. (Common S.) Flowers light blue. 

 Stem prostrate, rooting at the base, pubescent. Leaves 

 short-petioled, obovate-elliptioal, serrate. Racemes dense, 

 chiefly from alternate axils. Pod obovate - triangular, 

 strongly flattened, notched. — Hillsides and open woods. 



5. V. ehamse'drys, L. Flowers pale blue. Stem pubes- 

 cent, at least in 2 lines, from a creeping base. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, ovate or cordate, incisely crenate. Kacemes 



