4 DIANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. IVeroiu'ca. 



preseyit a most curious appearance.^ — Nat. Orel. Pistiace^, Rich. 

 — Name, Xi/jb/j.a, of the Greeks, it is said from ?.sots, a scale. 



10. Claoil'M. Perianth single, glumaceous. Glumes of 1 

 piece or valve, l-flowered, imbricating; outer ones sterile. Fruity 

 a iiut with a loose external coat, destitute of bristles at the base. 

 — Nat. Ord. CyperacEjE, Juss. — Named from xXabog, a branch ; 

 so called, perhaps, from the many branches bearing spikelets. 



(See Salicorniu in CL. I. Schccnits, CL. III. Carex, CL. XXI. 

 Lepidium and Coronopus, CL. XV.) 



ORD. II. DIGYNIA. 2 Styles. 



I. Antiioxanthum. (Tab. l.f. 1.) CV</. of 2 valves, gliima- 

 ceous, l-flowered. Cor. double, each of 2 valves ; the ext. awTied; 



the int. small, awnless. — Nat. Ord. GRAiNiiNEiT;, Juss Name, 



Ki/t'ciC, a ^6»?tTr, and '^avOo:, yelloic ; from the yellowish hue of 

 the spikes, especially in age. 



(See Ilierochloe, CL. III.) 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 1. LiGUSTRUM. Linn. Privet. 

 1. L. vulf/dre, L. (^Privet); leaves elliptico-lanceolate, panicle 

 compact. E. JBot. t. 764. 



Tliickets, and more frequently in hedges. Fl. Juno, July. Tj . — A bush 

 with opposite, evergreen leaves, frequently used for fences, as the plant 

 bears clipping. Floicers small, white. Berries black, globose. 



2. Veronica. Linn. Speedwell. 

 * Spikes or racemes terminal.- (^Hoot perennial.') 



1. V. spicdta, L. (spiked Speedwell); raceme spicate, leaves ob- 

 long obtuse serrated pubescent, the lower ones broader ovate 

 or obovate and stalked, stem ascending branching only at the 

 very base, capsule obcordate hairy with a long style. P. Pot. t. 

 2. — /3. stem-leaves broader approaching to elliptical. V. hybrida, 

 L.—E. Pot. t. 673. 



Rare. In Axy chalky pastures about Newmarket and Bury. — /3. in 

 Lancashire, and in Wales. Fl. July, Aug. 11 . 



2. V. serpyllifolia, L. (thyme-lcavcd Speedtvcll) ; raceme some- 

 what spiked many-flowered, leaves broadly ovate or elliptical 

 very obtuse nearly entire glabrous, capsules inversely reniform 

 as long as the style. E. Pot. t. 1075. — /3. alpina ; stems pros- 

 trate often rooting, racemes short. V. humij'asa, Dicks. 



' For a more complete analysis and hi.story of this genus than I am here ahle 

 to give, see Lemna minor, trisulca and f/ihha in the New Series of Londinensis 

 Flora; and for an admirable account of the germination of the seeds in the 

 latter species, see a Memoir by \V. Wilson, Esq. in Part II. of the Botanical 

 Rliscellany. 



' V. arvensis, tripliylhs, and vcrna, are placed in the third division, on account 

 cii t\\e:\v annual roots ; although their inflorescence m;iy more strictly be con- 

 sidered as spicate ov racemose, tlian as consisting of solitary and axillary flowers. 



