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tlie author, is in fir Jofeph Banks's library. The root is 

 fibrou'', probibly aiimial. Stem a fo:)t cir fciot and half 

 high, enct, branched, iqnare, with prickly angles. Leaves 

 llalked, an inch an<i half liniiT, bhintifli, ribbed and veiny, 

 green, more or lefs hairy. Whorh leafy, rather crowded. 

 Calyx bell-fhap'd, hairy, with (hort fpinous teeth. Corolla 

 yellowilh, twice a^ loiij as the calvx ; its upper lip entire. 



STACHYTARPHETA, from rax^^, a fpiie, and 

 Ta^In t tlen/e, a name n{ Vdhl's, intended to exprels the clofe 

 uninterrupted difpofition of the flowers. — Vahl Eiuim. v. i. 

 205. .luir. Annal du Muf v. 7. 75 Ait. Hnrt. Kew. 

 V. I. 46. — Clafs and order, Diandria Monrgynia. Nat. Ord. 

 Verbenaceit, .Tutl. Brown. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, tubular, an- 

 gular, with four acute teeth, permanent. Cor. of one pe- 

 tal, lalver-fhaped ; tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx, 

 fomewhat recurved at the upper part ; limb fpreaduig, di- 

 vided half way down into live roundifli unequal fegments, 

 the lowell being the finalleft. Stam. Filamentj four, m- 

 ferted into the upper part of the tube, not reaching to its top, 

 two of them imperfeift ; anthera of two cells, one over the 

 other. Pyi. Germen fuperior, two-lobed ; llyle the length 

 of the tube, capillary ; IHgma peltate. Seeds two, linear, 

 the length of the calyx. 



Ed'. Ch. Calyx tubular, with four teeth. Corolla falver- 

 fliaped, unequal, five-cleft, curved. Two abortive ftamens. 

 Seeds two. 



A handfome and diltinft genus, of tropical, chiefly Weft 

 Indian, annual or flirubby plants, previoufly confounded 

 with Verbena. Their branches are obfcurely quadrangular, 

 divided in a forked manner in the upper part. Leaves op- 

 pofite, italked, tapering down into the footllalks. Spikes 

 from the forks and fummits of the branches, folitary, elon- 

 gated, cylindrical, tapering, acute. Flowers alternate. Brac- 

 teas tapering into a briftly point. Calyx as long as its cor- 

 refponding channel in the common ftalk. 



Twelve fpecies are defined by Vahl. 



1. S>. angujlifolia. Narrow-leaved Baftard Vervain. Vahl 

 n. I, excluding Jacquin's fynonym. (Verbena anguftifolia ; 

 Mill. Dift. ed. 8. n. i j.) — " Leaves lanceolate, tapering at 

 each end, dillantly ferratcd, fmooth." — Gathered at Vera 

 Cruz, by Hoiiltoun, who lent feeds to Miller. The latter 

 defcribes it as an annual branching plant, a foot and half high. 

 Leaves pale green, acute, three inches and a half long, half 

 an inch broad. Spikes flefhy. Flowers blue, appearing in 

 Augult, and in warm feafons ripening feed in our gardens. 

 — We agree with Vahl that Miller's plant, though we have 

 not feen it, is probably dillintt ; but Jacquin's indica furely 

 is the following. 



2. S. indica. Indian Ballard Vervain. Vahl n. 2. Ait. 

 n. I. (Verbena indica; Linn. Sp. PI. 27. Jacq. Obf. 

 fafc. 4. 7. t. 86.) — Leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering at 

 the bafe, coarfely toothed, fmooth as well as the Hem. 

 Bradlcas linear-lanceolate. — Native of Ceylon. Van Royen 

 lent feeds to Linnscus, who raifed the plant in his ftove. It 

 is annual, flowering in Augult and September. The leaves 

 are an inch or more in breadth ; the lower ones obtufe. 

 Spikes long and flender. Bradeas finely liriatcd, mem- 

 branous at the edges. Corolla blue. Jacquiii reprcfents 

 the leaves more narrow and acute, with more regular ferra- 

 tures, than in tlie Linniean fpecimen, which came from the 

 Upfal garden, and is accompanied by a branch with nar- 

 rower leaves. This latter, evidently a mere variety, may be 

 fimilar to what Vahl had from the fame garden, and took for 

 Miller's Verbena angujlijolia. 



3. S. arijlata. Awned Ballard Vervain. Vahl n. 3. 

 (Verbena ariltata; Vahl Eel. Amcr. v. 2. 2. t. n.) — 



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" Leaves oblong, fcrrated, acute ; villous and (lightly hoary 

 beneath. Bradteas ovate, pointed. Stem Ihrubby."— Ga- 

 thered by Von Ruhr in South America. Branches purplifti- 

 grey. Leaves an i:'ch and a half lonp;, tapering at each end, 

 equally and deeply lerrated, entire at the bafe, ribbed ; the 

 ribs moll hoary underneath. Spike fon-etimes near a foot 

 long. Lower bradeas fpreading ; upper imbricated, fome- 

 what fringed, longer than the calyx. Vahl. 



