VERBENA Cham{ietlr\folia. 

 Scarlet jiowered Vervain. 



Class and O/r/er.— <Didynamia Angiospernia. 

 Syn. Verbena chamsedryfolia. Persooris Syn. vol. 2. p. 138. 



— Verbena chamsedryfolia. Siceet's B. F. G. 2d series, p. 9. 



— Verbena melindres. Bot. Reg. pi. l\S4. 



Root fibrous, stem prostrate, branching— leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, 

 ovate, margins deeply serrate, hairy on both sides— flowers terminal, 

 corymbose— calyx campanulate, five cleft— corolla very bright crimson, 

 tubular, limb spreading, five segments, obtuse emarginate— throat 

 white, hairy— stamens four, two long, two short, inserted in the tube of 

 the corolla— anthers two lobed, style one, smooth, stigma bifid, germen 

 smooth. 



The unrivalled brilliancy of the colour of this beautiful species of 

 Verbena, renders it a most ornamental plant for the front of the flower 

 borders, and when grown in large patches it is almost impossible to 

 give an idea of the dazzling splendour of its appearance ; it is a plant 

 of the easiest cultivation, and if allowed to grow according to its natu- 

 ral habit, which is prostrate, it will propagate itself by the radicles 

 which are produced at the different joints, and by this means will at- 

 tach itself to the ground ; the plants thus rooted may be removed any 

 time. A brown loamy soil, a good deal of moisture, and a sheltered 

 situation are necessary, and as it is doubtful how it may bear the seve- 

 rity of our winters, it is the safest method to keep some plants 

 in a frame, during severe frosts, which will flower early in the ensuing 

 spring. It is a native of Paraguay and Buenos Ayres, and was intro- 

 duced into this country about 1827. There are only two other 

 species worth cultivating in the flower garden. 



V. aubletia. 



— pulchella. 

 PI. 31. 



