XXVII. 



VERONICA BECCABUNGA. 



BrooJdime. 



Class II. DiANDRiA. — Order I. Monogtnia. 



Nat. Ord. SCROPHULARINEiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx four or five-parted. Corolla rotate ; 

 the limh four-parted, unequal. Capsule two-celled. 



fePEC. Char. Racemes lateral. Leaves elliptical, obtuse, 

 subserrated, glabrous. Stem procumbent, and rooting 

 at the base. 



SYNONYMES. 



TAnagallis aquatica major folio subrotundo. Bank. Pin. 2b2. 

 . . J Anagallis seu Beccabunga. Ger. Em. 620. 



J Veronica aquatica rotundifolia, &c. jRaii Syn. 28. 



\^ Veronica Beccabunga. Lin. Sp. PI. 16. 

 French .... Beccabunga ; Beccabonga ; Veronique aquatique. 

 Italian .... Anagallide aquatica ; Beccabungia. 

 Spanish . . . Becabunga ; Becabunca. 

 Portuguese. Beccabunga. 



German... Bachbungen ; Bachbonen ; Wasserbungen. 

 Dutch .... Beekeboom. 

 Danish . . . Bekbung ; Temmike. 

 Swedish ... Backabunga. 

 Polish .... Potocznik. 



Description. — The root is perennial, creeping, whitish, and 

 fibrous. The stem is cylindrical, smooth, succulent, procum- 

 bent, rooting, of a reddish colour at the base, and rises from 



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