. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Tournefort's Speedwell. Fig. 3806. Byzantine Speed-. Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin, FI. Bad. I : 39. 1805. Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sibtti. & Smith, Fl. Graec. 1 : pi. 8. 1806. V. Buxbaumii Tenore, Fl. Nap. 1: 7. pi. 1. 1811. V. byzantina Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 1888. Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, spreading or ascending, 6'-is' lon
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Tournefort's Speedwell. Fig. 3806. Byzantine Speed-. Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin, FI. Bad. I : 39. 1805. Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sibtti. & Smith, Fl. Graec. 1 : pi. 8. 1806. V. Buxbaumii Tenore, Fl. Nap. 1: 7. pi. 1. 1811. V. byzantina Prel. Cat. N. Y. 40. 1888. Annual, pubescent; stems diffusely branched, spreading or ascending, 6'-is' long. Leaves ovate or oval, short-petioled, obtuse or acutish, sometimes narrowed at the base, crenate-dentate or somewhat incised, 4"-l2" long, the lowest opposite, the upper all alternate and each with a slender-peduncled rather large blue flower in its axil; peduncles filiform, as long as the leaves or longer; corolla exceeding the calyx, 3"-4" broad; capsule twice as broad as high, 3" broad, with a wide and shallow emargination at the summit; seeds few or several, hollowed out on the inner side. In waste places, Nova Scotia to southern New York and Ohio; Colorado to California. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. Bird's-eye. Cat's-eye. May-Sept. 12. Veronica hederaefolia L. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Fig. 3807. Veronica hederaefolia L. Sp. PI. 13- 1753- Annual, pubescent; stems slender, _ diffusely branched, 3-18' long. Leaves orbicular or broader, truncate or subcordate at the base, 3-5-lobed or 3-5-crenate, petioled, i'-i' in diam- eter, the lower opposite, the upper all alternate and with slender peduncled small blue flowers in their axils; peduncles filiform, often longer than the leaves; corolla 2" broad, scarcely longer than the calyx; capsule little compressed, 2-lobed, broader than high, shorter than the densely ciliate sepals, 2-4-seeded; seeds exca- vated on the inner side. In thickets, fields and waste places, southern
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