LIT. 
CYMBURUS URTICZFOLIUS. 
Nettle-leaved Cymburus. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis, vide sub No. 49. 
C. foliorum laminis ovali-lanceolatis, nervo medio subtus rare hirto, ceterum i bracteis 
totis adpressis, ovato-acuminatis : calycis dorso edentulo: stigmate integro 
i jamaicensis. Vahl Sp. Pl. v. 1. p. 207. Verbena jamaicensis, Linn. Sp. pl. 
ed, 2. p. 27. Verbena jamaicensis. Jacg. Obs. Fasc. 4. p.6. ¢. 85. Verbena erecta divisa, 
spicis e " divaricationibus superioribus assurgentibus. Brown Hist. Jam. p. 115. —_— 
foliis obtuse ovalibus, &c. Linn. Hort. Cliff. p. 10. Verbena folio subrotundo se . 
flore ceruleo. Sloane Hist. Jam. p. 171. t. 107. f. 1. s mpage teucriifolio, flore caseates 
Vaill. Sex. p. 49. Valerianoides. Boerh. Hort. Ludg. v. 0. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Barbadoes copiosissime, ad tari, margines, legit H. Sloane. 
Floret apud nos in caldariis, toto fere anno. 
Though not so handsome a species of the genus, as that figured last month, yet it deserves a 
place in the stove from being almost constantly in flower, where it ripens seeds in abundance. 
Sir Hans Sloane in the work above quoted recommends a decoction of the herb in dropsical 
cases, telling us that it was prescribed by the natives of the West Indies in his time for other 
disorders, and Jacquin found it sensibly pungent to the taste. The plant is particularly luxu- 
riant at Isaac Swainson’s, Esq. who communicated the specimen. Stem not annual, but in 
time iashaewteat woody, hairy while young. Leaves bright green. Petiole long : cane nh 
Jance-shaped, sharply serrated, the principal nerve towards the bottom hairy undern 
where smooth. Flowers in a very long slender spike, without smell. Peduncle deeply kiiowad 
out for each flower, the cavity shining. Bracte closely prest to the calyx, membranaceous 
towards the base, and slightly torn or crenulate. Calyx only about two lines and a half in 
length, exceedingly comprest, four-toothed, the dorsal nerve terminating below the top. 
Corolla violet-blue, internally bearded as in ¢ Mutabdilis. Filaments white. Anthers sulphur- 
coloured. Stigma greenish, cap-shaped and smooth. : 
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