636 Order 88.— TERBENACB^ 



then each splitting from the dorsal rib and curving upwards from tho base. — 

 Roanoke R., N. Oar. (Pursh) to Ga. (Pond) and La. (Hale). Plant 2 to 3f liigh, 

 Its. 2 to 3' long, on stalks half as long. Fls. purple, 5 or 6" long. 



8. RHYTIGLOS'SA, Nees. (Gr. pvrig, a wrinkle, yXuaaa, tongue ; 

 referring to the wrinkled palate.) Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; corolla bilabi- 

 ate, upper lip narrow, lower 3-lobed, with a rugous, veiny palate ; stam- 

 ens 2 ; anther cells more or less distinct, subtiansverse, placed one 

 above tho other ; capsule compressed, 4-seeded from the middle up- 

 wards; seeds tuberoulate, with hooks. — Herbs, loose-leaved, with axil- 

 lary or spicate, bracted flowers. 



1 R. pedunculosa Nees. Erect, angular, very smooth ; Ivs. bng-lanceolaU, 

 scarely oblique or ensiform, obscurely crenate or wavy, subpetiolate ; spikes axil- 

 lary, subeapitate, on very long peduncles opposite or alternate ; bracts and sepals 

 lanceolate, subequal, half as long (3") as tite ringent corolla ; lower half of the cap- 

 sule empty, valves recurved when ripe, — River banks, Niagara to Tex, and Ga. 

 Plant 2 to 3f, Ivs. 2 to 4' by 6 to 12". Corollas 6" long, violet-purple. Caps, 

 same length. Jn. Jl. (Dianthera Americana L. Justicia pedunculosa Mx.) 



2 R. ensiformis. Decumbent at base, then erect, very slender, 4-angled, smooth ; 

 fos. linear, oblique or ensiform, very entire, thick, sessile ; peduncles subterminal, 

 very long ; spikes at length loose-flowered ; bracts half as long as the linear sub- 

 ulate sepals which are a third as long as the showy corollas. — E. Ga. to Apalachi- 

 cola, Fla. St. 1 to 2f high, in bogs. Lvs. 3 to C by 2 to 3" Ped. twice as 

 long. Cor. purple, 1' or more long, resembling those of Arethusa, Confounded 

 with the preceding hitherto, but very different. (Justicia ensiformis "Walt. ?) 



3 R. humilis Nees. Glabrous, ascending, 4-angled ; lvs. oblong or lanceolaie, or 

 the lower oval, obtusish, suborenate, attenuate at base to a short petiole ; spikes 

 simple, axillary, pedunculate; fls. loose, mostly secund ; bractlets much sJiorter than 

 the subulate calyx lobes, which equal the tube of the small corolla; caps, acumi- 

 nate, the lower half empty and stalk-like. — S. Car. to Fla. and La. Plant 1 to 2f 

 high, often much lower. Lvs. 2 or 3' long, the spikes at length exceeding them, 

 5 to lO-liowered. Cor. 5" long, light purple? (Justicia humilis Mx.) 



9. CYRTAN'THERA, Nees, {Kvprog, curved, dvOripa.) Calyx 5-cleft 

 or parted, equal ; corolla ringent, upper lip falcate, lower in 3 narrow 

 segments ; stamens 2, recurved at apex, anthers short, nodding, capsule 

 4-6eeded ? — Herbs from tropical America, with showy clusters of flowers. 

 C. carnea. Stem stout, tall, half-shrubby ; lvs. ample, ovate, subdeltoid or oval- 

 oblong, long-ouneate at base, petiolate; bracts and bractlets lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, ciliate, larger than the calyx ; fls. in a dense, thyrse-like, terminal head, 

 light purple or flesh-colored, large, many in bloom at once. — In the greenhouse, f 

 (Justicia carnea Hook. C. maguifica Nees.) 



Ordbb LXXXVIH. VERBENACE./E. Veevains, 



Eerbs (or generally shrubs and trees) with opposite, oxstipulato leaves. Flowers 



with a bilabiate or more or less irregular monapetalous corolla. Stamens 4, didyna- 



mous, rarely equal, sometimes only 2. Style 1. Fruit dry or drupaceous, 2 to 



4-celled (1-celled ii> Phryma) forming as many 1-seeded nutlets. Seeds erect or 



pendulous, with little or no albumen. 



Gen&ra 56, eperies 700, the herbs chiefly natives of temperate regions, the slirnbs and trees of 

 warm and tropical regions, where in some instances they are very lar^o. The Teak -tree (Tec- 

 toria grandis) of India, justiy styled the " Oalc of the East" is a timbor tree of greiit size, often 

 100 feet in heiiriit The wood is greatly dur.able, and contains silex. Medicinal properties ua- 

 Important. The order affords many fine ornaments for the garden. 



OENEBA. 



5 Herbs. Fruit dry, — of 4 1-soeded carpels. Corolla 5-parted Vbrbkna. 1 



. — of 2 one-seeded carpels. Corolla 4-partcd Lippia. S 



— of 1 one-seeded nntlet. Corolla bilabiate Pukyma 8 



