536 ORDER 88. VERBENACE^S. 



then each splitting from the dorsal rib and curving upwards from tlio base. 

 Roanoke R., N. Car. (Pursb) to Ga. (Pond) and La. (Hale). Plant 2 to 3f high, 

 Ivs. 2 to 3' long, on stalks half as long. Fls. purple, 5 or 6" long. 



8. RHYTIGLOS SA, Nees. (Gr. pv-ig, a wrinkle, yhuooa, tongue ; 

 referring to the wrinkled palate.) Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; corolla bilabi- 

 ate, upper lip narrow, lower 3-lobed, with a rugous, veiny palate ; stam- 

 ens 2 ; anther cells more or less distinct, subtransversc, placed one 

 above the other; capsule compressed, 4-seeded from the middle up- 

 wards ; seeds tuberculate, with hooks. Herbs, loose-leaved, with axil- 

 lary or spicate, bracted flowers. 



1 R. pedunculosa Noes. Erect, angular, very smooth ; Ivs. long-lanceclate, 

 scarelij oblique or ensilbrm, obscurely crenato or wavy, subpetiolato ; spikes axil- 

 lary, subcapitate, on very long peduncles opposite or alternate ; bracts and sepals 

 lanceolate, subequal, half as long (3") as tlie ringent corolla ; lower half of the cap- 

 sule empty, valves recurved when ripe, River banks, Niagara to Tex. and Ga. 

 Plant 2 to 3f, Ivs. 2 to 4' by G to 12". Corollas G ' long, violet-purple. Caps, 

 same length. Jn. Jl. (Dianthera Americana L. Justiciu peduncu'.osa MX.) 



2 R. ensiformis. Decumbent at base, then erect, very slender, 4-angled. smooth 

 Ivs. linear, oblique or ensiform, veiy entire, thick, sessile; peduncles subterminal, 

 very long; spikes at length loose-flowered ; bracts half as long as the linear sub- 

 ulate sepals which are a third as long as the showy corollas. E. Ga. to Apalachi- 

 cola, Fla. St, 1 to 2f high, ia bogs. Lvs. 3 to 6' by 2 to 3". Peel, twice as 



1 long. Cor. purple, 1' or more long, resembling those of Arethusa. Confounded 



with the preceding hitherto, but very different. (Justicia ensiformis Walt. ?) 



3 R. humilis Nees. Glabrous, ascending, 4-angled ; Ivs. oblong or lanceolate, or 

 the lower oval, obtusish, subcrenate, attenuate at base to a short petiole ; spikes 

 simple, axillary, pedunculate; fls. loose, mostly secund; bractlefe much shorter than 

 the subulate calyx lobes, which equal the tube of the small corolla; caps, acumi- 

 nate, the lower half empty and stalk-like. S. Car. to Fla. and La. Plant 1 to 2f 

 high, often much lower. Lvs. 2 or 3' long, the spikes at length exceeding them, 

 5 to 10-tiowered. Cor. 5" long, light purple? (Justicia humilis MX.) 



. 9. CYRTAN'THERA, Noes, (itvp-rog, curved, avOrjpa.) Calyx 5-clcft 

 or parted, equal ; corolla ringent, upper lip falcate, lower in 3 narrow 

 segments; stamens 2, recurved at apex, anthers short, nodding, capsule 

 4-seedcd ? Herbs from tropical America, with showy clusters of ilowers. 

 'C. carnea. Stem stout, tall, half-shrubby; Ivs. ample, ovate, subcleltokl or oval- 

 oblong, long-cuneate at base, petiolate; bracts and bractlets lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, ciliate, larger than the calyx ; fls. in a dense, thyrse-like, terminal head, 

 light purple or flesh-colored, large, many in bloom at once. In the greenhouse, f 

 (Justicia carnea Hook. C. magnifica Noes.) 



ORDER LXXXYIII. VERBENACE^E. VERVAIXS. 



Herbs (or generally shrubs and trees) with opposite, cxstipulato leaves. Flowers 

 'with a bilabiate or more or less irregular monapetalous corolla. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, rarely equal, sometimes only 2. Style 1. Fruit dry or drupaceous, 2 to 

 4-celled (1-cellcd in Phryma) forming as many 1-sceded nutlets. Seeds erect or 

 pendulous, with little or no albumen. 



Genera 56, spe~ies 700, the horbs chiefly natives of temperate regions, the shrubs n:vl trees of 

 warm and tropical regions, where in some instances they are. very" lar^e. The Teak-tree. ( Tec- 

 toria srnndis) of India, justly styled the " Oak of the Kast" is a timber tree of great size, often 

 100 I'ect in height The wood is'irrcatly durable, nnd contains si'cx. Medicinal" properties un- 

 important The order affords many fine ornaments for the garden. 



GENERA. 



I Herbs. Fruit dry, of 4 1-sceded carpels. Corolla 5-parted VERBKXA. 1 



of 2 one-seeded carpels. Corolla 4-parted LIPPIA. 2 



of 1 one-seeded nutlet Corolla bilabiate PIIRYMA 3 



