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AN ENCYCLOPZEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
Siena continued; Verbena—continued. 
V. chamezedrifolia (Chamzdrys-leaved). fl. ofa splendid scarlet V. officinalis (officinal Common Vervain ; ni Hol m uno's 
colour, large and showy ; spike solitary, on an elongated, ascend- 
- ing peduncle. Z oblong or ovate, broadly cuneate at base, 
crenate or somewhat incised-serrated, strigose above, hair 
beneath, on short petioles. Stems filiform, fork-branched, 
creeping. Brazil, 1827. Half-hardy under-shrub, (B. 129 ; B. M. 
"3333; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 9.) Syn. V. melíssoides. 
V. e. Melindres (vernacular name). 
B. R. 1184 and L. B. C. 1514, under name of V. Melindres.) 
V. elegans (elegant). fl. blue; corolla limb large, with emar- 
ginate lobes; spikes terminal, pedunculate, pyramidal. 
revolute, Stems branched, procumbent. Mexico, 1826. 
annual. 
V. erinoides (Erinus-like). Z. reddish-violet ; corolla shortl ny 
exserted; spikes terminal, Ponte, solitary, elongate 
fastigiate, canescent-hairy. cuneate at base, decurrent, tri- 
partite-pinnatifid or hanne: laciniæ lanceolate, slightly acute, 
entire or somewhat toothed, the margins slightly revolute. 
Stems , much-branched, decumbent, rooting; branches 
wem Peru, 1818. Hardy annual SYN. V. multifida. 
V. contracta (contracted). J. tripartite; ag? incised- 
pinnatild : NER SS mula con asap oblong acute. (B. R. 1766, 
under name of V. contracta ; S . B. F. G. Dd ii. 347, 
under set of V. e. Sabi 
i VS kanta -8| d). KR Vervain ; Simpler’s Joy ; Wild 
ue; es dense, strict, naked at base, or more or 
[e EE numerous in a panicle. l SC -lanceolate, 
gradually acuminate, coarsely or incisely serra petiolate ; 
some of the lower ones often hastately three-lobed at base. Stem 
erect, 3ft. to 6ft. high. North America, 1810. Hardy. V. pani- 
culata (B. R. 1102) is a form wanting the three-lobed leaves, 
FIG. 161. FLOWERING BRANCH OF VERBENA INCISA. 
V. incisa (cut) f/i. rosy-purple; calyx five lines long; S 
pedunculate, sub-ternate at the tips of the branches, corym 
paniculate. IL, lower ones eren NUM, cuneate, truncate dë 
sub-cordate at base, attenuated into the petioles, pinnatifid- 
lobed, sees incised-serrated, wrinkled ; upper ones nearly 
lanceolate, sessile, incised-pinnatifid. Stem ascending ; branches 
erect. A. y Brazil, 1 Greenhouse sub-shrub. See Fig. 161. 
V. Lambertii (Lambert's) A form of V. Aubletia. 
Y Melindres (vernacular name). A variety of V. chamedrifolia. 
V. melissoides (Melissa-like. A synonym of V. chameedrifolia, 
V. multifida (much-cleft). A synonym of V. erinoides. 
33 mutabilis (changeable). A synonym of Stachytarpheta muta- 
Vol. IV. 
L. oblong or oblong-lanceo- 
late, unequally incised-serrated and less hairy. (P. M. B. i. 173; 
l. shortly 
petiolate, pinnatifid- laciniate, cuneate at base, slightly strigose- 
hispid; segments entire, linear-oblong, the margins sli per 
ardy 
* 1748; S. B. F. G. ser. ii 
Tears; Pigeon's Grass ` Simpler's Joy. jf. lilac, 4 eter; 
spikes dense-flowered, afterwards elongating. l opposite, oblong, 
pinnatifid or tripartite, with acute or obtuse lobes; upper ones 
narrower. Stems lft. to 2ft. high, rigid, teme rin, Ew 
(Britain). Plant hispid- pubescent. (F. D. 628; Sy. En. B. 1018.) 
