GENUS 23. FIGWORT FAMILY. 
4. Veronica officinalis L. Common Speed- 
well. Fluellin. Gipsy-weed. Fig. 3799. 
Veronica officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 11. 1753. 
Perennial by stolons, pubescent all over; stem as- 
cending, 3-10’ high. Leaves oblong, oval, or obo- 
vate, petioled, 3’-2’ long, obtuse at the apex, serrate, 
narrowed into the petioles; racemes spike-like, nar- 
row, dense, elongated, often borne only in alternate 
axils, much longer than the leaves; subulate bract- 
lets and the calyx longer than the pedicels; flowers 
pale blue, 2”-3” broad; capsule obovate-cuneate, 
compressed, broadly emarginate, 2” high, 14” broad; 
seeds numerous, flat. 
In dry fields and woods, Nova Scotia to Ontario, 
South Dakota, North Carolina and Tennessee. As- 
cends to 5600 ft.in Virginia. Also in Europe and Asia. 
Appears, in most places, asif introduced. Paul’s-betony. 
Ground-hele. Upland speedwell. May-Aug. 
Veronica longifolia L., an erect European species 
with lanceolate petioled acuminate sharply serrate 
leaves, has been found in waste grounds and fields 
from Nova Scotia to New York. 
5. Veronica Chamaédrys L. Germander 
Speedwell. Fig. 3800. 
Veronica Chamaedrys L. Sp. Pl. 13. 1753. 
Perennial; stem ascending, simple or branched, 
slender, pubescent in two lines, 4-12’ high. Leaves 
ovate, sessile, or very nearly so, pubescent, trun- 
cate, rounded or cordate at the base, incised- 
dentate, obtuse at the apex, ’-11’ long; racemes 
borne in opposite or alternate axils, peduncled, 
more or less pubescent, loose, 2’-6’ long; pedicels 
filiform, longer than the calyx and usually longer 
than the bractlets; flowers light blue, 3’-4” 
broad; capsule obcordate, narrowed at the base; 
seeds numerous, flattish. 
In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia and 
Quebec to southern New York and Pennsylvania. 
Naturalized from Europe. Other English names 
are blue eye, eyebright, angel’s-eye, god’s-eye, bird’s- 
eye, cat’s-eye, base vervain. Forget-me-not. May-— 
July. 
Veronica Tetcrium L., also European, similar to 
V. Chamaedrys, but with oblong to lanceolate 
crenate leaves, has been found in New England and 
Ohio. 
6. Veronica Wormskioldii R. & S. Worms- 
kiold’s Speedwell. Fig. 3801. 
V. Wormskioldii R. & S. Syst. 1: 101. 1817. 
Perennial, pubescent or nearly glabrous; stems 
ascending or erect, slender, usually simple, 2’-12’ 
high. Leaves oblong, ovate, or elliptic, sessile, mostly 
rounded at both ends, crenulate or entire, 3’-1’ long; 
flowers in a short narrow raceme at the end of the 
stem, light blue, 2-3” broad; pedicels shorter than 
the calyx in flower, much shorter than the bractlets, 
2-3” long in fruit; capsule ellipsoid or slightly obo- 
void, moderately compressed, emarginate, 2”-3” high; 
seeds numerous, flattish. 
Labrador; mountains of Quebec and New England 
to Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado 
and in the Sierra Nevada to Nevada. Summer. Re- 
ferred in our first edition to V. alpina L. 
