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6. M. guttatus DC. Fig. 6. Stems erect, simple or branching, 1.4 to 
8.6 dm. high; leaves roundish or oblong, toothed, the lower petioled,. the 
upper sessile; flowers in a terminal 
raceme; upper tooth of calyx com¬ 
monly the longest; corolla yellow, 
with purple or brown dots in throat, 
2-lipped, 1.2 to 4.8 cm. long.—Ex¬ 
ceedingly common and variable. 
7. M. brevipes Benth. Stems 
2.8 to 5.5 dm. high, simple, viscid- 
pubescent; leaves lanceolate or lin¬ 
ear. entire or sharply denticulate; 
corolla yellow, with very short in¬ 
cluded tube, campanulate-ventri- 
cose throat and ample rounded 
lobes, the limb 3.6 cm. across.'— 
Hillsides, S .Cal. 
8. M. moschatus Dougl. var. ses- 
silifolius Gray. Stems rooting at 
the lower nodes, 2.8 to 5.7 dm. long ; 
whole plant wet as if with slimy 
dew, musk-scented; leaves ovate, 
sparingly toothed, about 4.8 cm. 
long, sessile or shortly petioled; 
flowers solitary in the upper axils, 
on pedicels 2.4 to 4.8 cm. long; 
corolla yellow, 2.4 cm. long, its 
lobes not very unequal.—Margins 
of rivulets and streams. 
9. M. exilis Dur. Stem 1.5 to 
3 dm. high, much-branched from 
the base, villous throughout with long and soft white and somewhat viscid 
hairs; leaves lanceolate to oblong, entire, sessile; flowers axillary; corolla 
yellow, its lobes equal, the lower one with two brown-purple spots.— 
Gravelly banks and beds of flood streams. 
6. VERONICA L. Speedwell 
Ours herbs with the flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or soli¬ 
tary. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla somewhat rotate, deeply 4-cleft, the upper 
lobe commonly broadest. Stamens 2, on the upper side, exserted. 
Stigma 1. Capsule flattened. (Name thought to be in memory of St. 
Veronica.) 
1. V. peregrina L. Neckweed. Erect annual, 1 to 2.8 dm. high; 
leaves oblong, 8 to 24 mm. long, the lowest opposite, the upper alternate 
and uppermost reduced; flowers white, solitary in the axils; pod inverse¬ 
ly heart-shaped.—Low valley fields. 
2. V. americana Schwein. Brooklime. Perennial with stems 2.8 to 
5.7 dm. long; leaves oblong-ovate, serrate, 3.6 to 7.2 cm. long, bearing 
peduncled racemes in their axils; flowers blue; pod roundish.—Springs 
and rivulets. 
Fig. 6. Mimulus guttatus DC.; a, fl. 
branchlet x 54 ; b, leaves x ; c, 
pistil x \ x / 2 ; d. capsule x 1; e, cross 
sect, of capsule x 4. 
