286 CI, VERBENACEE (BAKER). [ Verbena. 
7. VERBENA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1146. 
Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed, little changed in the fruiting 
stage. Corolla-tube subcylindrical, straight or curved ; limb patent, 
subbilabiate, 5-lobed. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, included in the 
corolla-tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anther-cells parallel or slightly 
divergent. Ovary 4-celled; cells 1-ovuled; ovules attached laterally 
near the base of the cells; style usually short, 2-lobed at the apex. 
Fruit dry, oblong, about as long as the calyx-tube, separating into 
4 narrow pyrenes. Seed erect, albuminous.—Herbs or undershrubs. 
Leaves usually opposite and toothed or more deeply cut. Inflorescence 
spicate; bracts solitary. Flowers small or medium-sized, inconspicuous 
or showy. 
Species about 80, mostly American. 
Annual, Leaves bipinnatifid . . . . . 1. VU. supina. 
Perennial. Leaves simply pinnatifid . . . 2. V. officinalis. 
1. V. supina, Linn.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 548. Annual, 
densely pubescent. Stems much-branched from the base. Leaves 
deltoid, cuneate at the base, bipinnatifid; final segments oblong. 
Spikes at first dense; lower bracts lanceolate, as long as the calyx. 
Calyx ;'; in. long; teeth minute. Corolla lilac; tube twice as long as 
the calyx; limb ;4, in. diam. Capsule as long as the calyx.—Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 120; Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Gree. t. 554. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Ehrenberg, Khartum, Kotschy, 323! Schweinfurth, 878! 
Kordofan : near Sodari, Pfund, 180! Upper Sennar: Fazokl, Cienkowsky, Kotschy, 265! 
Spread through the Mediterranean region, 
2. V. officinalis, Linn.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi, 547. Perennial. 
Stems erect, nearly or quite glabrous. Leaves rhomboid-ovate, sub- 
glabrous, usually deeply pinnatifid. Spikes very lax and slender, 
forming a terminal panicle; bracts lanceolate, the lower as long as the 
calyx. Calyx,';in. long; teeth minute. Corolla lilac ; tube twice as 
long as the calyx; limb } in. diam.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1 
165; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 120; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 355; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 565; Franchet, 
Sert. Somal. 50; Giirke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 387. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Habab, Hildebrandt, 445, Haiihello Kokob, at the north 
of Acrur, 5200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1116! Ainsuba, Steudner, 1304! Abyssinia : 
near Adowa, Schimper, 145! near Addi Abun, Schimper, 7; near Delhi Dikeno, 
Schimper, 284 ; Shire, Quartin-Dillon ; and at Godofelassi, Rohifs & Steker. Sennar, 
Cienkowsky. British East Africa: Ruwenzori ; Wimi Valley, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
7800! Somaliland, Révoil. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe ; Buboba (ex Giirke) ; 
Usmawo ; Kageyi on Lake Victoria (ex Giirke). 
Spread through the north temperate zone in the Old World, and extending to 
South Africa, introduced in America. 
V. bonariensis, Linn,, Schauer in DC, Prod, xi. 541, with deeply incised scabrous 
