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13. MoNARDA. Corolla ringent; upper lip linear, 

 involving the filaments ; seeds four. 



14. CuNiLA. Corolla ringent; upper lip flat; sta- 

 mens four, two of them barren ; seeds four. 



15. CoLLiNsoNiA. Corolla somewhat ringent; lower 

 lip many cleft, capillary; seed, one. 



16. Crypta. Calyx two leaved; corolla two or 

 three petalled, closed ; style almost wanting, stigma 

 obtuse ; capsule two or three celled, two or three 

 valved, cells four or five seeded. 



D. Floivers superior. 



17. CiRd;A. Calyx two leaved ; corolla two pe- 

 talled ; petals inversely heart shaped ; capsule two 

 celled ; cells one seeded. 



DIANDRIA. 

 3IONOGYNIA. 



6. LIGUSTRUM. 



LiGUSTRUM vuLGARE. L. Privct Or Prim. 



Leaves lanceolate, acute ; panicle crowded. 



An ornamental shrub with smooth, opposite, spear shaped 

 leaves, thickening at the ends of the branches. Remarkable in 

 summer for its panicles of small white flowers, and in autumn 

 for its conical bunches of black berries. — Frequent in woods and 

 near fences, particularly in Roxbury. — May, June. 



7. VERONICA. 



Veronica officinalis. Common Speedwell^ 



Spike lateral ; leaves broad ovate or oval, hairy ; 



stem procumbent ; capsule deeply obcordate. 



Stem branching, spreading ; leaves opposite, rough ; flowers 



pale, blue, veined. — Woods and fields. — May, July. — Perennial. 

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