XCIII. VERBENACE. 293 
pressed, tipped with the rudimentary style ; pericarp coria- 
ceous, closely investing the seed (which has no proper integu- 
ment). Albumen scarcely any; embryo fleshy, green, erect, 
with very thick reniform, conduplicate cotyledons ; radicle 
long, thick, densely and softly hairy —DC. Prod. xi. p. 698. 
Littoral, evergreen shrubs or trees of warm countries. Leaves opposite, 
leathery, entire, glabrous above, hoary beneath. Peduncles axillary, or 
3 at the ends of the branches, mostly 3-headed. Flowers small.—A. offici- 
nalis, Linn., a widely-dispersed species, occurs at Natal. 
Suzorper 2. Stilbineze. (Gen. 13-14.) 
13. STILBE, Berg. 
Calyx equal, 5-fid to the middle, the segments with inflexed 
margins, pubescent-ciliate. Corolla 5-fid, the throat hairy ; 
segments linear, subtruncate, membranous, the 2 posterior a 
little longer, connate. Stamens 4, with a rudimentary fifth. 
Utricle thin-shelled, subturbinate, 5-ribbed, 1-seeded.—£. 
Mey. in Comm. Drége, p. 279; DC. Prod. xii. p. 606. Also 
Eurylobium, Hochst., DO. 1. ¢. p. 607. 
Heath-like shrubs, with rigid, linear, crowded, alternate leaves, and ter- 
minal, densely spiked or capitate flowers.—A few species, dispersed. 
14. CAMPYLOSTACHYS, E. Mey. 
Calyx very deeply 5-cleft, the three anterior clefts nearly to 
the base. Corolla 4-5-fid ; segments acute, subcoriaceous, 3- 
nerved. Stamens 4. Capsule subglobose, 2-celled, 2-seeded, 
opening in 4 parts at the apex.—_L.. Mey. l. e. p. 278 ; DC. Prod. 
xii. p. 605. Also Euthystachys, A. DC. in DC. Prod. xii. p. 606. 
Shrubs, with the habit of Sti/be, except that the spikes are more or less 
nodding.—2 species, Western. 
Suporper 3. Selaginez. (Gen. 15-22.) 
15. AGATHELPIS, Choisy. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, plaited, adnate to its subtending 
bract, deflexed in fruit. Corolla-tube long, slender, cylindrical, 
curved ; limb subequally 5-lobed, lobes short and fleshy. 
Stamens 2, included ; filaments very short. Uvtricle solitary, 
semiterete, enclosed in the calyx.—JLH. Mey. l. ¢. p. 252; DC. 
Prod. xii. p. 23. 
Slender, twiggy undershrubs, with linear leaves and dull coloured, sweetly 
scented flowers, in lax, terminal spikes.—Several species, dispersed. 
16. GOSELA, Choisy. 
Calyx deeply 5-parted. Corolla with a long tube and short 5- 
lobed limb. Stamens 2 fertile, subsessile within the tube, and 
