( 1848 ) 



Stachytarpheta urticifolia. Nettle- 

 leaved Bastard Vervain, 



Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. tubulosus, 4-dentatus. Cor. hypocrateriformis, inae- 

 qualis, 5-fida, curva. Slam. 4 : 2 sterilia. Sem. 2. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Stachytarpheta urticifolia ; glabriuscula, foliis ovatis acn- 

 tis usque basin serratis, bracteis subulatis calyce adpresso 

 brevioribus. 



Cymburus urticcefolius ; foliorum laminis ovali-lanceolatis, 

 nervo medio subtus rare hirto, cseterum glabris : bracteis 

 totis adpressis, ovato-acuminatis : calycis dorso edentulo : 

 stigmate integro. Parad. Lond. 53. exclusis synonymis. 



Although we consider this to be the same species as is 

 figured in the Paradisus Londinensis, under the name of 

 Cymburus urticcefolius, yet we believe it to be quite distinct 

 irom Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, supposed by Mr. Salis- 

 bury to be the same. It is of taller growth, its stalks are 

 for less hairy, the leaves less succulent, sharper pointed and 

 more acutely sawed, with the serratures continued to the base 

 °f the leaf. In jamaicensis the leaves are more succulent, 

 broader towards the apex, and quite entire at the lower part ; 

 teeth more distant and blunter; it is also less ere^t in its 

 growth, and has shorter spikes. In our plant the bractes are 

 rather subulate than ovate, with a membranous border at the 

 base only; they are shorter than the calyx, to which they are 

 closely adpressed their whole length. The calyxes are im- 

 bedded 



