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Varying, in number of leaves in whorl (five, reducing to four 
or three), in inflorescence of one or several racemes, and in 
leaves from lanceolate to nearly ovate, pubescent to nearly or 
quite glabrous beneath. 
Flowering from mid-July to early September, and soon ripen- 
ing fruit. 
Sandy or loam soil, swales and moist meadows, in potassic, 
magnesian and calcareous soils, frequent above the Fall-line; 
in western Long Island, and occasional in Middle district of 
New Jersey. Ranges from Connecticut and Ontario to Missis- 
sippi, Minnesota and Texas. 
VERONICA L. Sp. Pl. 9. 1753 
Type species, Veronica officinalis L., of Europe. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, frequently approximating 
so as to form a terminal raceme. Leaves alter- 
nate through the inflorescence. 
Filaments not exceeding the lobes of the corolla. 
Bracts leaf-like or slightly reduced. Plants 
less than 3 dm. tall. 
Pedicels longer than the sepals, usually exceed- 
ing the bracts. Sepals ovate. Capsule 
turgid. Seeds few, 1.3-3 mm. long, con- 
vex-arched, roughened. Leaves petioled 
(rarely the uppermost sessile), primarily 
palmately 5-7 nerved, the midvein 
usually with some radiating pinnate 
veins; mainly alternate, the lower some- 
times opposite 
Leaves broadly cordate, 3-5 lobed, the 
lobes rounded. Sepals broadly ovate, 
conspicuously ciliate. Capsule very 
turgid, scarcely notched at apex, only 
slightly 2-lobed. Seeds 2.5-3 mm. long, © 
blackish. 1. V. hederaefolia, 
Leaves ovate, serrate to dentate. Sepals 
more shortly ciliate. Capsule slightly 
flattened, deeply notched at apex, thus 
strongly two-lobed. Seeds 1.3-1.5 
mm. long, brow 
Petals not ei ng the ovate sepals. 
distal point of each about midway 
between the style and the lateral 
margin. 2. V. agrestis. 
