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VERBENA TWEEDIEANA. Mr. Tweepir’s — 
; ScaARLET VERVAIN. 
LEEK EEE EEE EEE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
DipvyNnAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—VeERBENACER. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, dente unico subbreviore. Cor. limbus 
irregulariter 5-lobus. Stam. inclusa. Uériculus 4-spermus, 
cito rumpens, ut maturi fructus caryopses sistant. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Versena Tweedieana; pubescenti-hirsuta erecta suffruti- 
cosa ramosa, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis mem- 
branaceis grosse inaqualiter serratis basi cuneatis inte- 
gerrimis in petiolum gracilem attenuatis, spica corym- 
bosa, calycibus cylindraceis 5-costatis tubo corolla 4 
brevioribus, limbo 5-lobo segmentis cuneatis emargi- 
natis subequalibus. 
VersBenA T'weedieana. Niven, in litt. 
The accompanying drawing, together with excellent 
dried specimens of this most lovely plant, were sent by the 
kindness of Mr. Niven, the able and zealous curator of the 
Glasnevin Botanic Garden, under the name here adopted. 
The same has been raised by Mr. Murray at Glasgow, and 
in both cases from seeds sent by Mr. Tweepie. Our native 
specimens, corresponding with these, were collected by 
Mr. Tweepie in boggy places at Laguna de la Molina in 
the Banda Orientale, where, he says, what we can well 
conceive, that the plant makes a most splendid appearance 
with its large and brilliant heads of crimson flowers. We 
have also the same species gathered at Rio Grande do Sul 
by M. IsaBexwe. 
It 
