‘SGA ORD: XX... Personatte:. VERONICA BECCABUNGA. 
This plant was formerly considered of much use in several dis- 
eases, and. was applied externally to wounds. and.ulcers; but if it 
have any peculiar efficacy, it is to be derived from its antiscorbutic 
virtue. Asa mild refrigerant juice it.is.preferred where an acri- 
monious state of the-fluids prevails, indicated by purient eruptions 
upon the skin, or in what has been’ called the hot,scurvy; it is 
ordered in.the London Pharmacoperia as an ingredient in the succus 
cochliariz compositus, probably with a view to correct the pun- 
gency of the cress. Rutty says, “ Succus ejus saponaceus est, 
“ aperiens, & majori copia sumptus, alvum movet commodissime.” 
We must, however, acknowledge, that we should expect. equal 
benefit from the same quantity of any other bland fresh vegetable 
matter taken into the system. To derive any advantage from it, 
the juice ought to be used in large quantities, or the fresh plant. 
eaten as food. 
VERBENA OFFICINALIS.. COMMON VERVAIN. 
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SYNONYMA. Verbena: Pharm. Dale. 148: Alston. vol. it. 249, 
Lewis. 660. Murray: ii. 209; Verbena communis ceruleo 
flore. Bauh. Pin. 269. V. mas seu recta et vulgaris. Park. 
Theat. 674. V.communis. Gerard: Emac.718. Raii. Hist. 535. 
Synop. 236. V. officinalis. Hudson. Flor. Ang. 505. With. 
Bot. Arr. 595. Flor. Dan. 628. Flor. Lond. i. 5. 
Didynamia Gymnospermia.* 
Gen. Ch. Cor. infundib. subequalis, curva. Calycis unico dente 
truncato. Semina?.s.4. nuda. Siam. 2.s. 4.. 
* Linneus places the Verbena in: the class. of diandria, dividing the different 
species into the diandrous and tetrandrous: ; but our English species, included 
among the latter, has also the characters of the fourteenth class, and is arranged 
accordingly by British botanists 
