Codonacdntkus.] acanthace^. 267 



1. C. pauciflorus, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 103. Rhizome creeping and 

 perennial. Stems erect, usually simple, and 6 in. to 1 ft. high, but twice as 

 much when very luxm-iant. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate or elUptical-oblong, 

 obtuse or acuminate, 1| to 3 in. long, usually glabrous. Plowers in distant 

 pairs, in slender terminal racemes of 3 or 4 in., often branching out into pa^ 

 nicies. Bracts and bracteoles very small. Pedicels about 1 Hue. Calyx 1^ 

 to 2 lines. CoroUa very spreading, about ^ in. diameter. Capsule 6 or 7 

 lines long, the compressed base about as long as the seed'^beaiing portion. 

 . In ravines of Victoria Peak, Champion ; in a ravine of Mount Gough, Wilford ; alsq 

 Wriyht, In Silhet and Assam. 



Oeder LXXXTI. VERBENACEiE. 



Mowers irregular or rarely regular. Calyx persistent, truncate, toothed, or 

 lobed. Corolla with 4 or 5 or rarely more lobes, imbricate in the bud, nearly 

 equal, or more or less 3-lipped. Stamens usually 4, in pairs, inserted ia the 

 tube of the corolla, and alternating with its lower lobes. Ovary not lobed, 

 iisuaUy 3- or 4-celled, with one ovule in each cell. Style terminal, simple, 

 entire or with 2 short stigmaticlobes. Foat dry or succulent, indehiscent or 

 separating into 2 or 4 cocci. Seeds erect, without any or with a small quantity 

 of albunien. Embryo straight, with thick cotyledons. — Herbs, shrubs, trees, 

 or climbers. Leaves usually opposite or whorled, without stipules. Infloreis- 

 cence various. 



A large Order, ranging over both tlie New and the Old World, most abundant in the tro- 

 pics,' but with a few extfatropical species; both' in the northern and southern hemispheres. 



TuiBE I. Verbenese.^J»2/fo;-«.!c«ce indeterminate, in, racemes, sp,hes, or heads. 

 Ovules erect from the hose of the cells. 

 Ovary 4-celled. Fruit dry, separating into sinaU cocci. Flowers in 



spikes . . I. Verbena. 



Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a drupe. Flowers in heads 2. Lantana. 



TuiBE II. Viticcse. — Inflorescence determinate, in. panicles, cymes, or heads. Ovules 

 pendulous or laterally attached. 



Lower lobe of the corolla much longer than the 4 others. Tube short. 

 (Stamens included.) . 



Fruit dry, separating into 4 cocci, with acute or winged edges. 



Lower lobe of the corolla ixinged . 3. Cakyoptekis. 



Fruit a drupe. Lower lobe of the corolla entire . . . .■ . . 8. Viiex. 

 Corolla-lobes nearly equal, 



Corolla small, usually 4-lobed, with a short tube. 



Cymes or panicles terminal. Style acutely 2-lobed .... 4. Pkemna. 

 Cymes axillary.' Style dilated and truncate at the top . ... 5. Callicakpa. 

 Corolla 5-lobed. 



CoroUa-tube slender, much longer than the calyx, except when the 



latter is inflated. Stamens exserted 6. Clekodendjion. 



Corolla rather large, obliquely campanulate, with a short tube. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla 7. Gmelina. 



1. VERBENA, Linn. 



Calyx B-toothed. Corolla with a distinct tube, and a rather unequal spread- 

 ing 5-lobed limb.' Stamens 4 or rarely 2, included in the tube. Ovary- 4- 



