Class II. Order I. 5 



DIANDRIA. 



MONOGYNM. 



3, LIGUSTRUM. 



LIGUSTRUM VULGARE. L. Privet or Prim. 



Leaves lanceolate, acute ; panicle crowded. Will<L 



An ornamental shrub with smooth, opposite, spear shaped 

 leaves, thickening at the ends of the branches. Remarkable in 

 summer for its panicles of small white flowers, and in autumn 

 for its conical bunches of black berries. Frequent in woods, and 

 near fences, particularly in Roxbury. May, June. 



4. VERONICA. 



VERONICA SERPYLLIFOIJA. L. Smooth Speedwell. 



Raceme terminal, somewhat spiked ; leaves 

 ovate somewhat crcnate, three nerved, glabrous : 

 capsules obcordate, shorter than the styles. Smith. 



A small plant, hardly distinguishable among the grass, ex- 

 cept when in flower. Stem decumbent, rooting at the base ; 

 leaves opposite, roundish ovate ; flowers bluish white with vio- 

 let stripes ; capsules inversely heart shaped. Pastures and road 

 sides. May, June. Perennial. 



VERONICA SCUTELLATA. L. Jllarsh Speedwell. 



Racemes lateral, alternate ; partial flower stalks 

 divaricated ; leaves linear, slightly indented. Sm. 



Stem weak, leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate slightly tooth- 

 ed ; racemes axillary, consisting of a few small flowers of a pale 

 flesh colour with purplish stripes. Stalks of the fruit bent 

 backward. Found very common in wet places, varying in size 

 according to the quantity of water, flowering all summer. Pe.- 

 rennial. 



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