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VERBENA TEUCRIOIDES. 
(teucrium-like vekbena.) 
class. order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
VERBENACEiE. 
Generic Character. — See vol. i. p. 173. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial. Stems round, erect, much branched, hairy. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, ovate, with irregular, deep, obtuse serratures, rugose, acute, hairy. Flowers produced in a 
terminal spike of from six to nine inches in length, large, pinkish white. Calyx of five, linear, 
acute segments, hairy, with a small linear bract at its base. Corolla nearly an inch longer than the 
calyx; limb five-parted, lobes nearly equal, obtuse, slightly bifid. 
Seeds of this new and extremely interesting plant were received through the 
Earl of Arran, from Mr. Tweedie of Buenos Ayres. From this importation only 
five plants were produced, which flowered in the Glasnevin garden in the month 
of July of the same year. It is described by Mr. Tweedie, and evidently with 
correctness, as a perfectly distinct species, and was collected by him in a district 
called Tandil, in the interior of the country. 
The great length of the flower-spike, — which is usually more than six inches, — 
and the large size of the flowers, constitute it quite a new, and a rather remarkable 
feature of the beautiful genus Verbena, and are alone sufficient to entitle it to 
extensive notice ; but the exquisitely delicate hue of the flowers, and, above all, 
their delightful odour, which is described as being peculiarly agreeable, especially 
towards the after part of the day and during the night, invest it with more than 
ordinary interest, and will, we are convinced, obtain for it a rapid circulation 
through the collections of this country. 
It will be seen, from the coloured drawing, that this species is an unusually 
strong-growing one, while its erect habits and striking disposition to branch are 
exhibited in the subjoined wood-engraving. The flowers, which are when first 
developed a delicate pinkish white, merge towards their decay into a rich rosy- 
pink hue, and the contrast presented by these two states is exceedingly pretty 
and interesting. On the whole, we consider it the finest Verbena with which we 
are acquainted, though the colours of the flowers are certainly inferior in richness 
and splendour to those of many other species. 
It is presumed to be as much a perennial as any of the other species, and will 
doubtless prove sufficiently hardy to stand through the summer months in the open 
ground. From its strong and vigorous habits, it will form a pleasing variety in 
