GENUS 23. ‘ FIGWORT FAMILY. 203 
Io. Veronica agréstis L. Procumbent, Field 
or Garden Speedwell. Fig. 3805. 
Veronica agrestis L. Sp. Pl. 13. 1753. 
‘Annual, pubescent; stems creeping or procumbent, 
very slender, branched, 3’-8’ long, the branches as- 
cending or spreading. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, 
obtuse at the apex, rounded, truncate or subcordate 
at the base, crenate, all short-petioled, or the upper- 
most sessile, the lowest opposite, the upper alternate 
and each with a slender-peduncled small blue flower 
in its axil; peduncles equalling or longer than the 
leaves; corolla not exceeding the calyx; capsule 
broader than high, compressed, but not very flat, nar- 
rowly emarginate at the summit, 1” high, 2” broad; 
seeds few, hollowed out on the inner side. 
In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to New Jersey 
and Louisiana. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 
of Asia. Other English names are germander-chickweed 
and winter-weed. May-Sept. 
11. Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin. Tournefort’s Speedwell. Byzantine Speed- 
well. Fig. 3806. 
Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin, Fl. Bad. 1: 39. 1805. 
Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sibth. & Smith, 
Fl. Graec. 1: pl. 8. 1806. 
V. Buxbaumii Tenore, Fl. Nap. 1: 7. pl. r. 1811. 
V. byzantina B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 1888. 
Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, 
spreading or ascending, 6-15’ long. Leaves 
ovate or oval, short-petioled, obtuse or acutish, 
sometimes narrowed at the base, crenate-dentate 
or somewhat incised, 4”’-12” long, the lowest 
opposite, the upper all alternate and each with 
a slender-peduncled rather large blue flower in 
its axil; peduncles filiform, as long as the leaves 
or longer; corolla exceeding the calyx, 3'-4” 
broad; capsule twice as broad as high, 3” broad, 
with a wide and shallow emargination at the 
summit; seeds few or several, hollowed out on 
the inner side. 
In waste places, Nova Scotia to southern New 
York and Ohio; Colorado to California. Adventive 
or naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. 
Bird’s-eye. Cat’s-eye. May-—Sept. 
12. Veronica hederaefolia L. Ivy-leaved 
Speedwell. Fig. 3807. 
Veronica hederaefolia L. Sp. Pl. 13. 1753. 
Annual, pubescent; stems slender, diffusely 
branched, 3’-18 long. Leaves orbicular or 
broader, truncate or subcordate at the base, 
3-5-lobed or 3-5-crenate, petioled, 4-1’ in diam- 
eter, the lower opposite, the upper all alternate 
and with slender peduncled small blue flowers 
in their axils; peduncles filiform, often longer 
than the leaves; corolla 2” broad, scarcely 
longer than the calyx; capsule little compressed, 
2-lobed, broader than high, shorter than the 
densely ciliate sepals, 2-4-seeded; seeds exca- 
vated on the inner side. 
In thickets, fields and waste places, southern 
New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to South 
Carolina. Naturalized from Europe. Native also 
of Asia. April-Oct. Ivy-chickweed. Mother-of- 
wheat. Small henbit. Winter-weed. Morgeline. 
