CLXV. 



VERONICA OFFICINALIS. 



Common Speedwell. 



Class II. Diandria. — Order 1. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. ScrophularinejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx four or five-cleft. Corolla rotate, 

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



Spec. Char. Stem procumbent, very downy. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, serrated, rough with pubescence. Ra- 

 cemes spicate. Capsule obovate, deeply notched. 



SYNONYMES. 



f Veronica mas supina et vulgatissima. Bauh. Pin. 252. Rati 



| Syn. 281. 



j Veronica vera et major. Ger. Em. 626. 

 Latin ....-{ Veronica assurgens. Dod. Pempt. 40. 



I Veronica mas. Fuch. Hist. 171. c. 59. 



} Veronica Officinalis. Lin. Sp. PI. 14. Eng. Fl. i. p. 22. Eng. 



^ Bot. t. 765. 

 French 5 v ' eron ^ ue ? Veronique officinale ; Veroriique male. The 



c d'Europe. 



ItalS P™- 1 Veronica. 

 and Port. 3 • 



German . . Ehrenpreis ; Wundkraut. 



Dutch. . . . Gemeene Eerenprys ; Eerenprys Manneken. 



Danish. . . Aarenpriis. 



Swedish. . . Erenpreis ; Jordkrypa. 



Polish .... Przetacznik. 



Bohemian } Weronyka * 

 andRuss. S 



t 

 Description. — The root is perennial, filiform, jointed and 

 creeping, with descending fibres. The stems are slender, cylin- 



