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17. Mentha Aevensis is the common species found in Indian 

 gardens under this name. " Pudeena," Hindoostanee. It is a 

 native of Europe ; but with us spreads readily in moist places. 



LXX.— VERBENACEiE, Br. Prod. 1, p 510. 



THE VERVAIN TRIBE, Lind. Nat. Syst. p 238. 



VERBENA, Spr., Didynamia Angiospermia. 



1. V Officinalis, Spr. syst. 2, p 570; Eng. Bot. t. 769.— 

 Common Vervain. Of this there are numerous varieties in gardens 

 having various colours, all of them ornamental and fitted for bril- 

 liant contrasts in flower-beds. Natives of South America. 



STACHYTARPHETA, Vahl., Diandria Monogynia. From 

 stachys, a spike ; tarpheios, dense ; in allusion to the flowers growing 

 in dense spikes. 



2. S Urticfolia, S jamaicensis, Spr. syst. 1, p 53; Jacq. Obs. 

 4, t. 86. — Jamaica Vervain ; an annual, with blue flowers in termi- 

 nal spikes. A decoction of this jjlant has been supposed to be 

 useful as a diaphoretic in Fevers. 



3. S MuTABiLis, Spr. syst. 1, p 63; Bot. Mag. t. 976; Willd. 

 sp. 1, p 115; Jacq. Ic. PI. rar. 2, t. 207. — Changeable-flowered 

 Vervain ; a shrubby plant, with scarlet and pink flowers variegated 

 with white in terminal spikes. 



ALOYSIA, Pers., Didynamia Angiospermia. Named after 

 Louisa, Mother of Ferdinand 7th, of Spain. 



4. A CiTRioDORA. — Lemon-scented Aloysia ; a shrub with linear- 

 lanceolate, ternate leaves, and flowers in axillary and terminal sub- 

 panicled spikes. Now common in gardens, and is much esteemed 

 for its fragrance, particularly in the rainy season. This plant was 

 introduced by the late Earl of Clare, who was a great Horticultural 

 amateur. It is a native of Chili. 



L ANTAN A, Didynamia Angiospermia. An ancient name of the 

 Viburnum, to which this shrub bears some resemblance. 



6, L Meliss^folia, Spr. syst. 2, p 761; Bot. Mag. t. 96; 

 Pluk. Aim. t. 233, /. 6 ; Willd. sp. 3, p 320.— A straggling shrub, 

 flowers orange-coloured. Common in gardens ; native of West 

 Indies. 



6. L AcuLEATA. — Scandent, with opposite ovate leaves, smell- 

 ing of black currants, square prickly stems, and orange-coloured 

 flowers. There are two other species or varieties, — one with 

 lilac flowers, and the other of mixed red and orange; but as 

 the whole of these exotic species are rapidly becoming wild, a 

 separate enumeration here appears to be needless. The infusion 

 of L. pseudo-thea is used in the Brazils as a substitute for Tea. 



