50 DIANDUIA MONOGYNIA. \JCL. II. 



1. L. vulgdre. Common Privet, Prim, or Print. Leaves between 

 elliptical and lance-shaped, obtuse, with a small point ; flowers in dense 



terminal panicles. A small shrub. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, 



dark green, frequently remaining through the winter : flowers white, 

 small: berries globular, black, bitter and nauseous. Flowers in J une 

 and July : grows in hedges and copses, in gravelly and chalky soil. Rocks 

 of Dunnerholme, and above Cartmel Wells. Used for low hedges, 

 especially in gardens. It grows fast, and may be raised from cuttings. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 764. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 13. 16. 



2. FRA'XINUS. ASH. 



Calyx none, or in four deep segments. Corolla none, or in 

 four deep segments. Filaments short. Anthers large, with four 

 furrows. Germen superior, egg-shaped, two-celled. Style short. 

 Stigma cleft. Capsule lance-shaped, flat. Name from phraxis, 

 separation, on account of the ease with which the wood may be 

 split. 



1. F. eicefsior. Common Ath. Leaves pinnate, with lance-shaped, 

 serrated leaflets ; flowers destitute of calyx and corolla. A very beau- 

 tiful tree, with smooth, grey bark, large black buds, and pinnate leaves. 

 In old trees, the lower branches, after bending downwards, curve up- 

 wards at their extremities ; leaves stalked, consisting of five or six pairs 

 of lance-shaped, nearly sessile, opposite leaflets, with a terminal one : 

 flowers in loose panicles : anthers large, purple : capsules with a flat 

 leaf-like termination, generally of two cells, each containing a flat 

 oblong seed. It assumes its foliage later than any of our trees, and 

 loses it early ; the capsules generally fall soon, but sometimes remain 

 through the winter. A variety occurs with simple leaves, and another 

 with drooping branches. Flowers in April and May ; grows in natural 

 woods in many parts of Scotland, and is cultivated in woods and hedges. 

 The wood, which is whitish and tough, is employed for numerous pur- 

 poses in domestic and rural economy, and the leaves are eaten by cattle, 

 but communicate a disagreeable taste to butter. Eng. Bot. vol. xxiv. pi. 

 1692. Eng. Ft. vol.i. p. 14. 17. 



3. VERONI'CA. SPEEDWELL. 



Calyx inferior, with four unequal segments, permanent. Corolla 

 wheel-shaped, permanent ; its limb divided into four unequal 

 segments, of which the lower is smallest. Filaments spreading, 

 tapering downwards ; anther oblong. Germen compressed. 

 Style thread-shaped, declining, as long as the stamens ; stigma 

 small, notched. Capsule more or less inversely heart-shaped, 

 compressed, two-celled, four-valved. Seeds numerous, roundish. 

 Name said to have been altered from Bctonica. 8. 



* Flmuers in terminal clusters or spikes. 



1. V. serpyllifolia. Smooth or Thyme-leaved Speedwell. Clusters some- 

 what spiked ; leaves egg-shaped, slightly crenate ; capsule inversely 



heart-shaped, shorter than the style. Root of long white fibres : stem 



about five inches high, decumbent and rooting at the base, branched, 

 leafy : leaves opposite, with short stalks, slightly hairy, three-nerved : 

 bracteas elliptical : flowers of a delicate pale blue, reddish before they 