SYN. V. sororia (S. B. F. G. 202). 
v. Lares aisi: A form of V. hastata. 
v. M giflora (flame-flowered). fl. purple or lilac (varying in 
Bor to red and blue); corolla eight to nine mace long ; 
spikes wi end pedunculate, solitary or ternate, cymose-panicu- 
late. ¿Z oblong- or lanceolate-triangular, acute, cuneate at Ess 
a Patre vd Kn -— Leg cir ‘incised - serrated 
wrin strigose above, hairy benea ere 
revolute. Stems ascending ; branches erect, h. slightly 
1834. Greenhouse sub-shrub. 
V. p. vulgaris (common).  /. in soli , terminal 
Stems slender, decumbent; branches much-spreading dines. 
ascending-erect. (B. 60; B. M. 3541, P. M. B. iv. 5, and 8, B. 
ii. 591, under name of y. Tweediana.) 
V. pulchella (pretty). A synonym of V. tenera. 
V. radicans (rooting). Á. lilac, fragrant; corolla twice as long 
as the pubescent calyx; spikes short, sub-capitate. L trifid; 
segments mostly again trifid, the laciniæ oblong-linear, slightly 
fleshy, highly glabrous. Stems procumbent, rooting, Andes, 
1832. Greenhouse sub-shrub. 
V. rugosa (wrinkled). A synonym of V. venosa. 
V. sororia e A synonym of V. oficinalis. 
Ve be ( igh 
a es comparativ dy 
leafy-bracted at base. 1. nearl 
sharply and ge lys mostly ubly serrated, rarely ` 
cinereous with dense, soft, hirsute- pubescence, x 
veiny. h. ift. to 2ft. North America. SUOL.M. 1976) 
V. sulphurea, (sulphur-coloured). = SSC ‘ mulphasccolemed ; 
corolla limb rather large; spikes pedunculate, capitate, many- 
flowered. J, pinnatipartite or nearly so, petiolate, tinge cmt 
pidulous on both sides; lacinize much sprea linear, 
revolute, Stems procumbent ; branches ascen 
about 2ft. Chili, 1832. Ëm hairy sub 
V. tenera (tender) A. violet; corolla tube twice as long as the 
calyx ; spikes terminal, pedunculate, solitary or ternate, 
at lengti elongated. 'and relaxed, zm canescent. 
current in short Lee oles, gins sone 
slightly toutan ba 
se cng ta 1827. 
house su week Syn. V. hella (S. B 
. t. Maonetti (Maonette). f deich DECH 
Veorolla ori emn ti. "Di "B. vd Aig "wah 
V. teucrioides (Teucrium-like). fl. white or pinkish; calyx jin. 
long; corolla SEN sweet-scented at night; spikes eg 
ech S org -hairy. l. ovate or ob vm shortly 
cuneate at base, entire, shortly narrowed into the petioles, 
obtuse, Soler hal sinuate-serrated, much wrinkled 
ins 
revolute, hairy above, tomentose beneath Stems. tufted, Tooting 
at base, ascending, sprea: -hairy. , Green- 
house sub-shrub. (B. Pu P. M. B. v. 243.) 
V. trifida (trifid-leaved). Lo cel Sie y, sab- 
sessile, very = [^k round 
cuneate at base, sessile, Tin. to ports — aly branchlets fron 
trifid or nearly so, emitting tn ers 
the axils; segments lanceolate, a: 
Branches MEN. and, as well as "p tao Hog ag Ss 
Mexico, 1818. remarkable, greenhouse sub-shrub. (L. & 
pP. p. G. L pk. 169) 
V. triphylla (three-leaved). A synonym of Lippia citriodora. 
V. Tweediana (Tweedie's) A synonym of V. phlogiftlora vul- 
garis. 
V. venosa (conspicuous-veined).* A. lilac or bluish ; corolla tube 
slender, thrice Mee ds In as the calyx ; terminal spikes sub-ternate, 
lateral — ES fastiginte, at length cylindrical, imbri- 
oer oblong, mb ma, E 
in t. Brazil, 1830. A "etal an and d well-known, hi half-hardy 
plant, very use’ or ding, : 
Pope aL Pelargonium. (B. Mester ER nut. F. d. ser ser. "äi 
SYN. V. rugosa (S. B. F. G. ser. ñ. 318). 
EE 
spikes an 
canescent ; gege 4. 2ft. to Sft. i North Ameria, 
1824. Half-hardy. 
Garden Varieties. Verbenas are the Aas 
beautiful of summer bedding plants when they can be 
indueed to succeed; kw, nouum iir ccm 
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