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VERONICA.* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. DiA'NHRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Scrophulari'nEjE. Dr. R. Brown. — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 187; Introd. to Nat. Syst. Bot. p. 228. — Scrophula'rinjE. 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434. — Scrophula'ri.®:. Juss. — Sm. Gram, 
of Botany, p. 100. 
Gen. Char. Ca'lyx (fig. 3.) monosepalus (of one leaf), inferior, 
permanent, in 4, rarely 5, deep, spear-shaped, pointed, more or less 
unequal segments. Corolla (fig. 1.) monopetalous (of one petal), 
wheel-shaped, deciduous, tube nearly as long as the calyx ; limb 
flat, in 4 deep, unequal, entire segments, the lower one smallest, 
the upper broadest. Filaments 2, spreading, tapering downwards. 
Anthers oblong. Germen compressed. Style thread-shaped, as 
long as the stamens, declining (bent downwards). Stigma small, 
notched. Capsule (fig. 2.) various in shape, either egg-shaped, 
oval, or inversely heart-shaped, compressed at the point, of 2 cells, 
and 4 valves. Seeds numerous, roundish. 
The monopetalous, wheel-shaped corolla of 4 unequal segments, 
of which the lower is the smallest, and the superior capsule of 2 cells 
and 4 valves, will distinguish this genus from all others in the same 
class and order. 
Nineteen species British. 
VERONICA CHAMtE'DRYS. Wild Germander. German- 
der Speedwell. 
Spec. Char. Cluster lateral. Leaves egg-shaped, sessile, 
wrinkled, deeply serrated. Stem diffuse (loosely spreading), hairy, 
but the hairs disposed only in two opposite longitudinal lines. Calyx 
4-cleft, spear-shaped. 
Engl. Bot. t. 623. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. . — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 6. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 22. Engl. FI. v. i. p.23. — With. •(7th ed.) v. ii. p. 20. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 189. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 6. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 86. — Lightf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 74. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 5. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 4. — Purt. Midi. 
FI. v. i. p. 50. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 9. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 7.— Grev. 
FI. Edin. p. 4. — Johns. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 7. — Jones and Kingston’s FI. De- 
voniensis, pp. 3 & 149. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 5. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Ire- 
land, p. 3. — Veronica bibarbata, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 307. — Veronica 
chameedrys sylvestris dicta, Ray’s Syn. p. 281. — Chameedrys sylvestris, 
Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 657- 
Localities. — In woods and pastures, and on hedge-banks. — Common. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root somewhat creeping. Stems procumbent (lying on the 
ground), or somewhat ascending, a foot long, with two opposite 
hairy lines, which take different sides between each pair of leaves. 
Fig. 1. Corolla, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 2. Capsule. — Fig. 3. Calyx. 
* “ From the Romish Saint of that name, but how connected is not obvious. 
Among various conjectures as to the origin of this name, the most rational seems 
to be, that it was compounded of the Greek words phero , to bring , and nike, 
victory; alluding to its supposed efficacy in subduing diseases.” VVitiiering. 
t The 2nd class in the Linnean Artificial System, containing all those plants 
which have perfect flowers, with 2 distinct stamens in each. 
