DIANDRIA MONOCYNIA 8 



* * Fruit a Drupe, or Nut. 



3. CHIONANTHUS. L. jYutf. Gen. 9. 

 [Greek, Chion, snow, *nd An thos, a flower ; from its snow-white flowers.] 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla deeply 4-parted; lobes long and linear. 

 Drupe 1 -seeded. Nut striated. 



Small Trees: leaves simple, nearly opposite ; flowers in trichotomous pendulous 

 panicles, terminal or.axillary. Xat. Ord. 205. Lindl. Oleaceje. 



1. C. viiifJiNicA, L. var. montana, Pureh. Leaves oval-lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, subcoriaceous, smooth ; peduncles 3-flowerecL Beck, 

 Hot. p. 232. 



C. virginica. Marsh. Jlrbust. p. 33. JYLr. Am. L p. 3. Pers. Sua. I. 

 /;. 9. MuhL Catal.p. 2. jXult. Gen. I. p. 5. Ell.Sk. Up. 6. FloruL 

 Cestr. ft. 2. J Audi. Ency. p. 12. 



C. virginica, var. latifolia. AiuKev>. 1. p. 23. Willd. 8p.\. p. 40. 

 ViaoiKiAN Chionanthcs. Yulgo — Fringe Tree. Snowdrop Tree. 



Stem 10 to 20 feet high, with branches mo9tly opposite. Leaves* to 6 inches Ion <i, 

 and 2 to 3 inches wide, acute at each end, glabrous above, somewhat hairy «>n tho 

 nerves ana veins beneath. Panicles slender, with the terminal pedicels by threes. 

 Calyx small. Corolla white, with a very short tube, ana four (sometimes 5, or 6, 

 Per*.) loiur narrow lobes ;— or rather, 4 petals united at base. Stamens short 

 (often iJ, or 1.) Drupe of a livid blackish color when ripe. Marsh, 

 /fab. West Brandy wine : near Worth's Mill: rare. Fl. June. Fr. 



Obs. This ornamental little tree is not common in Chester County. I have only 

 found it native in the above locality : But it may probably be met with in other dis- 

 tricts. There is another variety in the United States, [var. maritime^ Pursh 

 which Lindlcy considers a distinct species. 



+ I Corolla irregular: Fruit a Capsule. 



4. VERONICA. /,. JVutt. Gen. 11. 

 [A name of obscure and doubtful etymology.] 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla subrotate, unequally 4-lobed, the lowei 

 lobe narrower. Capsule obcordate, compressed at the apex, 2-celled; 

 Seeds numerous. 

 Mostly herbaceous! leaves generally opposite, rarely entire. Xat. Ord. 211. 



Li/till. ScKoPHULARIN'nE. 



v Flowers in a terminal It ace me. 



1. V. skbfyuitolxa, L. Stem ascending ; leaves ovate, slightly ere- 

 nate, smooth ; raceme elongated ; capsule broadly obcordate. Beck, 

 Hot. p. 261. 

 Tarxfi-LKAVBD Veronica. Vulgb — Paul's Betony. 



Root perennial. Stem procumbent at base and radicating, 4 to S inches long, 

 rougbish. Leaves nearly sessile, sometimes oval or roundish ovate, subcarnos* . 

 Raceme erect: flowers pedicellate, solitary, in the axils of elliptic bract-like 

 leaves. Corolla pale blue, (sometimes nearly white,) with deeper blue strii 

 ( apsule ciliate. 

 Ifab. Moist meadows, and low grassy grounds ; common. Fl. May. Fr. June. 



Obs, Supposed to be introduced : if so, it is completely naturalized. 



