308 64. Veronica. 22. RHINANTHACEiE. PL ex* cor, 
Veronica verna, Lin. S. P. IT. 
Dry fields ; annual ; April. 
Stem 6 in. high, often much branched ; flowers blue ; 
sepales pointed. 
1 5. Veronica iriphyllos . Three-leaved speedwell . 
Flowers solitary ; upper leaves finger-parted ; peduncles 
longer than the calyx ; seeds flat. 
Veronica flosculis singularibus, foliis laciniatis erecta, Rail Syn. 280,6. 
Alsine recta, Ger. em. 612, 5. 
Veronica triphyllos, Lin.S. P. 19. 
Upright chickweed. 
Sandy fields; annual; April. 
Stem much branched ; lower leaves not cut ; upper leaves 
nearly sessile, unequal, 3 to 5-lobed ; peduncles long ; se- 
pales blunt, unequal ; flowers dark blue ; capsule nicked ; 
seeds many, flat .— Her b dries black. 
16. Veronica arvensis . Cornfleld speedwell . 
Flowers solitary; leaves ovate, heartshape, cut; bractece 
oblong, scarcely nicked; seeds many, flat; stem upright. 
Veronica flosculis singularibus, cauliculis adherentibus, Raii Syn. 279,5. 
Alsine foliis veronicse, Ger.em. 613, T. 
Alsine foliis subrotundis Veronicse, Park . 762. 
Veronica arvensis, Lin. S. P. 18. 
Speedwell chickweed. 
Dry fields and walls ; annual ; May. 
Stem 6 in. high ; leaves pale green ; sepales lanceolate, 
pointed ; flowers pale blue ; capsules reverse heartshape ; 
seeds elliptical. 
17. Veronica agrestis. Field speedwell. 
Flowers peduncled ; leaves heartshape, ovate, broadly 
serrate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; stem spreading, 
diffused; seeds many; umbilicus concave; outside wrinkled. 
Veronica floris singularibus, in oblongis pediculis chamaedryfolia, Raii 
Syn. 279, 4. 
Alsine foliis trissaginis, Ger.em. 616, 1 ; Park. 764, 
Veronica agrestis, Lin. S. P. 18. 
Germander chickweed. Henbit. 
Fields and pastures; annual; May to September. 
Stem hairy; leaves nearly sessile; flowers small, light 
blue; sepales blunt, fringed; capsules twin, hairy. 
18. Veronica hedercefolia. Ivyleaved speedwell. 
Flowers peduncled ; sepales heartshape; peduncles longer 
than the leaves; leaves heartshape, flat, 5-lobed; seeds 2 to 
4* in each celi ; umbilicus concave, outside wrinkled. 
