CLXXIX. 

 VERBENA OFFICINALIS. 



Common Vervain. 



Class XIV. Didynamia. — Order II. Angiospermia. 



Nat. Ord. Verbenace^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, with five teeth, one of 

 them generally shorter than the rest. Corolla with 

 an incurved tube and a nearly equal five-cleft limb. 

 Stamens included, four or two. Seeds two or four, 

 inclosed in a thin evanescent pericarp. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, somewhat hispid. Leaves 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid, with cut segments. Spikes fili- 

 form, somewhat panicled. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek ngx fioraw ; vrs^isri^tavK. 



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Verbena communis flore cceruleo. Bauh. Pin. 269. 

 j Verbena communis. Ger. Em. 718. 

 I Verbena vulgaris. Raii Syn. 236. Park. Theatr. 675. 

 Latin ....<( Verbenaca recta. Bod. Pempt. 150. 



Verbenaca supina, sive foemina. Fuchs. Hist. 566. 

 Verbena officinalis. Lin. Sp. PL 29. Eng. Fl. iii. 71. Eng. 

 Bot. t. 767- 

 French. . . Verveine ; Verveine commune ; Herbe sacree. 



riaLS P an - 1 Verbena, 

 and Port. 3 



Description. — The root is perennial, (sometimes biennial,) 

 tapering, fibrous, and of a yellowish colour. The stems are up- 



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