VERBENA TEUCRIOIDES. 
GERMANDER-LIKE VERBENA. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
VERBENACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
S. America 
3 feet. 
| July to Nov. 
Perennial. 
in 1837. 
No. 785. 
The meaning of the word Verbena, will he found 
under No. 205 and 277, as far as it is understood. 
This genus has excited much interest within the 
last seven years, on account of the numerous varie- 
ties which have been raised from foreign seeds. 
The melindres group of the genus sport into varie- 
ties freely, and the limits of the several species are 
consequently, at present, but imperfectly defined. 
We have found the teucrioides to be of more 
robust growth than any similar species ; but a 
fine variety of Tweediana, trained by the side of 
it, exceeded it in height. This latter plant, we 
had raised from Mexican seeds, which were sent 
home by the late Mr. Edward J. Lay, of H.M.S. 
Calliope, and obligingly presented to us by his 
sister. 
Verbena teucrioides grows very freely in loam 
and leaf mould, and, like several other species, is 
shown to great advantage when trained against an 
open wall. Cuttings should be struck in July, and 
they will make strong plants to receive protection 
in a well-secured dry frame, the dwellinghouse, or 
the greenhouse. 
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