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An elegant shrub, with bright scarlet-coloured flowers. Dapooree; intd* 
from the Mauritius by the tlou’ble Capt. Cavendish. It isa native of China and 
Bengal. 
ORDER Ics VERBENACEA. Brown. prod. 1. p. 510. 
Tue VervAIN TriBe, Lind. Nat. syst. p. 238. 
556. VERBENA. Sprengel. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Name said to be derived from the Celtic. Gaert. ¢ 66. Lam. ¢. 17. 
1139. V. OrricinaLts. Sprengel’s syst. 2. p. 750. Eng. Bot. t. 769. 
Common Vervain;—in gardens.—A plant held sacred amoung the ancients 
and used by Ambassadorsin making leagues &c. 
657. STACHYTARPHETA. Vahl. Diandria Monogynia. 
From stachys,—a_ spike, tarpheios—dense; in allusion to the flowers 
growing in dense spikes. 
1140. S. Murasixis. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 53. Bot. Mag. t. 976. Verbena 
mutabilis. Willd. Spec. 1. p. 115. Jacq. Icon. Rar. 2. t. 207. 
Changeable-flowered Vervain. 4 shrubby plant, with very pretty scarlet, 
or variegated flowers, in terminal spikes. Native of South America, but 
common in Bombay gardens, and easily propagated by cuttings. 
Dr. Lindley says, the Brazilians attach the same false notions of powerful 
action to it. as Europeans formerly did to common Vervain, and that its 
leaves are sometimes used to adulterate tea. 
1141. S. Jamaicensis Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 53. Jacq. Obs 4. t. 85 
Sloane’s Hist. é. 171. f. 1. Bot. Mag. ¢. 1860. Verbena Jamaicensis. Willd’ 
Spec. 1. p- 118. 
Jamaica Vervain. An annual plant, with pretty blue flowers in terminal 
spikes; grows common about Bombay during the rains, 
1142, S. Inpica. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 53. Verbena indica. Willd, 6. Spec. 
1. p. 115. 
Annual; grows in the S. Concan. N. 
£143. S. Orvupica. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 53. Ebret. Pict. t. 5. f- 1. Ver- 
bena orubica. Willd. spec. 1. p. 115. Pluk, Alm. ¢. 528, f. 4. and ¢. 327. 
Genie 
Native of America. Dapooree. ind. from the Cape. (Dr. Lush.) 
558. STREPTIUM. Rox. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
From streptos—twisted; in allusion to the spiral tube of the corolla. 
1144. S. Asperum, Rox. Fiora. 3. p. 90. Sprengel’s syst. 2, p. 754. 
Tortula aspera, Willd. 3. p. 389. Priva leptostachya. Persoon’s Synop. Rox, 
Cor. 2. t. 146. 
Perennial; leaves opposite, petioled, cordate; flowers in terminal racemes; 
small, white. Grows on old walls at Dapooree. (Dr. Lush.) 
559. ALOYSIA. Persoon. Didynamia Angiospermia. ; 
- Named by Palan, a professor of Botany at Madrid, after Queen Maria 
Louisa, mother of the late King Ferdiuvand, (Don.) sa yal 
$145, A. Citriopora, Persoon’s Synop. 2. p. 139. Lippia citriodora. spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 753. Verbena triphylla. Bot. Mag. t. 367. Walid, Spec. tp. his. 5 
Lemon scented Aloysia.—A shrubby plant, with linear lanceolate, ternate 
leaves, and flowers in axillary and terminal subpanicled spikes.—In gardens 
at Belgaum and Dharwar, where it thrives luxuriantly; and. is much esteemed 
for the delightful fragrance of its leaves. (Mr. Law.) It is a native of Chili. 
