664 



VERBENACE^. 



[Perigynous Exogens. 



it is ATilgarly called Capitao do matto, or Cha de pedreste. Martius mentions several 

 other Lautanas whose aromatic leaves and flowers are employed in coughs, and in 

 medicating baths, and for rheumatism. He adds that Lippia citrata is also aromatic, 

 and may be compared to Sage or TlijTne. The bark of Vitex Tainmia is used in South 

 Brazil, under the name of Tanima, against syphiUtic affections. The leaves of Patago- 

 nula vulneraria or Ipebranco, are asserted by Martius to be valuable in abating inflam- 

 matory action ; it would seem to act hke Gmelina parviflora, which has the power of 

 rendering water mucUaginous, which is employed as a ptisan for the cure of ardor 

 urinee. Congea \allosa, whose leaves have a strong heavy disagreeable smell, is another 

 plant of the Order, used by the natives of India m fomentations. In India a decoction 

 of the aromatic leaves of Vitex Negundo helps to form the warm bath for women after 

 deUvery ; bruised they are applied to the temples for headache ; pillows stufied with 

 them are put under the head to remove a catarrh and the headache attending. The 

 leaves of Vitex trifoha are a powerful discutient, and employed by the Malays to remove 

 the boss. The leaves are given in decoction and mfusion, and formed into a cataplasm 

 which is applied to the enlarged spleen. The root of Premua integrifolia is cordial and 

 stomacliic in decoction. Volkameria inermis, Linn., and some others, have been 

 occasionally employed in medicine, on account of theii' slightly bitter and subastringent 

 qualities, but they do not appear to be of any impoi'tance. As to common Vervain, 

 its virtues, great as their reputation has been, are apparently imaginary. The drupa- 

 ceous fruits of some species are eatable, as for example those of Lautanas, and Premna 

 esculenta. But others are very acrid. Those of Vitex trifolia are called in India 

 Filfil burree, or Wild Pepper ; those of Vitex Negundo resemble them, and Vitex Agnus 

 castus, Linn., has similar acrid fruit. According to Forskalil, the seeds are reputed at 

 SmjTua to be a certain remedy against colic, if powdered and strewed over half an 

 Onion apphed to the stomach. By far the most intei'esting plant, however, belonging to 

 the Order of Verbenes is the Teak, Tectona grandis. Tliis is an enonnous tree, with 

 deciduous leaves, covered with rough points. It inhabits the forests of the mountainous 

 parts of IMalabar, Pegu, and other districts in the East Indies. Its timber abounds in 

 particles of silex, and has no rival in Asia for durability. With much the appearance 

 of coarse mahogany it is hghter, and very strong. For ship-building it is perhaps the 

 best in the world. Roxbm'gh says that its wood is the only useful part of it ; but 

 EndUcher states that its flowers are diuretic, that its foliage suppUes a red dye, and 

 that a decoction of it is employed by the Malays in cholera, &c. 



Buchia, //. B. K. 

 Cryptocalyx, Bciith. 

 Lippia, Linn. 



Zapania, Juss. 



Platonia, Raf. 



Bertolonia, Raf. 



Riedelia, Cham. 



Dipta-ocalyx, Cham. 



Obletia, Roz. 



? Phyla. Lour. 

 Aloysia, Ort. 

 Verbena, Linn. 



Glandularia, Gmel. 



Billardiera, Monch. 



Anbletia, Jacq. 

 Stachytarpheta, Vahl. 



Cymburus, Salisb. 



Abena, Neck. 

 Bouchea, Cham. 

 Melasanthus, Pohl. 

 Uwarovia, Btinge. 



Shuttkivorthia, Meisn. 

 Monoehilus, Fisch. et M. 

 Chascanum, E. Mey. 

 Casselia, l^ees et Mart. 

 Dipyrena, Hook. 



Wilsonia, Hook. 

 Priva, Adans. 



Blair ia, 11 oust. 



Phrymn, Linn. 



Leptostachya, Mitch. 



GENERA. 



[This Order is much in want of a thorough revision.] 



Castelia, Cav. 



Tortula, Roxb. 



Streptium, Roxb. 

 Chloanthes, R. Br. 

 Caryopteris, Bung. 

 Pei'onema, Jack. 

 Spielmannia, Med. 



0/tia, Adans. 

 Mallophora, Endl. 

 Lautana, Linn. 



Camara, Cham. 



Myrobatindum, VailL 



Charachera, Forsk. 



Calliorcas, Cham. 

 Tamonea, A itbl. 



Ghinia, Schreb. 



Leptocarpus, AVilld. 



Kcempfera, Houst. 



9 Ischnia, DC. 

 Hosta, Jacq. 



Hostana, Pers. 



Cormdia, GmeL 

 PjTostoma, C. F. W. Mey. 

 Wallrothia, Roth. 

 Casarettoa, Walpers. 

 Vitex, Linn. 



Ephialis, SoL 



Agnus Castus, Endl. 



Limia, Vand. 



Nephrandra, Coth. 



? Chrysomallum,Thou. 



Psilogyne, DC. 

 Premna, Linn. 



Cormdia, N. L. Burm. 



Baldingera, Dennst. 

 Gumira, Rumph. 

 Holochiloma, Hochst. 

 Pityrodia, R. Br. 

 Tectona, Linn.fil. 



Theka, Rheed. 



Jatus, Rumph, 

 Gmelina, Linn. 



Michel ia, Amman. 

 Petitia, Jacq. 

 Citharexylon, Linn. 



Ramcolfia, Rz. et Pav. 



POppigia, Bert. 

 HemigjTiinia, Griff. 

 Volkameria, Linn. 



Duglassia, Amm, 

 Clerodendron, L. 



Volkameria, Linn, 



Siphonanthus , Linn. 



Ovieda, Linn. 



Agricola, Schrank. 



Torreya, Spreng. 



Cornacchinia, 8avi, 

 Cyclonema, Hochst. 



SpiroTvema, Hochst. 

 Duranta, Linn. 



Ellisia, P, Br. 



Castorca, Plum. 

 Petrsea, Houst. 

 Amasonia, Linn. 



Taligalea, Aubl, 

 Callicarpa, Linn. 



Burchardia, Duham. 



Johnsonia, Catesb. 



Sphondylococcum, Mit. 



Porphyra, Lour, 

 ^giphila, Jacq. 



Manabea, Aubl. 



Omphalococca, Willd. 

 Scleroon, Lindl. 

 Cornutia, Plum. 



Agnanthus, Vaill. 

 Congea, Roxb. 



RoscOea, Roxb, 

 Sphenodesme, Jack. 

 SjTnphorema, Roxb. 



9Analectis, Vahl. 

 Geunsia, Blum. 

 Dissoleena, Lour. 

 Patagonula, L. 

 Quoya, Gaudich. 

 Mastacanthus, Endl. 



Barbula, Lour, 

 ?HjTnenopyramis, Wall. 

 ? Glossocarya, Wall. 

 Cochrauea, Miers. 



Numbers. Gen. 56. Sp. 610. 



OleacecB. 

 Position. — Lamiacese. — Verbenace-e. — Myoporaceaj. 

 Scrophulariaccoe. 



