LVr. FERBENA CE^ : Vl TEX. 



673 



of 3 ft., and form a compact hemispherical bush, 



flowering abundantly every year The flowers are 

 generally purple, but there 

 is a variety with white 

 flowers; and L. latifoUa 

 Ehrh., which is not uncom- 

 mon in gardens, and which 

 has lilac flowers, thougli 

 treated by some as a spe- 

 cies, is probably nothing 

 more than another variety. 

 . Salvia officinalis L. 

 (N.DuHam.,6. t.25.;and 

 our _/7g. 1312.) is a well- 

 known suflruticose plant, 

 which, though seldom seen 

 above 2 ft. in height, yet, 

 in deep sandy soil, will 

 grow to the height of 5 or 



!) feet, and produce a stem as thick as a man's leg. 



Bouth of Europe, and has been known in British gardens from time imme- 



jnorial, and when grown in masses, and abounding in racemes of flowers, it is 

 ery ornamental. 



loU. Lavandula Spica. 



1,112. Silvia officmilis. 



It is a native of the 



Order LVI. FERBENA^CE^. 



jOi?D. Char. Calyx tubular, persistent. Corolla tubular, deciduous, irregular. 



Stamens 2 or 4 ; when 4, didynamous, rarely equal. Ovarium 2 4-cened. 

 I Style 1. Stigma bifid or undivided. Fruit drupaceous or baccate. Al- 

 j bumen wanting or very sparing. {G, Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; digitate. Flowers terminal. 



Shrubs, deciduous; natives of the South of Europe. Propagated by 

 j seeds, cuttings, or layers, in common soil. 



Genus I. 



j ^TTEX L. The CnAstE Tree. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



ficntification. Lin. Gen., No. 790. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. ll.'iu 



[yvionymcs. Gatilier, Fr. ; Kcnschbaum, Ger. ; Vitiee, Ital. 



yrivation. From vieo, to bind, as with an osier ; in reference to the flexibility of the shoots. 



\'en. Char., ^c. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, 

 lower one trifid ; middle segment of the lower lip the largest. Stameiis 4, 



' didynamous, ascending. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing a 4-celled nut. 

 Cells 1-seeded. 



Leaves as in the Order. Flowers in terminal racemes, panicled, bluish 

 white. Shrubs, deciduous, natives of the South of Europe. 



34 1. r. A'gsvs ca'stus L- The officinal, or true. Chaste Tree. 



\'ntificatimi. Lin. Sp., 890. ; Lam. Diet., 2. p. 611. 



.munymes. riefignum Thenphr&sti Lob. Icon. 2. 138. ; ^'gnus castus Blackw. ; Piper agrestis 



Gerard ; Arbre au Poivro, Poivre sauvage, Fr. ; Pepe di Monaci, Ital. 



mgravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 129. : N. Du Ham., 6. t. 35. ; and our Jig. 1313. 



ycc. Char., ^c. Leaves opposite, digitate, 7 5-lobed : leaflets lanceolate, 



mostly quite entire, hoary beneath. Racemes terminal, panicled. Flov/ers 



verticillate. QVilld.) A low deciduous shrub. Sicily, Naples, the North of 



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