FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF INDIANA. 925 



V. peregrina L. Purslane Speedwell. 



Our most common form of the genus. Found in waste places 

 and cultivated grounds, frequently invading lawns. 



Flowers from May through September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); Jefferson 

 (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); 

 Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Franklin 

 (Meyncke); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Knox (Spillman); Decatur 

 (Ballard); Fayette (Hessler); Yigo (Blatchley); Hamilton and 

 Marion (Wilson). 



V arvensis L. Corn Speedwell. 



Usually in damp places, in many parts of the State. It multi- 

 plies more rapidly in tilled lands and sometimes becomes annoy- 

 ing in rich lawns. 



Flowers from May until the frosts. 



Putnam (MacDougal); Steuben (Bradner); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Jay, Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Clark (Baird and Taylor); Jefferson (J. M. 

 Coulter); Knox (Spillman); Fayette (Hessler); Vigo (Blatchley); 

 Hamilton and Marion (Wilson). 



V. agrestis L. Garden Speedwell. 



Upon authority of Dr. MacDougal, who reports it as found in 

 Putnam County. The only record for the State. 



LEPTANDRA Nutt. 



L. Virginica (L.) Nutt. Culver's root. 



(Veronica firginica Nutt.) 



Distributed throughout the State in rich, moist soils. Found 

 most commonly in thickets and open woods, though also occurring 

 in wet meadows. 



Flow r ering from June until late in September. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Daviess (Clements); White (ITu<- 

 sey); Vigo (Blatchley); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, Dela- 

 ware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Noble (Van Gorder); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Hamilton (Wil- 

 son); Steuben (Bradner); Cass and Fayette (Hessler). 



