so 
Diandria. 
of Persia, but is common in the gardens of Europe ; is 
a shrub of humbler growth, and produces a large pa-* 
nicle of flowers of a pale purple colour. 
Feaxinus. Gen. char.-— Cal. none, or four-parted § 
cor. none, or four-parted ; caps, superior, two celled, 
leafy above, and compressed ; seeds solitary, pendulous, 
Frax. Excelsior, Common Ash-tree ; with serrated 
leaflets, and flowers destitute of calyx, and corolla. This 
lofty tree, which is met with every where, affords a fine 
example of pinnated leaves terminated by an odd lea- 
flet, and is remarkable for the lateness of its frondes- 
cence, or coming into leaf. It flowers in April and 
May^ and the large dark-purple anthers fall off before 
the leaves are unfolded. 
The variety with pendulous branches, called Weep- 
ing ash, is also well known. 
Circaea. Gen. char. — Cor. two petaled ; cal. two® 
leaved, superior ; caps, two-celled ; seed solitary. 
Cir. Lutetian a. Common Enchanters Night-shade; 
with erect stem, and leaves ovate, toothed, opaque, 
pubescent ; is common in woods and moist shady places 
of Britain, and flowers in June and July. 
Veronica, Speedwell. Gen. char. — Cor. four-cleft, 
wheel-shaped, the lowest segment narrower ; capsule 
superior, two-celled. 
Ver. Spicata, Spiked Speedwell ; spike terminal, with 
opposite bluntish-notched serrated leaves, which are 
very entire at the extremity of the stalk, ascending, and 
very simple ; grows in meadows and elevated pastures 
with, a calcareous jsoil, in England, as at Newmarket- 
