16 DIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 



Used formerly in incantations and philters, apparently instead of 

 . the Mandrake, Atropa Mandragora, Fl. Grac. t. 232 ; and at 

 least equally vain, if less dangerous. 



2. C. alpina. Mountain Encbanter's-nightshade. 



Stem ascending. Leaves heart-shaped, serrated, shining. 

 Calyx membranous. 



C. alpina. Linn. Sp. PI. 12. FL Lapp. ed. 2.5. Willd. v. 1. 53. 



Vahl Enum.v. 1.301. Fl. Br. 14. Engl.Bot. v. 15. t. 1057. 



Hook. Scot. 4. Lam.f. 2. Ehrh. Herb. 111. Beitr. v. 5.179. 



Fl.Dan.t. 1321. 

 C. n. 814. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 362. ^ 

 C. minima. Column. Ecphr. v. 2. 79. t. 80. 

 C. alpina omnium minima. Amhrosin. Phyt. 162./. 

 Solanifolia Circsea alpina. Bauh^ Pin. 168. Moris, v. 2. 617. 



sect. 5. t. 34, last figure. 

 l3.Fl.Br.\4. fVilld. v.\. 54. Vahl Enum. v. \ .301. Schrad. 



Germ. v. 1. 14. 

 C. alpina. Fl. Dan. t. 256. 

 C. intermedia. Ehrh. Herb. 101 . Beitr. v. 4. 42. 



In moist, shady, stony places, in Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 

 Lancashire, as well as in Scotland. By the sides of the High- 

 land lakes frequent. Dr. Hooker. /3 On the north shore of 

 Loch Tay. Mr. M' Ritchie. Near Leeds. Rev. W. Wood. In 

 shady groves by the river at Matlock bath, Derbyshire. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Essentially and, as Haller well observes, permanently distmct 

 from the foregoing j of more humble growth, with heart-shaped, 

 strongly serrated, shining leaves, and more plentiful clusters of 

 fowers, whose calyx is more membranous, and, as well as the 

 petals, redder. The stem is often as downy as in lutetiana, and 

 the leaves are mostly fringed. — The variety /3 is as tall as the 

 lutetiana ; its pubescence, though often copious, very minute j 

 but the shining leaves, and their sharp serratures, as well as the 

 structure and hue of ihefowers, accord best with C. alpina. 



9. VERONICA. Speedwell. 



Linn. Gen. 12. Juss. 99. Fl. Br. 15. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v. 37. 

 Br. Pr. 434. Tourn. t. 60. Lam. t. 13. Gartn. t. 54. 



Nat. Ord. Personatce. Linn. 40. Pedimlares. Juss. 35. 

 ScrophidariiicB. Br. Pr. 433. 



Cal inferior, in 4, rarely 5, deep, oblong, more or less un- 

 equal segments, permanent. Cor. wheel-shaped, deci- 

 duous ; tube various in length ; limb in 4 deep, unequal, 



