628' Obdbe 86.— SCKOPHULARIACB^. 



9 V. serpyllifdlia L. SutgJabrous, much branched below; sts. ascending; Iva 

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

 abraptly into oblong, entire, alternate bracts ; ped. longer than the ovate sepals; 

 caps, obcordate, broader than long. — If Meadows and mountain valleys, in grass, 

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

 fleshy, 3-veined, A — 12" 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 lines. May — Aug. 



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

 very obtuse, short-petioled, upper elliptical and much smaller ; roc. hairy, few- 

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

 corolla; caps, oiovate, emarginate. — White Mts., N. H. and Eocky Mts. Plant 1 

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

 from dwarf specimens of No. 9. 



11 V. peregrina L. Ascending, subglabrous; lvs. petiolate, oblong, few-iooOied, 

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

 longer than the subsessile flowers ; caps, suborbioular, slightly notched, the lobes 

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

 from the base, 4 to 10' high. Lvs. rather fleshy, the upper cauhne, 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^nsia L. Coeit Speedwell. Fuberulemt-pioMs, simple or branched, 

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

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

 the calyx. — Frequent in dry fields, N. H. to 6a. and La^ A small, pubescent, 

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

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

 lines. May, Jn. § 



j3. KENiFOEMis. Lvs. sessile, reniform, entire. (V. reniformis Eaf ) 



13 V. spicata L. Spieed Speedwell. Erect, tall; lvs. petiolate, ovate- 

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

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

 hoary-pubescent. — U Europe and Asia. A beautiful garden species with numer- 

 ous varieties. Flowers blue, roseate, etc. f 



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

 lvs. thick, entire, or sparingly crenate ; lowest crowded, obovate or oblong, iJie rest 

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

 pubescent; ped. m£|,ny times longer than the calyx. — ^Pls. rather large, blue, 

 f Asia. 



25. BUCHNE^RA, L. Blue-hearts. {In honov 'oi J. G. Buchner, a 

 German botanist, 1743.) Calyx 5-tootliod; corolla salver form, tube 

 slender, limb flat, in 6, obovate-oblong, subequal lobes ; stamens 4, in- 

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

 ■with the lower lvs. opj)osite, 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- 

 pedunoled ; 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 

 Tivith bracts only. Lvs. 1 to 2' long. Fls. 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. paapog, 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, exserted, subequal ; style long, filiform ; capsule ovate, acumi- 



