Veronica Cham^drys. Wild Germander. 
VERONICA Linnai Gen. Pi. Diandria monogynia. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 18. Herbje fructu sicco singulari, flore monopetalo. 
VERONICA Chamadrys racemis lateralibus, foliis ovatis rugofis dentatis feflilihus, caule bifariam pilofo. hin. 
Syjl. Vegetab.p. 57. FI. Suecic. p. 6. 
VERONICA foliis cordatis fubrotundis, hirfutis, nervofis, ex alis racempfa, Haller , hift. n. 536* 
CHAMiEDRYS fpuria minor rotundifolia. Bauhin.pin. 249. 
CHAMvEDRYS fpuria fylveftris. Parlinfon , 107. 
CHAM^EDRYS fylveftris. Gerard, emac. 657. Rati Syn. 281. Wild Germander, Hudjon, FI. Angl.p. 5, 
Scopoli. FI. Carniol. p. 15. (a) OEder FI. Dan. icon. 448. 
RADIX perennis, repens, fibrofa. < 
CAULES numerofi, decumbentes, teretes, duri, bifariam \ 
denfe hirfuti, ramofi. s 
FOLIA cordato-ovata, oppolita, nunc feflilia nunc petiolis ;] 
brevibus infidentia, ferrata, venofa, hirfutula. s 
FLORES numerofi, ad 20, caerulei, petiolati : Petioli 
BRACTiEA lanceolata fuffulti ; racemi longi, 
nunc oppofiti nunc folitarii. 
CALYX Perianthium quadripartitum, perfiftens, fo- f 
liolis lanceolatis, hirfutufls, jfir, 1. 
: ROOT perennial, creeping, and fibrous. 
, STALKS numerous, fpreading, round, hard, hairy on 
each fde , hairs very thick together, branched. 
LEAVES of an heart fhaped oval form, oppofite, gene-, 
rally feflile, fometimes ftanding on fhort "foot- 
ftalks, ferrated, veiny, and flightly hirfute, 
FLOWERS numerous, to 20, of a bright blue colour, 
forming long racemi (which are fometimes 
oppofite, fometimes Angle), ftanding on foot- 
Jla/ks, each of whiph is iypnortecl by a long- 
pointed Bractea. 
CALYX : a Perianthium divided into four fegments 
and continuing, the fegments lanceolate ancf 
flightly hairy, fg. 1 , 
COROLLA monopetala, rotata, tubus breviffimus in- 
terne ad inferiorem partem villofus, limbo qua- 
dripartito, plano, laciniis fubcordatis ad bafin 
venis faturatioribus ftriatis, inferiore anguftiore, 
fig- a. 
STAMINA : Filamenta duo apice incrafl'ata, adfcen- 
dentia, fg. 3. An thera: fagittafse, jig. 4. 
Pollen album, pg. 6. 
COROLLA monopetalous and wheel fhaped, |he tube 
very fhort, internally yillous on the lqwermoft 
fide, the limb flat, and divided into four Aug- 
ments, the fegments fomewhat heart-fhaped, 
ftriated at bottom with veins of a purple colour, 
the lowermoft fegtnent narrower than the reft, 
fig ■ 2. 
STAMINA: two Filaments, thlckeft at top, rifing 
upward, jig. 3, the Anthers arrow-, fhaped^ 
fig. 4. the Pollen wlflte, 
PISTILLUM: Germen comprefliim glandula ne£tari- 
fera cinftum : Stylus declinatus, casrulefcens, 
Stigma obtufum, purpureum, fg. 5. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula cordata, fubcomprejfa, 
pallide fufca, calyce paulo brevior , ad marginem 
hirfutulum, fg. 7. 
SEMINA : plura, comprefla, flavefcentia, fg. 8. 
PISTILLUM : the Germen flattifh, furrounded at bot- 
tom by ane«ftariferousgland,j%. 6. the Style 
hanging downwards, blueifh 5 the Stigma 
blunt, and purple, fig, 5, 
SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule, heart-fhaped ,fatti/h, of a 
light brown colour, a little [horter than the calyx , 
and flightly hairy at the edge, fg. 7. 
SEEDS feveral, flat, of a yellowifh hrown colour,^, 8. 
The flowers of this Veronica are the largeft and moft fpecious of all the Plants of that Genus which grqw 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 fiea. 
It bears a confiderable refemblance to the Veronica montana , but differs eflentially frpm that plant in the fize of its 
Seed-veflels and the great number of flowers which it bears on its Racemi. See Jacquin. Flor. Aufriac. Vol. 1, 
When growing wild the leaves are ufually feflile or placed on very fhort foot-ftalks, when cultivated they become 
larger and the foot-ftalks moderately long; a kind of monftroflty, which Linnasus has likewife obferved, is very 
frequent on the leaves at the extremity of the ftalk ; which are collected into a very hairy white knob, on opening 
one of thefe I found two or three Infers in their Pupa or Chryfalis ftate, which moft probably would have produced 
fome fpecies of Fly. This appearance is very common at the latter end of Summer. 
This is an ear’y blowing plant, and grows very common on dry banks, under hedges, apd in orchards ; it flowers 
ip May and June. 
