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VERBENA TWEEDIEANA. 
(mr. twkivdik's scarlet vervain.) 
class. ordkr. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
VERBENACEiE, 
Generic Character. — See Vol. I., p. 173. 
Specific Character — Plant perennial, clothed with pubescence. Branches square, suftruticose, erect, 
spreading. Leaves opposite, ovate, lanceolate, tapering to a sharp point, rather deeply serrated, 
serratures acute. Flower-stalk upwards of nine inches long. Flowers a rich rosy crimson, disposed 
in a corymb. Calyx cylindrical, five-ribbed. Corolla a rather pale slender tube, limh divided into 
five equal very obtuse slightly cut lobes. 
Bot. Mag. 3541. 
Every one of our readers, we make no doubt, is well acquainted with that 
lovely plant Verbena Chamcedrifolia (^Melindris), whose briUiant scarlet flowers 
almost dazzle the eyes of the beholder. The species before us is said to surpass it 
both in beauty of flowers and eleg-ance of growth, growing- more erect, and being- 
covered with a dense mass of conical-shaped rosy crimson flowers. 
It was raised last year by Mr. Niven, of the Dublin Botanic Garden, from seed 
sent there by Mr. Tweedie, who found the species plentifully in boggy places, at 
Laguna de la Molina, in the Banda Oriental ; where, he remarks, its large brilliant 
heads of crimson flowers have a most splendid appearance. 
Being an autumnal flowering plant, and of easy culture, it will prove a great 
accession to our Autumnal Flora ; it grows freely in rich sandy loam, with a little 
peat, and is readily increased either by layers or cuttings. 
Mr. George Cunningham, of the Liverpool Nursery;, who has the whole dis- 
posable stock of this charming plant, kindly furnished us with the accompanying 
drawing in November last. 
The generic name will be found explained in Vol. I., page 174, 
The specific name is given by Mr. Niven, in compliment to its indefatigable 
discoverer, Mr. Tweedie. 
