1146 CXXV. VEEBENACE.E. [Verhenece. 



Castelia, Cav, in Ann. Cm^c. Xaf. liu 134 ; Tc. vi. 60, ^ 583 (Pitr.i:a, Tarcz. in BulL Soc\ Imp. 

 yat. Mosc. 1862, ii, 328, Pheixoderma, Miers in Trans. Linn, Soc, sxvii. 100, t. 27), vslTrioa 

 IcBvi^j Juss, {BoKckea copiapensis, C. Gay, FL Chil, t, 55), species glabrescens, per anthesin liabitu 

 Bouchete accedens, pyronis Iferibua crassis duris vix sjponte secedt-ntibus etsi facile separaiidis, 

 Characteres ca&teri a Miersio dati plus minus in aliis speciebus Priv<s observantiir, Albmncn si 

 revera adsit, pcrparcum est, 



25- Bipyrena, Ilooh, Bot. Misc. i- 355, in Uidice, (Wilsoniaj QilL et Hook. L c, 172, 

 t. 49, 71071 R. Br.) — Calyx parvus, tubuloso-campaimlatus, crassiusculus, per anthesin 

 breviter demum altins 5-fidus, lobo postico minore. Corollas tubus elongatus, cylindra- 

 ceus, spepius incurvus, supeme vix ampliatus ; limbus oblique patens, suV2-labiatus, labio 

 pf)3tico exteriure alte 2-±ido, antico 3-partito, lobis omnibus latiusculis parum inaequalibus 

 V. lateralibus pauUo minoribus. Stamina 4, didynama, supra medium tubum affixa, 

 subexserta ; anther® ovato-oblongm, inappendiculatEe, loculis parallelis. Ovarium 2-lo- 

 culare, loculis 2-ovulatia, mox septis spuriis accretia 2-locellatis ; stylus apice clavatus, 

 etigmate oblique dilatato ; ovula juxta basin lateraliter affixa, Fructus subglobosus, 

 calycem apertum non excedens, camosulus, in pyrenas 2 2-lociilaro3 2-sperma9 secedens. 

 Semina erecta, exalbuminosa, — Frutex erectus, rigide ramosus, glaberrimus. Folia 

 altema, i^arva, subsessilia, Iineari-sx>athulata, obtusa, integerrima, cra3siu3cula, ad nodos 

 s?epe fasciculata. Spicas terminales, densiuRcuIa;, Florcs ad axillas bractcarum parvarum 

 linearium brevissime pedicellati, ebracteolati. 



Specius 1, pronuci^ Mendozte Americae auatralis extratropicifi iiicola, Schatc. in DC Prod, 

 xl 535- 



Bocquillon, Hew Verb, 116, t. 18, hoc genus Privrs adjnnxit, habitu tamen longe recedit, 

 facileqiie limitatur calyce brevi fructifcro patente 5-fido nee accreto ore elauso foliia altcrnis aliisque 

 notis. Species 2 Chilenses a Pliilippi in Linnpea xxix. 21 deseript^, foliis oppositis drtipa 2-pyrena 

 pyrenis 1-locularibcs, Terisimiliter ad Badloniam {Bhsteam, Miers) referendse. 



26. Verbena, Linn. Gen. n. 32. — Calyx breviter v. longiuscule tubulosus, 5-costatiiH, 5- 

 dentatus, fructifer immutatus v. basi parum. ampliatus. Corollie tubus rectus v. incurvus, 

 aiqualis y. supeme parum ampliatus ; Umbus patens, sub-2-labiatus, lobis 5 oblongis latisve 

 obtusis retusisve, posticis (rarius lateralibus?) extimis, antico srepe majorc intimo. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, rarissime 2, supra medium tubum affixa, inclusa ; antherfe ovatje, 

 omnes inappeudicLdatse V. conncctivo. anticorum in appendicem clavatam v. glandulifor- 

 mem producto, loculis parallelis v. parum divergentibus. Ovarium apice iutc'Tum v. 

 brevissime 4-lobum, jam sub anthesi perfecte 4-loculare, locidis l-ovidatis ; stylus s<^pius 

 brevis, apice brevissime 2-fido, lobo antico majore stigmatoso postico sajpius Itevi ; ovula 

 juxta basin lateraliter affixa. Fructus calyce inclusus, siccus, in pyrenas 4 angustas 

 secedena, pericarpio crustaceo v. indurato. Semina erecta, exalbwminosa. — Herbre suffni- 

 ticesve, diffusi decumbentes v. erecti, pilis simplicibus villosi v. rarius glabri. Folia 

 opposita V. rarius 3-natim verticillata v. alterna, dentata v. sa-pe incisa v. dissecta, rarius 

 integerrima. Spica; terminales, nunc dense iuibricatie, nunc elongatir tenues dissitiflorje 

 interdum in caule erecto ample corymbose v. paniculatje, rarius axillares. Flores parvi 

 V. mcdiocres, ad axillas bractcarum sjcpius angustarum solitarii, sesailes. 



Species ad 80, plersequo Americanie, tropicre r. extratropica? tarn boreales qiuim australos, quanirn 

 unii{r.officiH(ilis,h.) etiam in orbis vetoria rcgionibus Cididioribiis temperatisque latissime di- 

 Bpcrsa, altera ( V. honaricvsis, L.) in variis locis Afi-iae et Asia; inquiliua, una sola ( V. supma, L.) 

 orbi veteri propria, regionis Mediterranea; ab ins. Canariensibus usque ad Orlentem incola. S^hau. 

 in DC. Prod. xi. 536, ct m Mart. Fl. Bras. Jx. 181. Walj^. Aim. i. 542, iii. 231, v. 706. Bocq. Rev. 

 Verb. lOo, /. U. Turcz. in Bui/. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1863, ii. 191. Kees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Vent. 

 Jard. Cels. t. 63. Ja^q. liort. Schotubr. i. 5; Hort. Vind. t. 17(j. lieichb. Ic. Fl. Girm. t. 1202; 

 Icon. Exot. t. 64. Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 554. Ihii^ ct Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. t. 32, /. a, 33, 34, /. a. 

 Hook. Hot. Misc. i. i. 46 ad 48. Philippi in Linnisa, xxix. 10 ; Fl. Atacam. 40, t. 5. H. B. et K. 

 Kov. Gen. et S£. t. 133 ad 137. Pot, Mag. t. 308, 1976, 2200, 2910, 3127, 3333, 3541, 3628, 3694. 



