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States, in Oneida county. New York ; 17 miles west of Utica. 
Population 1519.—4. A post township of the United States, 
in Sussex county. New Jersey. Population 1708.—5. A 
post township of the United States, in Trumbull county, 
Ohio ; 20 miles north-east of Warren. Population 606.— 
6. A township of the United States, in Clinton county, Ohio. 
Population 637.—7. New, a post village of the United 
States, in Morris county, New Jersey.—8. A township of the 
United States, in Jennings county, Indiana; 25 miles north¬ 
west of Maddison. 
VERNON, Mount, a village of the United States, in 
Knox county, Ohio. 
VERNONIA [it is so named from William Vernon, fellow 
of St. Peter’s College in Cambridge. He was skilful and 
assiduous in the pursuit of English plants, especially of the 
class cryptogamia]. Essential Character .—Calyx ovate, 
imbricate, with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coloured scales. 
Down capillary, coloured, sessile, longer than the calyx, 
surrounded at the base by a very short, chaffy, many-bristled 
crown. Receptacle naked. 
The species which Schreber has separated under this title, 
have been already described under Serratula. SeeSERRA- 
tula noveborascensis, prsealta, and glauca. 
VERNOUX, a small town in the south of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Ardeche, with 2200 inhabitants; 12 miles north¬ 
east of Privas, and 17 south-west of Tournon. 
VEROCZA, a county of Sclavonia, including the north¬ 
west of the province, and bounded by the Drave on the north, 
and the Danube on the east. It has a territorial extent of nearly 
1S00 square miles, and a population of 130,000. Its surface 
is in general level, and covered in many parts with extensive 
marshes, which are attended with the usual bad effects on 
health. In general, however, the soil is fertile, and well 
adapted either to tillage or pasturage. The export of cattle 
forms a principal branch of trade. The capital of this dis¬ 
trict or country is Esseck, a town containing between 9000 
and 10,000 inhabitants. 
VEROCZA, or Verovtticza, a small town of the Aus¬ 
trian states, in Sclavonia, formerly the capital of the pre¬ 
ceding palatinate; 63 miles west-north-west of Esseck. 
VEROLA-ALGHISE, a small town of Austrian Italy, in 
the government of Milan, delegation of Brescia. It stands 
on the river Savorola, and contains 3000 inhabitants. 
VEROLENGO, an inland town in the north of Italy, in 
Piedmont, district of Turin, with 4000 inhabitants. 
VEROLI, a small town in the central part of Italy ; 55 
miles east-by-south of Rome. 
VERON, a small town in the interior of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Yonne, with 900 inhabitants; 6 miles south of 
Sens. 
VERONA, a delegation or province of Austrian Italy, in 
the government of Venice, with a superficial extent of 1330 
square miles, and a population of 285,000. 
VERONA, a large city of Austrian Italy, the capital of 
the preceding delegation or province. It stands in a pleasant 
and picturesque situation, partly on a declivity, partly on 
the border of a large plain, which stretches far to the south¬ 
ward. In that direction are the rich tracks extending along 
the banks of the Mincio and thePo ; to the north the Tyro¬ 
lese Alps, the first step to the ascent of which may be said 
to take place in this city. 
The interior of Verona does not correspond with the 
beauty of its position, several of the streets being narrow and 
dirty; others, however, are spacious and well paved; in 
particular that which leads to the Mantua gate, and the 
Corso, or street where horse-races are held. The houses, 
though built in general in an antique style, are of good ap¬ 
pearance, from the quantity of marble employed in their 
construction ; a consequence of the abundant quarries in the 
neighbourhood. The best buildings are in the principal square. 
The population of Verona is about 45,000. Its principal 
manufacture is that of silk. The lesser manufactures are 
woollens, leather, gloves, and shoes. 
The date of the foundation of Verona is not known ; but 
Julius Cassar established a colony here. On the decline of 
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the empire, it experienced the fate of other towns in the’ 
north of Italy. It was taken by Charlemagne in 774; be¬ 
came subsequently a free town ; fell, in the course of time, 
under the sway of leading families; and in 1405, was united 
to the territorial possessions of Venice. With these it en¬ 
joyed many ages of peace and tranquillity, until the year 
1796, when Italy was invaded by the French. It was then 
added to the kingdom of Italy. In 1814 it again fell into 
the hands of Austria; 20 miles north-east of Mantua, 60 
west of Venice, and 90 east of Milan. Lat. 45. 26. 7. N. 
long. 11. 1. 15. E. 
