VERBENA CHAMADRIFOLIA. SCARLET-FLOW- 
ERED VERVAIN. 
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Class and Order. 
DipynamiaA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—VeErBENACER. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus, dente unico subbreviore. Cor. limbus irre- 
gulariter 5-lobus. Stam. inclusa. Uétriculus 4-spermus, 
cito rumpens, ut maturi fructus caryopses sistant. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Versena chamedrifolia ; procumbens, hispido-pilosa, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis grosse serratis, corymbis peduncu- 
latis multifloris, calycibus tubulosis hispidis, corolle 
tubo elongato laciniis emarginatis cuneatis. 
VerBeEnA Chamedrifolia. Juss. in Ann. du Mus. v. 7. p. 73. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v.2. 748. Hook. in Bot. Miscell. 
v.1.p.167. Sw. Br. Fl. Gard. t. 9. 
Versena veronicifolia. Sm. in. Rees Cyel. 
Versena Melindres. Gill. in Bot. Reg. t. 1184. 
Erinus Peruvianus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 576. 
LycunipeEa veronice folio, flore coccineo. Feuillée, Per. v. 
3. p. 36. t. 25. 7 
No plant with which we are acquainted exhibits flowers 
of so brilliant and dazzling a scarlet as the present: and 
although a native of the Banda Orientale, the Plata, and the 
whole of the Pampas of Buenos Ayres, as far as the pro- 
vinces of Cordova and St. Luis, it is found to flourish in the 
open air with us and to bear our moderate winters unhurt. 
It should, however, as we may judge from the character of 
the soil in its native country, and indeed from what we 
know of the habit of almost the whole Genus, have its roots 
well 
