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Ordo CXLVII. VERBENACEJE (1) Jvss. in Ann. du Mus. 7 

 p. 63. R. Brown prodr. p. 510. Bartl. ord, nat. p. 178. 

 Lindl. introd. ed. 2 J9. 277 . Endl. gen. p. 632. Meisn.gen. 

 tab. 290 et comment. p. 197. Mart. consp. p. 23. Benth. in 

 Tayl. annals of nat. hist. 1p. 446 '< et in Hopk. journ: of 

 bot. 2. p. 51. — Vitioes Juss._ gen. 106 ( excl. sect. 3). — 

 Pyrenaceee Vent. tabl. 2p. 315. DC. fl.franp.3p. 501. — 

 Verbenese ( Labiatarum sectio ) ex parte Reichenb. consp. 

 p. 117 et handb. des nat. Pflanzsyst. p. 190. 



Flores hermaphroditi , rarius polygamo-dioici , 4-5-meri , 

 rarissime pleiomeri , nunc regulares vel subregulares , nunc bila- 

 biati , unibracteati , bracteis post anthesin interdum increscenti- 

 bus.Calyxliber, gamophyllus, 4-5- vel rarissime 6-8-fidus denta- 

 tusve , tubulosus vel cyathimorpho-campanulatus ore eequali vel 

 obliquo vel subbilabiato , persistens, post anthesin magis mi- 

 nusve ampliatus et fructum maturum subtendens vel includens . 

 Corolla hypogyna , decidua , gamopetala , tubulosa ; limbo 4-5- 

 vel rarissime ( in Symphoremate ) 6-12-fido, plerumque inffiquali 

 subsecundo subbilabiato , vel bilabiato , rarius vere oequali ; 

 laciniis sestivatione imbricatis, infima ( antica) intima lateralibus 

 tecta, supremis ( posticisjextimis. Stamina tubo corollee inserta, 

 inclusavel exserta , 4-5 , rarissime pluria, sspissime didynama 

 et omnia fertilia, rarius superiora ananthera vel rudimentaria. 

 Antheree biloculares , loculis rima longitudinali vel rarissime 

 poro apicalidehiscentibus , parallelis , divaricatis , aut verticaliter 

 superpositis ; connectivum interdum appendice glandulosa cris- 

 tseformi vel claviformi auctum. Ovarium liberum , integrum , 

 disco ssepius conspicuo annuliformi insidens , e carpidiis duobus 

 vel quatuor confectum , carpidiorum marginibus nunc dissepi- 

 menta primaria prffibentibus 2-4-loculare , nunc iisdem in disse- 

 pimenta cavitatem bipartientia introfiexis 4-8-loculare. Ovula in 

 loculis plerumque solitaria, rarissime gemina collateralia vel 

 bina opposita , in Verbeneis e basi loculi erecta vel adscendentia 

 anatropa , in reliquis tribubus e spermophoro parietali in angulo 

 centrali loculi adscendente subpendula, amphitropa, micropyle 

 infera. Stylus terminalis, simplex ; stigma indivisum capitatum, 

 aut obliquum decliye , aut bifidum crure altero dentiformi altero 

 eoque stigmatifero complanato vel utroque acuto. Fructus aut 

 capsularis 2-4- vel rarius 6-coccus, coccis sive nuculis maturitate 

 secedentibus clausis monospermis et a receptaculo basilari disci- 



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