PL ex. cor. 33. PYRENACEiE. 1 52. Verbena. 39 1 



Verbena vulgaris, Rait Syn. 236, 1. 

 Verbena conimtinis, Ger. em. 718, 1. 

 Verbena mas, sive recta e( vulgaris. Park. 678. 

 Verbena officinalis, Lin. S. P. 29. 



Holy herb. Jun»'s tears. Mercury's moist blood, PigeoxCs grease. 

 Columbine. 



Fields, ruins, and waysides ; perennial, Ray and Curtis ; 

 biennial, Hudson and Alton ; annual, Boerhaave and Lin- 

 naeus; July. 



Stem upright, bent at bottom ; leaves rough ; lower leaves 

 deeply lobed; upper leaves 3-cut or simple; spikes many- 

 flowered ; braciece ovate, acute, shorter than the calyx ; co- 

 rolla small, purple ; mouth fringed ; galea 2-cut ; lip 3-lobed, 

 nearly equal. — Herb cephalic, slightly astringent ; decoction 

 used in headach, coughs, jaundice, and other obstructions 

 of the viscera; and as a gargle in sore throat. 



Fam.XVII. 34. OLEIN-^. Link. Jasminearum pars , 



Jussieu. 

 Plowers hermaphrodite; calyx 1-leafed, free, persistent, 

 divided; corolla hypogynous, 1-petaled, 4-cut; aestivation 

 valvate ; stamejis 2, alternating with the lobes of the co- 

 rolla; anthers 2-celled, cells opening lengthways; ovary 1, 

 simple, base not glandular, 2-celled; ovules pendulous, 2 in 

 each cell, side by side; style 1 ; stigma 2-cut; fruit a berry 

 or drupe, 1 or 2-celled, 1 or 2-seeded by abortion ; seeds 

 pendulous ; spermodermis simple ; perisperm fleshy ; cor- 

 culuni straight, central, nearly as long as the perisperm ; 

 cotyledons leaflike; radicle above, plumule inconspicuous. 

 — Leaves opposite, simple; fioivers racemose or paniclcd, 

 terminal; peduncles oi)posite, bracteated. 



153. LIGUSTRUM. Pliny. Privet, 



Calyx very small, 4-toothed ; tube of the corolla short ; 

 limb 4-lobed, spreading: stamens 2; berry 1 or 2-ceiled, 

 2 or ^-seeded, black. — Flowers panicled, terminal. 



Ligustrum vulgar e. Common privet. 



Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, mucronate; panicle con- 

 tracted. 



Ligustrum, Rnii Syn. 465, 1 ; Ger. em. 1.')'94. 

 Ligustrum vulgare, Park. 1446; Lin. S. P. 10. 

 Prim-print. Print. 



Woods and hedges in damp gravelly soils ; shrubby; , 

 May and June. 



