DIANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 17 



24.CRYPTA. Cal. 2-leaved, inferior. Cor. 2—3- 

 petalled, closed. Style almost wanting. Stig. ob- 

 tuse. Caps. 2 — 3-celled, 2 — 3-valved ; cells 4 — 5- 

 seeded. 



MONOGYNIA. 



5. LIGUSTRUM. Prim, or Privet. Jasmine*. 



L. vulgare ; leaves elliptical — lanceolate, smooth , 



racemes compound, crowded. 

 J-IAB. Hedges and open woods. May. Tj. 6 ft. high; 



leaves opposite; flowers white, panicled ; berries 



black. 



♦J. CHIONANTHUS. Fringe-tree. Jasmine*. 



C. virginica: leaves terminal ; peduncles 3-flowered ; 



leaves acute. 



a., montana: leaves oval-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 smooth ; panicles dense ; drupe oval. 



j3. maritima: leaves obovate-lanceolate, membra- 

 naceous, pubescent ; panicles very loose ; drupe 

 elliptical. 

 HAB. a. On mountains ; /3. on the sea-coast. May — 



June. T? . 6 — 10 — 20 feet high ; leav. oppos. ; flowers 



i?i panicles. 



7. ORNUS. Flowering-ash. Jasmine*. 



0, americana : leaves broad-ovate, serrate ; the ter- 

 minal one obcordate. 



JIAB. Shady woods. T?. Fl. as in Chionantiius : 

 seeds small, winged. 



3. VERONICA. Speedwell. Rhinanthacea. 

 V. officinalis : spikes lateral, peduncled ; leaves obo- 



vate, or roundish, serrate, hairy ; stem procum 



bent. 

 HAB. Dry woods and meadows. June — July. 1/. Stem 



diffuse; spikes erect, subradical ;fl. blue. 

 V. serpyllifolia : raceme elongated, many-flowered ; 



leaves ovate, crenate, smooth ; capsule as long u« 



the style ; stem ascending, 

 n* 



