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pointed teeth. Corolla about 1 inch long, consisting of a cylindrical tube 

 which is longer than the calyx, and an upper and a lower lip; upper lip 

 two-lobed and reflexed, lower lip three-lobed and spreading, the throat of 

 the flower closed by a prominent yellow palate. The plant derives its 

 name from the fancied resemblance of the flower to a grinning face. 



In swamps, marshes, wet meadows and along streams from Nova 

 Scotia to Manitoba, south to Virginia, Tennessee, Nebraska and Texas. 

 Flowering from June to September. 



Golden Hedge Hyssop; Goldenpert 

 Gratiola a urea Muhlenberg 



Plate 1 00a 



Stems decumbent, creeping, ascending at the ends, simple or usually 

 branched, 4 to 12 inches long, from a perennial root. Leaves lanceolate 

 to linear-oblong, one-half to 1 inch long, sessile and somewhat clasping 

 at the base. Calyx five-parted with narrow lobes. Corolla irregular, its 

 tube cylindric, the end of the flower more or less two-lipped, bright yellow, 

 about one-half of an inch long; upper lip entire, lower lip three-lobed. 

 Stamens four, only two of which bear anthers. Fruit a short, almost 

 globular, capsule. 



In sandy, wet places and borders of ponds and marshes in sandy soil, 

 Quebec to Ontario, south to New Jersey and Virginia. Flowering from 

 June to September. Frequent on the sandy, coastal plain. Rather rare 

 and local in the interior parts of the State. 



American Brooklime; Speedwell 

 Veronica americana Schweinitz 



Plate 190b 



A rather small, smooth herb, with creeping stems and perennial root- 

 stock freely rooting at the nodes, the ends erect, 6 inches to 3 feet long. 

 Leaves opposite and petioled, oblong, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, toothed, 

 1 to 3 inches long, one-fourth to 1 inch wide. Flowers blue or whitish, 

 striped with purple or blue lines, about one-fifth of an inch broad in loose, 



