Veronica Cham^drys, Wild Germander. 



VERONICA Linn^i Gen. PL Diandria monogynia, 



Rail Syn. Gen. 18. Herbje fructu sicco singulari, flore mqnopetalo. 



VERONICA Chama>drys racemis lateralibus, foliis ovatis rugofis dsitfatis . femlibus, caule hifariam pilofo. Lin, 

 Syfl. Vegetab.p. $j, FL Suecic. p. 6. 



VERONICA foliis cordatis fubrotundis, hirfutis, nervofis, ex alis racemofa. Haller. hid. n. 06 



CHAMiEDRYS fpuria minor rotundifolia. Bauhin.pin. 249, 



CHAMiEDRYS fpuria fylvefbis. Parkin/on, 107. 



CHA1VLEDRYS fylveftris. Gerard, emac. 657. Rail Syn. 281. Wild Germander, Hud/on. PL Angl.p. 5, 

 Scopoli. FL Carniol.p. 15. (a) OEder FL Dan. Icon. 448, 



RADIX perennis, repens, nbrofa, ? ROOT perennial, creeping, and fibrous. 



CAULES numerofi,decumbentes, teretes, duri, tifariam | STALKS numerous, fpreading, round, hard hairy on 

 denfe hirfuti, ramofi. | each fde , hairs vejy thkk — ^ ^^ 



FOLIA cordato-ovata, oppofita, nunc feffilia nunc petiolis | LEAVES of an heart fhaped oval form, oppofite <rene 

 brevibus infidentia, ferrata, venofa, hirfutula. f rally femle, fometimes ftanding on fhort fooN 



I ftalks, ierrated, veiny, and flightly hirfute, 



FLORES numerofi, ad 20, caerulei, petiolati : Petioli | FLOWERS numerous, to ao, of a bright blue colour 



BRACTiEA lanceolata fuffulti ; racemi longi, | forming long racemi (which are fometimes 



nunc oppofiti nunc fohtarn. oppofite, fometimes iingle), ftandjng on foot, 



I fialks, each of which is fupported by a long- 



I pointed Bract^ea. 



CALYX Perianthium quadripartitum, perflftens, fo- | QALYX : a Perianthium divided into four ferments 

 holis lanceolatis, brfrtulia,^ 1. f and continuing, the fegments lanceolate anj 



I flightly hairy, fig. 1. 



COROLLA monopetala, rotata, tubus breviffimus in- | COROLLA monopetalous and wheel fhaped the turp 



terne ad mfenorem partem villofus limbo qua- | very fhort, internally villous on the lowermoft 



dnpartito, piano, lacmiis fubcordatis ad bafin ( fide, the limb flat, and divided into four fei 



veins faturatioribus flnatis, mferiore anguftiore, t ^ ments, the fegments fomewhat heart-fhaped, 



■fig' *• I " ftriated at bottom with veins of a purple colour' 



f the lowermoft fegment narrower than the reft' 



STAMINA: Filamenta duo apiceincraffata, adfcen- | STAMINA: two Filaments, thickeft at top riW 



PISTILLUM: Germen compreflum glanclula neaari- f PISTILLUM: the Germen flattifh furrounded at ho, 

 iera cmdum : Stylus deciinatus, C£ erulefcens, $ torn bv a nectariferom o-l ?H 7 a 1 c 



St.gma obt u f um , pur p Ureum , fg . s . I hangin y £££™ tuei/f ■ * s£~ 



blunt, and purple, fig, j f 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula cordate, fufcomprefa, | SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule, heart-fhaped Mtifh of a 

 mud urn, M ' 7 ' I md flightly hairy at the edge, fig, Jf * 



SEMINA ; plura, comprefla, flavefcentia, fig. 8. J SEEDS feveral, flat, of a yellowim brown colour,/*. 8, 



The flowers of this Veronica are the largeft and molt fpecious of all the Plants of that Genus which grow wild in 

 this Kingdom ; many plants with lefs beauty are cultivated in our Gardens with the greateft care. 



The leaves have been recommended by fome writers as a fubftitute for Tea. 



It bears a considerable refemblance to the Veronica Montana, but differs eflentially from that plant in the fize of It, 

 Seed-veflels and the great number of flowers which it bears on its Racemi. See Jacquin. FlorSfiriaTvd. 2 



When growing wild the leaves are ufually femle or placed on very fhort foot-ftalks, when cultivated thev become 

 larger and the foot-ftalks moderately long; a kind of rnonftrofity, which Linn^us ^ has likew [^0^1 is verv 

 frequent on the leaves at the extremity of the ftalk ; which are coWted Into fl wre l^r\^t 1,1 \'' ** *?* 



m May and'jur^f ^™^ ^' ^ ^™ ^ C01WOn ° n d ^ banks > Under h ^ s > ™ d » shards ; it flower, 



