^i^S VERBENACE/E 



inches long by sixteen broad. The timber somewhat resembles 

 mahogany in colour, but is stronger. For shipbuilding teak is 



unequalled. , , , 



I. Verbena (Vervain).— Herbs or undershrubs with 4-angled 



VEKB^NA OFFICINALIS (Commoft Vervain). 



Stem; opposite leaves ; flowers in bracteate, terminal spikes or 

 racemes ; calyx unequally 5-cleft ; corolla salver-shaped, unequally 

 5-cleft; stamens included; jndt of 4 i-seeded nutlets. (Name, 

 the Latin name of the plant.) 



I. V. officinalis.— ThQ only British species, a slender, toughs 



