DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 3 



Class II. DIANDRIA. Stamens 2, 

 Order I. MONO G YNIA. Pistil 1 . 



LIGUSTRUM. Privet. 



L. vidgdre. Common Privet^ Pinnt, or Prim Print. 

 Leaves oval-spear-shaped, blunt, with a small point. 

 E. B. 764. C. 5. t. 1. Ligustrum. G. E. 1394. 



Moist thickets and hedges, on a gravelly, or chalky soil. Sm. 

 Shrub. June. 



Fl. panicled, and white. Berries black. 

 For cut hedges in gardens. 



FRA'XINUS. Ash. 



F. excelsior. Common Ash. Leaflets saw-toothed. 

 Flowers without calyx, or corolla. E. B. 1692. G. 

 E. 1472. 



Woods, hedges, especially on hills in limestone countries. Sm. 



Tree. April, May. 



Lofty, smooth. Ls. winged. Fl. panicled. Caps, spear-shaped. 



* F. heterophylla. Simple-leaved Ash. 



Christ Church Meadows. B.v. 



CIRC^A '. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



C. liLtetiana. Common Enchanter's Nightshade. Stem 

 erect. Leaves egg-shaped, slightly toothed, opaque, 

 and dowy. E. B. 1056. C. 3. 3. G. E. S5\. 



Moist shady woods, under hedges. 



Per. June. 



Branches somewhat solitary. Fl. white, or reddish. Fruit bent 



downwards, clothed with hooked bristles. 



Formerly, in incantations, and philters, mistaken for the Man- 

 drake, Atropa Mandragora ? 



VERONICA '. Speedwell. 



Clusters or spikes terminal. Root perennial. 



V. serpyllifolia. Smooth SpeedtvelL PauFs Betony. 

 Cluster terminal, somewhat spiked. Leaves ^^g" 



' From Circe. 



2 The I. usually pronounced short. From ver, the sprhig ; or from the name 

 of the female saint. 



B 2 



