154 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



axillary, loosely flowered. Pod triangular - obcordate. — 

 Chiefly eastward ; also at Niagara Falls. 



6. V. serpyllifo'lia, L. (Thyme-leaved S.) Flowers 

 whitish or pale blue, in a loose terminal raceme. Stem 

 nearly smooth, branched at the creeping base. Leaves 

 obscurely crenate, the lowest petioled. Pod flat, notched. — 

 Roadsides and fields. Plant only 2 or 3 inches high. 



7. V. peregri'na, L. (Neckweed.) Flowers whitish, 

 solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, short-pedicelled. 

 Corolla shorter than the calyx. Stem 4^9 inches high, near- 

 ly smooth. Pod orbicular, slightly notched. — "Waste places 

 and cultivated grounds. 



8. V. arven'sis, L. (Cobn Speedwell.) Flowers (blue) 

 as in No. 7, but the stem is hairy, and the pod inversely 

 heart-shaped. — Cultivated soil. 



9. V. agres'tiS, t. (Field Speedwell.) Leaves round 

 or ovate, crenate, petioled. Flowers small, in the axils of the 

 ordinary leaves, long-pedicelled. Seeds few, cup-shaped. — 

 Sandy fields, Atl. Prov. (Int. from Eu.) 



10. V. Buxbanm'ii, Tenors. Leaves as in the last. 

 Flowers (blue) large, long-pedicelled, in the axils of the 

 ordinary leaves. Calyx-lobes widely spreading in fruit. 

 Pod obcordate-triangular, broadly notched, many-seeded. — 

 Atl. Prov. 



3. MSA'KSA, ToHvn. ToAD-rLAX. 



1. L. VUlga'riS, Mill. (Toad-Flax. Buttee-and-Egos.) 

 Leaves crowded, linear, pale green. Corolla pale yellow, 

 v/ith a deeper yellow or orange-coloured palate. — Roadsides. 



2. L, Canaden'sis, Spreng. (Wild Toad-Flax.) A 

 slender herb, with linear, entire, alternate leaves. Flowers 

 blue, small, in a naked, terminal raceme. Spur of corolla 

 curved, filiform. — Sandy soil, Atl. Prov. 



3. L. eymbala'ria, Mill. A delicate little trailing plant, 

 with thiokish 3-5-lobed long petioles, and small yellow and 

 piirple flowers, — A garden escape. 