^. S.JamaicenJis. Jamaica Baftard Vervain. Vahl n. 4. 

 Alt. n. 2. (Verbena jamaicenfis ; Linn. Sp. PI. 27. Jacq. 

 Obf. falc. 4. 6. t. 85. V. folio fubrotundo ferrate, flore 

 csruleo ;^ Sloane Jam. 171. t. 107. f. 1. Cymburus urtici- 

 fohus; Sahf. Paiad. t. 53.) — Leaves ovate, obtufe, fcr- 

 rated, nearly fmooth. Branches hairy. BraAeas ovate, 

 Ihorter than the calyx — Native of the Well Indies. Intro- 

 duced very early into our ftoves. The Jem is naturally 

 fhrubby and perennial, though it feldom furvives after flower- 

 ing in a hot-houfe. Leaves two inches long, tapenng down 

 into a wm^eAfootJlalk half that length ; their veins and mar- 

 gins roughifli with fhort hairs. Spikes a fpan long, hardly 

 thicker than a crow's quill. Bradeas clufe-prefl'ed. Corolla 

 blue, fomewhat refembling the elegant Durania Ellifia. 



5. S. dicholoma. Forked Bafl;ard Vervain. Vahl n. c. 



("Verbena dichotoma ; Fl. Peruv. v. i. 23. t. 34.") 



" Leaves oblong-ovate, ferraled. Branches hifpid. Brac- 

 teas lanceolate, the length of the calyx." — Native of wood* 

 in Peru. Stem flirubby, ereft, a yard high, flightly 

 branched ; the branches comprefied in each joint at the 

 upper part. Leaves acute, veiny, minutely hifpid beneath ; 

 their lerratures pointed. Spikes a foot long, curved. Seeds 

 Uriated externally. Fl. Peruv. 



6. S. marginata. Bordered Baftard Vervain. Vahl n. 5. 

 — " Leaves roundifli-ovate, fmooth, with tooth-like ferra- 

 tures ; the edges of the teeth cartilaginous. Stein flirubby." 

 — Found by Von Rohr in the Weft Indies. Branches round, 

 fmooth, like the reft of the plant. Leaves an inch long, 

 firm, very obtufe, ribbed, without veins, with pointed coarfc 

 teeth. Spikes fix inches long, as thick as a pidgeon's quill. 

 Bradeas linear-lanceolate, tapering, the length of the calyx, 

 finely ftriated. Vahl. 



7. Si.Jlrigofa. Strigofe Baftard Vervain. Vahl n. 7. — 

 " Leaves ovate-oblong, crenato-fcrrated, hairy like the 

 branches." — Native of the Weft Indies. Ventenat. Shrubby, 

 with round branches, which are befprinkled, like the leaves 

 znAfoolJlalks, with white hairs. Leaves very blunt, an inch 

 long, ribbed, veinlefs. Spikes no thicker than packthread, 

 about four inches long. Vahl. 



8. S. cajanenfts. Cayenne Baftard Vervain. Vahl n. 8. 

 (Verbena cayennenfis ; Richard Aft. Soc. Hift. Nat. Parif. 

 V. 1. 105.) — " Leaves ovate, crenato-ferrated, fmooth, very 

 obtufe. Stem flirubby." — Native of Cayenne. Branches 

 round, their young extremities hairy, as well as ihcjloiver- 



Jlalks and the leaf-Jlalks. Leaves two niches long, coarfely 

 crenale, ribbed. Spikes flender, four inches in length. Brac- 

 teus flender, hairy like the calyx. Vahl. 



9. S. orubica. Orubian Ballard Vervain. Vahl n. 9. 

 Ait. n. 3. (Verbena orubica ; Linn. Sp. PI 27. Pluk. 

 Almag. 382. t. 228. f 4, and t. 327. f 7. Slicrardia urticic 

 foho fubtus incano, floribus violaceis ; Eliret. Pift. t. f . f i.) 

 — Leaves ovate, ferr:ited, rough and rugole. Stem Ihrubby. 

 Brafteas ovate, larger than tlie calyx — Nitive of Panama. 

 A greenhoule or lloveftiriib, early introduced, but not often 

 met with in our collections. The Jlem is a yard high, 

 branched. Leaves deeply lerrated, rounded. Spike twelve 

 or eighteen inches long, with Iquarrole bradeas. Corolla 

 violet, with a dark divided fpot. 



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