105. VERBENACE^. [4. Verbena. 



shortly 4;-5-tootlied. Corolla with cylindric, straight or curved 

 slender (or towards the top widened) tube and oblique patent equally 

 or unequally lobed limb. Stamens 2 included with ovate anther- 

 cells vertically divaricate; staminodes 2 small posterior. Ovary 

 2-celled, of one carpel, each cell 1-ovuled. Style elongate with 

 terminal somewliat capitate stigma. Fruit elongate, dry, included 

 in the calyx, of 2 hard 1-seeded pyi-enes. 



Herbaceous. Flowers blue .... i ,-„^,v.„ 



Shrub. Flowers red \ \ \ \ 2 i^^.V/s. 



1. S. indica, Vahl. Syn. S. jamaicensis, VaU; Jalajali, Or. 



A herb 1-3 ft. high with terete stems and somewhat 4- sided 

 branches, mostly dichotomous. Leaves nearly glabrous, elliptic 

 sub-obtuse or acvite, 2-4" long. Flowers blue, rather pretty in younc^' 

 plants but becoming very weedy Avith the elongation of the spike 

 which often attains 12" or more, with lanceolate bracts as lono- as 

 the oblique 4-toothed calyx. Fruit •12-- 17" long. "^ 



Often occurring as a weed and sometimes a pest aftei^ ploughing a compound 

 ?ph'. I, ^^"^^^^^^ ' Purulia ilf.7«. ! Naturalised iu thl op«i laterite fZesHf 

 run! ±1 1., jHr. r.s. JNative or America. 

 4 nQTY a^^C '!^^i""'®.^-;, ^'o'^^ers s"nk in the rhachis of the spike. Calyx -2",, 



2. S. mutabilis, Vahl. 



A shrub 3-5 ft. high with 4-angled tomentose-villous branches and 

 ovate or ovate- oblong acuminate rugose leaves 2-4" long, sparsely 

 villous and scabrid above, densely villous or woolly beneath.' Flowers 

 scarlet and rose, sunk in the rhachis of spikes which attain 2 ft. in 

 length. Bracts acuminate. 

 Often grown in gardens. Native of tropical America. 



5. VERBENA, L. 



Herbs or undershrubs with opposite or ternate toothed or pinnatifid 

 leaves and small or mod.-sized flowers in simple or corymbose ter- 

 minal spikes with small bracts and bracteoles. Calyx tubular, 

 5-toothed. Corolla with straight or curved tube and weakly 2-lipped 

 limb with 5 spreading lobes. Stamens didynamous, included, anthers 

 ovate 2-celled. Ovary 2-carpellary, more or less 4-lobed and 4-celled, 

 each cell with 1 ovule attached laterally near the base. Fruit 

 included in the calyx breaking up into 4 (or fewer by abortion) 

 oblong pyrenes. ^ 



The beautiful garden Verhenas, of which especially the scarlet one 

 V. chamsednfolia, Juss., grows well in Chota Nagpur, consist of 

 several species and their hybrids and varieties obtained by inter- 

 crossing. They are mostly Argentine and Brazilian. 



1. Y. officinalis, L. Vervain, Eng. 



A decumbent and erect herb 1-2 ft. high with 4-angular branches 

 and oblong or ovate toothed, or lower pinnatifid, leaves 2-4" lono- 

 and elongating spikes of small lilac flowers -17" diam. Pyrenes 

 truncate, granulate on the inside, smooth dorsally, 3-ribbed. 



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