534 VERBENACE^. Vevbena. 



VERBE.\A (L. Gen. 32). 



Calyx tnbulosus quiiiquecostatus quiaquedeiitatus, fructifer im- 

 mutatus. Corolla infundibuiiformis tubo recto vel incurvo, limbo 

 patenti subbilabiato insequaliter quinquelobo. Stamina 4 didynama 

 inclusa, antherae ovatfe loculis subparallelis, connectivo (in nostris) 

 non appendiculato. Ovarium quadriloculare loculis uniovulatis, stylus 

 apice breviter bifidus. Fructus calyce inclusus siccus in pyrenas 

 quatuor crustaceas angustas secedens. Herbte (nostree) floribus spicatis. 



1. V. officinalis (L. Sp. p. !29) perennis, caule erecto elato 

 tenui sufierne paniculato ad angulos scabridulo, foliis oblongis et 

 oblongo-lanceolatis grosse dentatis incisis vel laciniatis vel lyrato- 

 pinnatitidis in petiolum brevem latum contractis, spicis longis iaxis tili- 

 formibus, floribus minimis subsessilibus strictis, bracteis oblongis acu- 

 minatis calyce brevioribus, calycis adpresse setulosi dentibus brevibus 

 acutis, corollffi lilacince tubo sensim ampliato exserto ^. Ic. tab. 91. 



Hab. in ruderatis, ad vias, in ditione tota a Graecia! Thracia! Greta (Raouli), 

 ad Syriam littoralem (Bl! Gaill!) et interiorem ad Damascum (Gaill!), Per- 

 siam' borealem (Biihse! Bgel), Caucasum et Transcaucasiam (Ledeb.), regnum 

 Gabulicum (GriiTl). 



Ar. Geogr. Enropa omnis ab Anglia et Gothia ad Rossiam mediam, Japonia, 

 Africa borealis, Abyssinia, India borealis, P. Bonse spei, insulse Ganarienses, 

 America. 



5- V. supina fL. Sp. p. 29) annua hispidula canescens a basi 

 ramosissima ramis ascendentibus vel decumbentibns, foliis petiolatis 

 infimis oblongis incisis cito exsiccatis Cfeteris in lacinias ovato-oblon- 

 gas obtusiusculas integras vel dentatas bipinnatisectis, spicis alaribus 

 et terminalibus solitariis breviter pedunculatis fructiferis elongatis 

 laxis, floribus parvis subsessilibus erectis bractea lineari-lanceolata 

 calyce breviore suffultis, calyce setuloso ad tertiam partem in dentes 

 triangulari-ovatos fisso, corollae coerulescentis tubo subexserto Q. 

 Fl. Gra?c. tab. 554, — Rchb. Ic. tab. 91 . — F. procumhens Forsl^. 



Hab. in argillosis et arenosis hyeme inundatis, Grascia in regione abietind 

 Parnassi prope Livadia (Heldr!), Creta in ditione Sphakia (Heldri), Anatolia 

 occidentalis (Sibth.), Palestina in monte Garmel (Gaill!), ^Egyptus inferior 

 (Auch! Boiss! etc), Mesopotamia et Babylonia (Ky! Noe! Haussk!), Trans- 

 caucasia (ex Stev.j. 



Ar. Geogr. Lusitania, Hispania, Italia australis, Hungaria, Dalmatia. Africa 

 borealis, Nubia, insulai Canarienses. 



Tr. II. VITICE^ Schauer. 



Inflorescentia definita di-vel trichotome cymosa, cymis axillaribus 

 vel composite pciniculatis ccntrifuge floriferis. Ovula supra basin 

 loculi inserla amphitropa vel subanatropa. Semina exalbuminosa. 



