Tap- 6294, . 
BOUCHEA PSEUDOGERVAO. | 
Native. of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. VERBENACE&,—'Tribe VERBENE. 
Genus Boucura, Cham. (Benth. et Hook. f., Gen, Plant., vol. ii., p. 1144 ined.), 
Boucuea pseudogervad; herbacea, annua, glabra, ramis obtuse 4-gonis, foliis 
petiolatis ovatis v. elliptico- v, ovato- acuminatis grosse argute serratis serra- 
turis apiculatis, spicis demum elongatis strictis, floribus brevissime pedicel- 
latis, bracteis parvis subulatis, calycibus elongatis rachi appressis dentibus 
subulatis, corolla tubo gracili curvo, lobis 2 superioribus minoribus inferiore 
ceteris majore omnibus late ovato-oblongis apice rotundatis, capsula calycem 
subzequante. 
B, pseudogervad, Cham. in Linnza, vol. vii., p. 254; Schauer in DC. Prod., 
vol, xi, p. 557; et in Mart. Fl. Bras. Verbenac., p. 195. 
Verbena pseudogeryaé, St. Hil. Plant. Us. Bras., t. 40. 
V. fluminnensis, Velloz. Fl. Flum., vol. i., t. 38. - 
An annual herb, often becoming almost shrubby at the 
base, widely distributed throughout the warmer parts of the 
South American continent, from Peru to the province of St. 
Paul, in South Brazil, inhabiting woods, waste places, and 
rubbish heaps. 
The genus Bouchea is closely allied to Verbena and Stachy- 
tarpha (see Tabs. 4211 and 5538, Stachytarpheta), diftermg 
from the former in the two- (not four-) celled fruit, and from 
the latter in having four (not two) anthers, and in the position 
of the anther-cells, which are collateral (not pressed end to 
end). About sixteen species are known, natives of the 
Tropics of the Old and New Worlds and of South Africa. 
The name pseudogervad, literally “ False Vervain,” is 
derived from the likeness of this species to the Gervad, or 
common Verbena of South America. St. Hilaire remarks that 
the bruised leaves have a bad smell, notwithstanding which 
“quelques personnes, frappées de sa ressemblance avec le 
véritable Gervaé, ont essayé de s’en servir également pour 
remplacer le thé; mais la boisson qu’elle fournit n’a rien qui 
flatte le gout.” 
The plant here figured was raised from seeds imported 
Manrcu Isr, 1876, 
