FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceee. 



feet high. In meadows and moist woods. Not recorded 

 in Vermont by Brainerd and Eggleston. N. Y., south 

 to Ala. , and west to Mo. and Neb. 



A perennial species with a hollow, 

 B^ok'r* 111 smooth stem, which creeps over the 

 Veronica ground and finally becomes erect and 



Americana branching. The leaves long-oval or ob- 

 Lavender-blue i on g lance-shaped, light green, slightly 

 September toothed, with short, flat stems. The tiny 

 flower is lavender-blue violet-striped, with 

 a white centre; the corolla four-lobed, the lower lobe 

 narrower than the others, the two divergent stamens 

 light purple. The frail, quickly fading flowers are set 

 on slender stems, in loose terminal spikes. 6-15 inches 

 high. On banks of streams and in damp places ; com- 

 mon from Me., south to Pa., and westward. Found in 

 the Catskill Mountains near the Mountain House. 



A similar species. The flowers on rather 



S^edwell zi g- za S stems, and with linear, acute, 



Veronica shallow-toothed leaves, slightly clasping 



scutellata the stem. Fruit capsule flat, notched, and 



La vender- blue broader than it is long. 6-20 inches high. 



In swamps, from Me., south to southern 



N. Y., and west to Minn. Local in Cal. 



Also in Europe and Asia. 



A woolly species with prostrate but 

 Speedwell finally erect stem. Leaves light green, 

 Veronica oval or obovate, toothed, and narrow at 



offldnalis the base. The flowers light lavender, 



jin^A^ust" stri P ed with h 'S ht violet ! corolla ^ur- 

 lobed. The flowers are set closely on slen- 

 der spikes, rising from the leaf-angles. 3-10 inches high. 

 Common in dry fields and wooded uplands. Me., south 

 to S. Car., west to Mich. Also in Europe and Asia. 



A small mountain species with the same 

 Veronica time Q f bi oom . tne slender stem generally 



simple, the leaves indistinctly toothed or 

 toothless, elliptical or ovate. Lavender flowers in short 

 clusters. 2-12 inches high. On Mt. Washington and 

 the high mountains of New Eng., also in the Rockies. 

 The seed-capsules of Veronica are in effect notched. 



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