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Ordbb «vi. VI. VERBEN \. 1 1: \ 



Duowowg.— Behiai i 



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rsbj-nbs, sometimes herbaceous plant 



"™i»und, without stmulea Fl rs i„ „,.,. 



sometimes in dense heads; very seldom 

 axillary and solitary. Calyx tubular, 

 persistent, inferior. Corolla hyp 

 nous,in petalouB, tubular, deciduous, 



lerallj with an irregular limb. The 



sdvation of both imbricated. Sta- 

 mens usually 4, didyna us, seldom 



equal, occasionally 2. Ovary 2- or 

 4-celled ; ovules erect or ascending, 

 anatropal or amphitropal, solitary or 

 twin ; style 1 ; Bb'gma bifid or um- 

 divided. Fruit nucamentaceous, some- 

 times berried, composed of 2 or i 

 nucules in a state of adhesion. Seeds 



ct or ascending ; albumen none, or 

 fleshy ; embryo always en cl ; rad 

 inferior. 



The difference between these plants 



1 Labiates isists in the cono 



carpels >>( Verbenes, their terminal 

 style, and the usual absence of reser- 



i - of oil from their leaves, as >-"ii- 

 trasted with the deeply 4-lobcd ovary 

 and aromatic leaves of the latter. There are, how< vi r, particular 

 which approach Verbenes very closely; so that Brown hi 

 difficult to distinguish the two Orders. Verbenes differ from M 



[nthepositi f the radicle, which in the former \ 



- to the apex of the fruit Acanthads and Figworts diffi r 

 eeous. Brown states, that although all the gi 

 radicle points towards the base oi the fruit, yel man} ol tliei 

 consequently a radicle remote from the umbilicus \ 

 all, exei pt Avicennia, have a - i ovule arising fn m I 



■ ii, however, places Avicennia in Myoporads. Possibly Mi 

 in suggesting that Verbenes and Myoporads are nol realh 

 te-united. 



species of the Order are rare in Europe, northern ' 

 iion in the tropics of both hemispheres, and in the I 

 rica. In the tropics they become shrubs, or i i 



latitudes they are mere herbs. 



lli«' properties of Verbenes are much t li « - same as tl 



of importance in :i medicinal or economical point i 

 uliar subaromatic and slightly bitter taste, and 

 cannot obtain Betel leaves : the Malays n cki n tl 



jamaicensis is ;i plant to which the Brazilians attach tin 



action as Europeans formerly <li'l to the commoi I 



used to adulterate Cliim - I . and are sold in tin \ 



of Brazilian Tea. The expressed juice ol thi 



purgative to children, in doses of 1 or 2 tabl 



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islands it is employed in decoction for cly 

 moreover, some reputation for promoting thi 



- bruised are applied to ulcere : ii i- then call 

 Hilaire speaks iu terms of high ]«i-:ii -. • ol th 

 ntana pseudo-thea, used in infusion 



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