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VERBENACE.B 



inches long by sixteen broad. The timber somewhat resembles 

 mahogany in colour, but is stronger. For shipluulding teak is 

 unequalled. 



I. Verbena (Vervain). — Herbs or undershrubs with 4-angled 



vrKT;l'\,\ nPFiriN il IS ((" /; '; }\i-7'iilii). 



Stem : opposite leases : jhiwers in liracteafe, terminal spikes or 

 racemes ; calv.x unetiualh' c;-clel"t ; lorolla salver-shaped, unequally 

 5-cleft ; stamens included : //-/;// ol' .| r-secded nutlets. (Name, 

 the Latin name of tlie ]ilant.) 



I. )■'". oljitiiidlis. — 'J'hc only Bi'itisli species, a slender, tough- 



