340 lxiv. YERBENACEiE. [Verbena. 
the base, upper and floral ones lanceolate rounded at the base, 
flowers (small) solitary axillary opposite unilateral, corolla 
nearly glabrous with the throat dilated, calyx downy without 
glands. E. B. t. 524. 
Moist heathy places and by the sides of lakes, chiefly in the western 
and middle counties of England, very rare on the east coast. Wales. 
West coast of Scotland, rare; bog between Luss and Helensburgh, 
Dumbartonshire. y. 7 — 10. — Stem 4 — 6 inches high. Lower 
leaves sometimes with one or two teeth at the base, and hence sub- 
hastate ; upper ones much narrower and quite entire. Flowers pale- 
reddish, almost white. Lower lip spotted. 
Ord. LXIV. VERBENACE.ZE Juss. 
Calyx tubular or campnnulate, persistent. Corolla mono- 
petalous; tube elongated ; limb irregular 4 — 5-lobed. Stamens 
4 didynamous, or 2; anthers 2-celIed. Ovary 2 — 4-celled, 
2 — 4-seeded. Style 1, terminal. Stigma bifid or entire. Cap- 
sule separating at length into 2 — 4 achenes , or indehiscent, or a 
berry with 1 — 4 nucules. Albumen 0. Radicle inferior. — 
Trees or shrubs or herbaceous plants. Leaves generally oppo- 
site . — The teak of the East Indies, extensively employed for 
ship-building, belongs to this Natural Order. 
1. Verbena Linn. Vervain. 
Cal. tubular, with 5 teeth, one of them generally shorter than 
the rest. Cor. tubular, with the limb rather unequal, 5-cleft. 
Stamens included (very rarely only 2). Ovary 4-celled ; cells 
1-seeded. Capside dividing into 4, 1 -seeded achenes. — Name: 
ferfaen in Celtic; derived from fer, to drive away , and faen, a 
stone , from having been supposed to cure the complaint so called. 
Theis. 
1. V. officinalis L. ( common V.) ; stamens 4, stem 4-angled 
erect somewhat hispid, leaves rough especially beneath shining 
above lanceolate inciso-serrate or trifid with the segments incise, 
spikes filiform somewhat panicled, flowers rather remote, bracteas 
ovate acuminate about half the length of the calyx. E. B. 
t. 767. 
Road-sides and waste ground, frequent in England. Rare in Ire- 
land. Inverkeithing, Scotland. y. 7 — 9. 
Ord. LXV. LENTIBULARIACEiE Rich. 
Calyx divided. Corolla irregular, 2-lipped, with a spur. 
Stamens 2, from the base of the corolla. Anthers 1 -celled. 
Ovary 1 -celled. Style usually wanting or very short (rarely 
filiform). Stigma of 2 plates, upper one smaller, sometimes obso- 
