8 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. ornus. 



Nus sp. L. Nat. Ord. Jasmine.^. Juss. Fhwer- 

 ing Ash. 



0. amtricana Pursh: leaves broad-ovate, serrated; 

 the terminal one obcordate. Pursh Fl. I. p. 8. O. Eu- 

 ropma ^. americana Pers. SyruU. p. 105. 



Flowers reseniblint^ those of Chionanthus ; seeds small, winged. 

 Hab. In moist shady woods; Maryland and Virginia; rare. 



May. Pursh. With this plant I am entirely unacquainted. 



It docs not appear to have been described by any botanists 



except P^^rsoon and P«rs A, and the habitat is not even 



mentioned by the former. 



8. VERONICA. L, 



Calyx 4-partcd. Corolla rotate, 4-lobed, unequal, 

 the lovVer segment narrower. Capsule 2-celled, obcor- 

 date ; seeds' few. Gen. pi. 32. Nu 1 1. Gen. I. 6. 

 Juss. Roem. ^ Schiilt. Geii.l. p. 53. Lam. 

 Ill t. XIII. f. 1. ■ Nat. Ord. Rhinanthace^. 

 J II s j.. Speedwell. 



1. V. officinalis L.: spike lateral, peduncled. leaves ob- 

 ovate, or obovate-subrotund, serrated, hairy ; stem procumbent, 

 rooting below. !Vi lid. Spec. 1. p. 59. M i c h. Fl. \. p. 5. 

 Pursh Fl. 1. p. iO. Elliott Sk. I. p. 8. Eng. Bot. 

 t. 765. Roem. i>- Schult. I. p. 1 1 0. 



Root perennial. Stem diffuse, with the branches ascending. 

 Leaves opposite, on short peduncles, scabrous, pale green. 

 Sfiikes erect, generally proceeding from the lower part of the 

 stem. Corolla pale blue, with darker veins. Cafisule much 

 compressed, pubescent ; seeds 8 — 10, nearly round, flattened, 

 yellow. 



Hab. In dry woods; more rarely in meadows. Hoboken, New- 

 Jersey. Common in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Near Al- 

 bany. Dr. L. C. Beck and Mr. Tracy. June— July. 

 Introduced ? 



2. V. strpyllifolia L.: raceme elongated, many-flower- 

 ed ; leaves ovate, crenate, smooth ; capsule as long as the 

 style; stem ascending. Willd. Spec. 1. p. 64. Mich. 

 Fl. I. p. 4. Big. Bost. p. 5. Pursh Fl. 1. p. 11. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 8. Walt. Car. p. 60. Clayton 

 Virg. p. 2. Eng. Bot. t. 1075. Roerr^. ^ Schult. I. 

 p. 102. 



Root perennial. Ste7n procumbent at base, 5 — 6 inches long. 

 Leaves opposite, as in all the rest, nearly sessile, rather fleshy. 

 Racemes with somewhat distant flowers. Corolla pale blue, 