VERONA, a post township of the United Slates, in 
Oneida county. New York, on Wood Creek, and east of 
Oneida lake ; 20 miles west of Utica. 
VERONICA [derivation uncertain], in Botany, a genus 
of the class diandria, order monogynia, natural order of 
personate, pediculares (Juss.) —Generic Character. Ca¬ 
lyx: perianth four-parted, permanent; segments lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla one-petalled, wheel-shaped; tube length 
almost of the calyx; border four-parted, flat with ovate seg¬ 
ments; the lowest narrower, the segment opposite to this 
wider. Stamina: filaments two, narrower at bottom, ascend¬ 
ing. Anthers oblong. Pistil: germ compressed. Style 
filiform, length of the stamens, declined. Stigma simple. 
Pericarp: capsule obcordate, compressed at the top, two- 
celled, four-valved. Seeds numerous, roundish. Tube of 
the corolla different in the several species, but in most very 
short, in the spiked ones long. Calyx five-cleft in Veronica 
Sibirica, teucrium, prostrata, pectinata, Austriaca, multifida, 
latifolia. Capsule of Veronica pinnata oval. Fruit of 
Veronica montana orbicular, emarginate at top and bottom. 
Capsule of Veronica biloba compressed, two-parted, with 
diverging semiorbicular lobes .—Essential Character. Co¬ 
rolla four-cleft, wheel shaped, with the lowest segment 
narrower. Capsule superior, two celled. 
I.—Spiked. 
1. Veronica Sibirica, or Siberian speedwell.—Spikes ter¬ 
minating; leaves seven, in whorls; stem somewhat rough¬ 
haired. Root perennial.—Native of Siberia. 
2. Veronica Virginica, or Virginian speedwell.—Spikes 
terminating; leaves in fours or fives. It varies with blush- 
coloured flowers.—Native of Virginia and Japan. 
3. Veronica spuria, or bastard speedwell.—Spikes ter¬ 
minating; leaves lanceolate, equally serrate. There is a 
variety of this also, with a flesh-coloured flower.—Native of 
Siberia and Germany. 
4. Veronica maritima, or sea speedwell.—Spikes termi¬ 
nating; leaves subcordate-lanceolate, unequally serrate.— 
Native of the sea-coasts of IJurope. 
5. Veronica longifolia, or long-leaved speedwell.—Spikes 
terminating; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, ending in 
the petiole.—Native of Germany, Austria and Russia. 
6. Veronica incana, or hoary speedwell.—Spikes termi¬ 
nating ; leaves opposite, crenate, obtuse; stem erect, to- 
mentose.—-Native of Russia. 
7. Veronica spicata, or spiked speedwell.—Spikes ter¬ 
minating ; leaves opposite, bluntish, crenate-serrulate, quite 
entire at the tip; stem ascending, quite simple. It varies 
with linear almost entire leaves; with flesh-coloured and 
white flowers.—Native of Europe and Siberia, in dry cal¬ 
careous pastures. 
8. Veronica hybrida, or Welsh speedwell.—Spikes ter¬ 
minating ; leaves opposite, elliptic, obtuse, unequally cre- 
nate-serrate; stem nearly upright.—Native of England and 
Wales. 
9. Veronica pinnata, or winged-leaved speedwell.—Spikes 
terminating; leaves linear, pinnatifid, subfascicled; seg¬ 
ments filiform, divaricating.—Native of Siberia. 
10. Veronica laciniata, or jagged-leaved speedwell.—Ra¬ 
ceme subspiked, terminating ; leaves pinnatifid, laciniafe.— 
Native of Siberia. 
11. Veronica incisa, or cut-leaved speedwell.—Spikes ter¬ 
minating; leaves lanceolate, gash-pinnatifid, smooth.—Na¬ 
tive of Siberia. 
12. Veronica 
