VERONICA— VIBURNUM. 
489 
turbinate scales araclmoid ciliate, a little 
mucronate. Perhaps a distinct species. (S. 
scaberri'ma, (p. Ju. H.) stem simple : 
leaves lance-linear, denticulate, scabrous, 
hairy ; corymb sab-umbelled ; scales of 
the involucrum lanceolate, mucronate. 2 f. 
S. 
fascicula'ta, (Au. 2i-) leaves long, linear, 
sparingly serrate ; flowers corymbed, ap- 
proximate; involucrum ovoid, smooth; 
scales unarmed. IS. 
VERON"ICA. 2—1. (Pediculares.) 
oJfici7ia'Ux, /speedwell, b. M. 2^.) spikes 
lateral, pedui.cled ; leaves opposite, obo- 
vale, hairy ; stem procumbent, rough-hair- 
ed. 9-12 i. 
anagal"liss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. 11 ■) 
racemes opposite, long, loose ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, serrate ; stem erect. 12-18 i. 
beccahnn"^a, (brook lime, b. J. Zf.) ra- 
cemes opposite ; leaves oval obtuse, sub- 
serrate, glabrous; stem procumbent, root- 
ing at the base. Probably a variety of the 
last. 9-18 i. 
serpyllifo'lia, (b. M. to Au. 11. ) racemes 
spiked, many-flowered ; leaves ovate, 
slightly crenate ; capsules broad obcordate ; 
stems procumbent, 3-.5 inches long, some- 
limes creeping; flowers pale, in a long ter- 
minal spike, or raceme. Meadou-s. In- 
troduced. 
scuteUa'ta, racemes axillary, alternate ; 
pedicels divaricate; leaves linear, dentate- 
serrate ; stem erect, weak, fi-12 i. Flow- 
ers flesh-colored, racemed. Moist places. 
agrc!f"tis, flower peduncled ; leaves on 
short petioles, cordate ovate, deeply serrate ; 
segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate; 
stem procumbent; flowers small, pale blue, 
axillary, solitary. Sandy fields. Can. to 
Car. 
aipi'na, leaves opposite, lance-oblong, 
acute, toothed ; corymb terminal ; calyx 
hispid. 
arven"sis, (field veronica, w-b. M. 
stem procumbent ; flowers solitary ; lower 
leaves opposite, petioled, cordate-ovate, ser- 
rate ; floral leaves alternate, lanceolate, ses- 
sile, longer than the peduncles ; segments 
of the calyx unequal. Var. reiiifor^'mis, 
leaves reniibrm, entire, sessile. 3 8 i. 
hederifo'lia, (ivy speedwell, w-b. M. 
flowers solitary ; leaves as long as the pet- 
ioles, round-cordate, 5 lobed ; upper ones 
3-lobed ; segments of the calyx cordate, 
ciliate, acute; stem procumbent. 
'peregrifiiri, (Maryland veronica, w. Mar. 
^.) flowers solitary, sessile ; leaves oblong, 
obtuse, toothed and entire ; lower ones op- 
po.site, upper ones alternate, linear-lance- 
D'ate. 4 8 i. 
reiiifo/'mit, (b. J. 11.) stem creeping; 
spikes peduncled ; peduncles lateral, axil- 
lary, 1-bracted ; leaves oppo.site, long-pet- 
ioled, heart-reniform, gash-crenate. 
VESICA'RIA. 14—1. {Cruciferce., 
didymoca/'pa, white-downy, down stel- 
lated , calyx equal siiicles laVge, inflated, 
(li pairs ; radical leaves broad ovate spatu 
late; the rest lanceolate sub entire. Rocky 
Woontains. and West. 
VEXILLA'RlA. 16—10. (Legumino<saE.) Front 
vexillum, a banner.] 
virgin" ia' na, (butterfly weed, p. ,Tu. 2J.) 
stem twining, and with the ovate leu lets 
glabrous or sub-pubescent; peduncle 1-4- 
flowered ; calyx 5 parted, about as long 
as the lanceolate-bracts; legume linear, 
compressed ; flowers larger than those of 
any other North American papilionaceous 
plant. Hedges. Penn. to Car. 
maria'tui, stem climbing, glabrous; leaves 
ternate ; leafets lance-oval ; peduncles .soli- 
tary, 1-3-flowered ; calyx tubular-canipanu- 
late, glabrous, much longer than the bracts, 
legume torulose. Banks of streams. Flow- 
ers large, pale blue. 
phimi'era, climbing ; leaves ternate, ovate- 
oblong, acuminate ; calyx carapanulate, 
shorter than the ovate bracts ; corolla large, 
silky. S. 
VlEUR"NUiVI. 5—3. {Caprifolia.) 
oxycoc"cus, (high cranberry, r-w. J. 
leaves 3-lobed, acute at the ba.se, 3-nerved ; 
lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and 
obtusely toothed ; petioles glandular ; cymes 
radiate ; flowers of the ray large, abortive. 
Small shrub with spreading branches; fruit 
large, red, acid. 5-8 f Mountain woods. 
laal.nnoi'deit, (hobble-bush, w. M. ^.) 
branches Hexuo.se, often procumbent; 
leaves orbicular ovate, abruptly acuinin- 
ate, unequally serrate ; nerves and petioles 
pulverulent-tomentose ; cymes closely ses- 
sile; fruit ovate. 48f Fruit red, black 
when fully ripe. Mountains. 
pyrifo'lium, (w. J. ^ .) smooth; leaves 
ovate-oblong, acute, crenate, serrate ; pe- 
tiole naked ; cymes sub-pedunculate ; fruit 
oblong-ovate. 5-10 f 
leuta'go. (sheep berry, w. .1. ^).) glab- 
rous; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, hook- 
serrate ; petioles margined, undulate ; cymes 
scs.sile. The branches, when full grown, 
often form a fa.stigiate top. Berries black, 
oval, and pleasant tasted ; somewhat mu 
cilaginous. 8-15 f. 
acerifo'lium, (maple guelder-rose, dock- 
mackie, w, ,1. ^.) leaves heart ovate, or 3- 
lobed, acuminate, .sharp .serrate, pubescent 
beneath ; cymes long peduncled ; stem very 
flexible ; leaves broad and sub membrana- 
ceous. 4 5 f Leaves applied to inflamed 
tumors by the Indians. 
nu'dnm, w. M. glabrous; leaves oval, 
sub-entire; margins revolute ; petioles na- 
ked ; cymes peduncled ; flowers small, 
crowded. Berries black. 8-12 f 
pHbes"cem, (w. J. ^.) pubescent; leaves 
short-petioled. ovate, acuminate, dentate- 
serrate, villo.se beneath ; cymes peduncled 
fruit oblong. 6 f. Higl) grounds. 
casshioi'/ies, (.1. ^.) glabrous ; leaves lance- 
olate, acute at each end, crenate ; margins 
slightly revolute ; petioles keeled, without 
glaiid.s. Swamps. 
denta'tam, (arrow-wood, w. M. ^>.) 
smoothish ; leaves long petioled, crbicular- 
ovate. dentate .serrate, plicate, glabrous 
both .sides; cyme peduncled; fiuit sub- 
globo.se. Fruit blue. 8 f 
()bov(j'l>i.m, (M.S.) glabrous; branches 
virgate ; leaves obovate. crenate. dentate 
