LVI, VERBENA‘CEE: PIVEN. 673 
of 3 ft., and form a compact hemispherical bush, 
flowering abundantly every year The flowers are 
f generally purple, but there 
TA 
is a variety with white 
flowers; and L. latifolia 
Ebrh., which is not uncom- 
mon in gardens, and which 
has lilac flowers, though 
treated by some as a spe- 
cies, is probably nothing 
more than another variety. 
x Salvia officindlis L. 
(N. Du Ham., 6. t.25.; and 
our jig.-1312.) is a well- 
known suffruticose plant, ( 
which, though seldom seen 
above 2 ft. in height, yet, 
in deep sandy soil, will 
grow to the height of 5 or 1512, Sdlvia officinalis. 
6 feet, and produce a stem as thick as a man’s leg. It is a native of the 
South of Eurepe, and has been known in British gardens from time imme- 
morial, and when grown in masses, and abounding in racemes of flowers, it is 
very ornamental. 
1511, Lavanduta Spica. 
Orver LVI. VERBENA‘CEA. 
Orv. Cuar. Calyz tubular, persistent. Corolla tubular, deciduous, irregular. 
Stamens 2 or 4; when 4, didynamous, rarely equal. Ovarium 2—4-celled. 
Style 1. Stigma bifid or undivided. Fruit drupaceous or baccate. 4/- 
bumen wanting or very sparing. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; digitate. Flowers terminal. 
— Shrubs, deciduous; natives of the South of Europe. Propagated by 
seeds, cuttings, or layers, in common soil. 
Genus I. 
VYTEX L. Tue Cuaste Tree. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiospérmia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No, 790.; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 115. 
Synonymes. Gatilier, Fr.; Kenschbaum, Ger. ; Vitiee, Ital. st 
Derivation. From vieo, to bind, as with an osier ; in reference to the flexibility of the shoots. 
Gen. Char., &c. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, 
lower one trifid ; middle segment of the lower lip the largest. Stamens 4, 
didynamous, ascending. Stigma bifid. Druge containing a 4-celled nut. 
Cells 1-seeded. 
Leaves as in the Order. Flowers in terminal racemes, panicled, bluish 
white. — Shrubs, deciduous, natives of the South of Europe. 
% 1. V. A’onus ca’stus L. The officinal, or true, Chaste Tree. 
tification. Lin. Sp., 890.; Lam. Dict., 2. p. 611. Sai 
tla ‘Fleagnum Theophrastz Lob. Icon. 2. 138.; A’gnus cAstus Blackw.; Piper agréstis 
Gerard ; Arbre au Poivre, Poivre sauvage, Fr. ; Pepe di Monaci, Itul. 
Engravings. Biackw. Herb., t. 129.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 35. ; and our fig. 1313. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves opposite, digitate, 7—5-lobed : leaflets lanceolate, 
mostly quite’entire, hoary beneath. Racemes terminal, panicled. Flowers 
verticillate. (Willd.) A low deciduous shrub. Sicily, Naples, the North of 
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