VERBE’ NA TWEEDIEA'NA. © yu snaniane 
“MR. TWEEDIE'S VERVAIN. rt ike a 
DIDYNAMIA, 
ANGIOSPRRMiA, 
F LINNEUS. 
COROLLIFLORA, 
OF . ae 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs, 
we No. 60. 
GENUS. Versena. Lriwevs. CaLyx quingue fidus, ‘dente unico sub- 
breviore. Coroti limbus irregulariter 5-lobus. Sraminainclusa., _Urricv- 
tus 4-spermus, cito rumpens, ut maturi fructus caryopses sistant. SPRENGEL. 
es Plantarum, I, p. 678. 
TES. ad BENA TWEEDIEANA. Hooker, Puhescenti- rapt rns 
vals osa ramosa, foliis ovato- siloustanss acuminatis membra 
seaeiiee se malic basi euncatis in integpromi in petiolum voheidaes dian ie 
spica corymbosa, calyci ors. at tis take corolle 3-brevioribus, 
limbo 5-lobo ti ati ginati alibus. Hooxer,in Botan- 
ical Magazine, Folio 3541. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, VERBENA. Catryx 5-cleft, one of 
the teeth somewhat shorter than the rest. Limp of THE COROLLA ir- 
regularly 5-lobed. Stamens ineluded in the tube. UrriciE 4-seed- 
ed, rupturing at an early period of its growth, so that the mature fruits 
appear as caryopses. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Spectes, VERBENA TWEEDIEANA. VAR. AR- 
RANIANA. A perennial suffruticose plant, pubescently hairy through- 
out, except the corolla, Roor fibrous. Stem slender, 4-feet high, 
Tranched. Lower Leaves petiolate, entire at the base, from ovate- 
lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, slightly lobed, largely and irregularly 
toothed, scarcely acuminate ; upper leaves sessile, narrower, tocthed or 
notched, pointed. INFLORESCENCE, a terminal corymbose raceme, of 
elegant purplish flowers. Pepicexs very short,bracteate. CaLyx cylin- 
drical, 5-toothed, 5-rib‘ed, in the lower flowers of the raceme one-third 
shorter, in the upper nearly one half shorter than the tube of the corol- 
la. Tube or THE Coroxta externally whitish, slender, limb spread- 
ing, large, oblijue, 5-lobed. Loses obtuse, emarginate. THroaT 
yellow, pulverulent, hairy. Ovary 4-celled. Sryte 1, stigma bifid. 
Porunar aNd Geoorapuicat Notice. This variety, which Mr. 
Niven has termed Arraniana, differs from the original specimens of 
