Order 86.— SOEOPHULABIACE^. 527 



a Eacdmes, opposite, axillary. Capsulo roundish, emapginato Nos. 3 S 



a, Racemes alternate, axillary. Capsule not rounded, Tery flat .'.*.""* Nos" 4 5 



a Enoemes terminal, or the flowers axillary and not raoemed. (b) ' 



b Floral leaves lilce the rest, not longer than the recurved peduncles. . Nos 6—3 



b Floral leaves bractlike, longer than the erect peduncles, (o) 



o Perennial. Peduncles equaling or exeeedin? the calyx Nos. 9 10 14 



Annual. Peduncles shorter than tho calyx or none Nos! ll' 13 



1. V. Virginioa L. Culteb's Physic. Erect, tall, glabrous; Ivs. verticillate in 

 is, 5s, or 6s, lanoe-ovate to lance-linear ; spikes mostly several, paniculate. — U 

 Woods, thickets and barrens, Can. to Ga., W. to Iowa. A conspioucjus plant 

 arising 2 — 5f. Stem simple, straight, smooth, with whorls of acuminate, finely 

 serrate leaves which are subpetiolate and glaucous beneath. Flowers numerous, 

 nearly sessile, in spikes 3 to 10' long. Corolla white, tubular, pubescent inside. 

 Stamens and style twice as long as the corolla. Jl. (Leptandra Virginica 

 Nutt.) 



2 v. Anagallis L. Glabrous erect ; Ivs. sessile, clasping and siibcordate, lanceolate, 

 acutish, entire or serrulate ; rac. in opposite axils ; caps, orbicular, slightly notched. 

 — U A smooth, fleshy plant, frequenting the borders of bi'ooks and pools, Can. 

 and U. S. Stem about If high. Leaves 2 — 3' by ,5 — 1". Eaoemes (aome- 

 tirfles but I at a node) longer than tho leaves, loose, pedicels (2 — 3") scarcely 

 longer than the bracts. Flowers bluish-purple, small. Jn., Jl. 



3 V. Americana Schwenitz. Beooklime. Glabrous, decumbent at base, erect, 

 above ; lus. ovate or ovate-ollong, acuto or obtusish ; serrate, petiolaie, abrupt at 

 base; rac. opposite, loose; caps, roundish, turgid, emarginate. — U In brooks and 

 clear waters. Can. and U. S. Plant rather fleshy,, very smooth, 12 — 18' long, 

 more or less decumbent and rooting at base. Leaves 1 — 2' long, petioles mar- 

 gined. Racemes longer than tho leaves. Pedicels (3 — 5") twice longer than tho 

 bracts. Flowers blue or bluish-purpb. Jn., Jl. — (V. Becoabunga Am. authors.) 



4 y. Scutellaria L. Skull-oap. Speedwell. Glabrous, ascending, weak ; Ivs. 

 linear or lance-linear, sessile, acute, remotely denticulate ; rac. in alternate axils 

 very loose : pedicels divaricate ; capsule flat, broader than long, cordate at loth 

 ends. — If Slender and weak, in swamps and marshes, N. Eng. and "W. States, and 

 Brit. Am., common. St. 10 to 16' high. Lvs. (2 to 3' by 2 to 3") much longer 

 than the internodes. Ped. and pedicels filiform, tho latter (6 to 9'') six times 

 longer than the bracts. Fls. rather large, flesh-color, with purple lines. Jn. — 

 Aug. 



5 V. ofEoinalis L. Officinal Speedwell. Eoughish-pubesoent ; St. prostrate, 

 branched ; lvs. briefly petiolaie, and subsessilo, obovate-elliptic or oblong, obtuse, ser- 

 rate, mostly narrowed to the base ; rac. dense, many-flowered ; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx; caps, puberulent, obovate-triangular, slightly emarginate. — 11 

 In dry woods and open fields. Can. to Ga., rare. Plant trailing, 6 to 12' long, 

 with ascending branclies. Lvs. 1' to 18" by 6 to 9". Fls. pale blue, forming 

 rather long, axillary, erect, pedunculate spikes. May — Jl. § Eur. 



6 V. Buxbatimii Tenore. Prostrate, hairy; lvs. roundish-ovate, coarsely cre- 

 nate-serrato, the floral similar, all on short petioles ; ped. longer than the lvs. ; caps, 

 iriangular-obcordate, broader than long. — Rare in waste grounds, E. States. Plant 

 7 to 12' long, lvs. nearly 1' long. Cal. spreading 4 to 6". Cor. larger than tho 

 calyx, blue. Caps, oo-seeded. , 



7 V. agr^stis L. Neckweed. St. procumbent, diffusely branching ; lvs. cordnte- 

 ovate, deeply crenate-serrate, floral similar, all petiolate ; ped. as long as the leaves ■ 

 caps, roundish, acutely notched, oo-seeded. — (D In cultivated fields. Can. and At- 

 lantic States, not common. A small, pilous plant, 2 to 8' long, branching mostlv 

 at base. The lvs. are roundish-ovato, the lower shorter than their petioles, the 

 upper alternate. Fls. small, light blue, veined, theu- stalks recurved in fruit. 

 Segm. of the cal. fringed, ovate, equal. May — Sept. § Eur. 



8 V. hedercefolia L. Prostrate, pilous ; lvs. petiolate, cordate, roundish, coarsely 

 3 to 6-toothed or lobed ; ped. scarcely longer than tho lvs. ; sep. triangular, subcor- 

 daie, acute, closed in fruit ; caps, turgid, i-seeded. — Dry or rocky soils, L. JsL to 

 Del, rare. St. diffusely branched. Lvs. rather fleshy, 6 to 12" d'.am., tlie upper 

 larger and alternate. Cal. segm. ciliate. Cor. smaller than the calyx, blue. Mar., 

 May. § Eur. 



