2&2 SCR0P1IULARIACEJ3. 



m mud, creeping by slender runners, with entire fleshy leuttt in 

 dense clusters around the simple I flowered peduncle. 



1. L. TENUiroLiA, Nutt. Common Mudicort. 



Leaves terete, aw 1-ahaped or thread-form, scarcely dilated at the apex ; sceipe 1- 

 flowered, a.s long aa the leave?. 



Muddy thcrcs. Aug. Leaves abcutl.'neh leng. J7<>tc.'r« bluish-white, mlr.ute 



16. VERONICA, Linn. Speedwell, 



Me me of "doubtful origin. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla with a 4-cIcft spreading 

 border, lower segments mostly narrow. SlAMEKB 2, cne 

 each side of the upper lobe of the corolla, exserted. Style 

 entire; stigma single. Catslle flattened, usually obtuse 

 or notched at the apex, 2-cellcd, ftw to many-seedtd. — 

 Chiefly herbs, icith various foliage, and blue, fle&h color or white 

 flowers, axillary or racemed. ' 



* Spv.es or rao~w.es terminal, Perennials. 



1. Y. serpyllifoli-A, L. Thyme-J cared Speedwell. 



Much branched, at the ba. c e, lew; tranches ascending, simple; leaves ovate or 

 oblong, obscurely crenatc, sraoothish; raceme elongated, many-fiowcrcd; capsul* 

 inversely heart-shaped, as long aa the styl*. 



RcseUidcs and felds. common; introduced and indigenous. May— July. Stem 

 procumlent, 8 to 8 inches long, scmctiines creeping. Leaves rather fleshy, 3-veincd, 

 It to 1 Inch long. CorcUa scarcely exeecdirg the calyx, blue and white, beautifully 

 penciled with i urple lines. * 



"* * FjiH.es or raceme* axillary. Perennial*. 



2. Y. scutellata, L. Marsh SpeedvtHL 



Smooth, ascending, slender and weak; leaves seseile, lineer, acute, scmewha* 

 toothed ; racemes very slender, zig-zag, with the flowers few and scattered ; capsvl* 

 Sat, much bro&dtr-thau long, notched at both end?. 



Mcift place?, ccmmr.n. June — Aug. P/at?* 8 to 12 inebcp high. Leaves 2 to 3 

 Incbee long. y± to }£ inch vide Fhj$)er*.fLtBk colored or bluith, in nimple rsrely 

 sompcund racemes. 



3. Y. Anagallis, L. Water Speedwell. 



Smooth, creeping and rcoting at the base, erect above; leaves te-tnle-, ro«tly 

 clasping by a ht art-shaped lase, ovate-lanceolate, acute, ecrrate or entire; pedicel* 

 ^reading; capsule orbicular, slightly notched. 



Ercolv? and ditches. June — Aug. SUvi 1 to 2 feet h : gb. succulent. Leaver 2 'io 

 3 Inches long, J4 to % inch wide. Flcvscrs numcious, blue or purplish. Vnrclla 

 nvotked with purple lines. 



4. Y. Americana, Shweiniiz. American Brocldime. 



finceth, d<ermtentat the lr?c-.. then erect; terra ovate cr cblorg. mostly pe- 

 t!«.kd. ccutish. serrate, thietifh, scmrwhat ccrd&tc at base; capful* rounded, 

 tuTjkl, Botched. (Y.Btccabunga. American, authors.) 



F.rcfkf ?nd ditrl cs; crmrr.cn. Juni — Aug. Stems 8 to 15 inches high. Iscvtt 

 1 to 2 inches icrg. '•., to Ji as wide. I levers blu« cr bluuh-irrjle, on raceme* 

 k*;gcr than the leaves. 





