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cemes usually longer, 25-50 flowered. 

 In deeper water, usually mostly sub- 

 mersed. 

 Stem distally, rachis and pedicels gla- 

 brous. Leaves oblong-ovate, mostly 

 broadest about the middle, the low- 

 est, especially if submersed, narrow- 

 ing to a petiolar base. Capsule 

 globose-ovoid, not or scarcely emar- 

 ginate. 13. V. Briltonii. 



Stem distally, rachis and pedicels 

 sparsely pubescent with glands, borne 

 upon jointed stalks. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, broadest near the base, the low- 

 est submersed ones elongated-lanceo- 

 late, clasping. Capsule broad-glo- 

 bose, emarginate. 14. V. glandifera. 

 Capsule much wider than long, strongly two- 

 lobed. Sepals shorter than the capsule. 

 Leaves linear or nearly so, remotely setace- 

 ous-toothed to entire. 15. V. scutellata. 



i. Veronica hederaefolia L. 



Occasionally introduced into waste ands, mostly near cities. 

 From Eurasia. 



2. Veronica agrestis L. 



Occasionally introduced into waste land, mostly near cities. 

 From Eurasia. 



3. Veronica Tournefortii C. C. Gmel. 



Veronica precox Raf. Atl. Journ. 79. 1832. "Grown in 

 the [Bartram's Botanic] Garden [near Philadelphia] 

 from seeds received from a place unknown ; but has spread 

 all over the garden like a weed, and even is become spon- 

 taneous on the banks of the Schuylkill." Not V. praecox 

 All., 1789. 

 Veronica diffusa Raf., New Fl. Am. 4: 38. 1838. "Native 

 of - — naturalized on the Schuylkill near Philadel- 

 phia." Re-naming of V. precox Raf. 

 Occasionally introduced into waste land. From Eurasia. 



4. Veronica serpyllifolia L. 



Common in moist grassy soil, meadows, fields and lawns. 

 From Eurasia. 



