512 



(1) H. Macleomi. (Griff.) 



Ident. Griffith in M'Clelland's Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist, III. p. 

 363.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 697. 



Spec. Char. Middle-sized tree : young j)arts tomentose witb 

 pubescence : leaves opposite, cordate or cordate- rotund : inflore*. 

 cence terminal, cymosely-corymbose_: flowers congested at the top 

 of short pedicels, pointed, white ? 



Forests near Juppulpore. 



GENUS XVI. VERBENA. 

 Didynaniist Ansiospermia. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. Said to be from the Celtic name Ferfaen. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx tubular, pUcately 5-ribbed : corolla sub- 

 hypocrateriform, tube cylindric, enlarged upwards, straight or 

 curved, villous at t^ie insertion of the stamens, throat bearded, 

 limb sublabiate-obliq'ue, 5-clefl;, segments more or less unequal, 

 emarginate : stamens . inserted on the upper part of the tube, 

 enclosed : anthers ovate, 2.celled, cells dehiscent : ovary 4-celled, 

 calls 1-ovuIed, ovule erect : style equalling the stamens, 2-cleft 

 or lobed at the apex : capsule enclosed by the calyx, septicidally 

 sp.Utting wh^a ripe into four cocci : pericfurp dry, striated at the 

 back — .Hfirbs or undershrubs : leaves opposite, in threes or very 

 rarely alternate, entire or tripartitely laciniate : flowers collected 

 on spikes or terminal heads, each subtended by a bract. 



(1) V. OFFICINALIS. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. p. 29. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 547. 



Engrav. Engl. Bot. t. 767J — Sweet Brit. fl. gard. III. t. 202. 



Spec Char. Herbaceous : stem 4-cornered, erect, striated, 

 slightly rough at the angles : leaves oblong-lanceolate oblong or 

 lanceolate, cuneate- attenuate at the base, sessile, subpinnatifid or 

 trifid, coarsely inciso-dentate, shining above, glabrous or scabrid, 

 strigose below in the network, segments and teeth ovate, acutish or 

 obtuse : spikes terminal and axillary, paniculate, filiform, strigosely 

 pubescent : bracts ovate, acuminate, shorter than the mucronately 

 toothed calyx : flowers small, paler-rose. 



Rajmahal. Oude. Flowering in the cold season. 



