foo VERBENACE^ 



Trib: II. 



VERBENE/S 



IX. Duranta Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. io52. zrs Spn 

 syst: n. 2129. zn Lam: ill: t. 545. 



» Cal: campanulato-tubalosus 5-dentatus. Cor: in- 

 » fundibuliformis limbo 5-lobo plano inaequali. Stam: 

 » didynama inclusa. Drupa tetrapyrena ossiculis 2 - 

 » locularibus 2-spermis. » 



Obs: Genus constans 7-8 stirpibus ex Amer: acqui- 

 noctiali , fruticosis quandoque spinosis , foliis oppo- 

 silis aut ternis simplicibus, floribus laxe spicatis satis 

 conspicuis violaceis. Occurrit saepe in calidariis eu- 

 ropseis D. Plumieri = L. sp: 888. D. Plumerii Spn 

 syst: II. 764. {Amer: merid:). Erecta diffuso-ramosa 

 sub-spinosa glabra, folia ovato - oblonga sub-serrata 

 subtus albidiuscula , spicse terminales racemosae lon- 

 gissimse sub-nutantes , calyces fructiferi contorti. 



X. Petrea Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 1024. = Spr: syst: 



n. 2125. = Lam: ill: t. 539. 



» Cal: campanulatus coloratus limbo duplici , ex- 

 » ter: 5-partito longo patente aequali scarioso, inter: 

 » 5-dentato brevissimo. Cor: calyce brevior limbo 5- 

 » fido sub - sequali. Stam: didynama inclusa. Stigm: 

 » capitatum. Caps: 2 - locularis 2 - sperma calyce 

 » clausa. » 



Obs: Genus speciosum habitu proprio, constans ex 

 Spr: 5. stirpibus americanis , fruticosis plerumque 



