VERBE NA ALATA. 
WINGED-STEMMED VERVAIN. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAM1A. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
VERBENACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Mont Video. 
5 feet. 
Aug. Sept 
Perennial. 
in 1828. 
No. 390. 
The Celtic name farfaen, has been thought by 
some to be the root whence our Verbena has sprung; 
but this is something uncertain. The Latins have 
the very term Verbena, which they applied to herbs, 
or, as Pliny says, a tuft of grass, used in Roman 
sacrifices. Alata, from the Latin, winged; which 
appellation is usually applied to such stems of her- 
baceous plants as have the cortical covering of their 
angles dilated into a membranous leafy texture. 
The Ammobium alatum is a more perfect example 
of the winged stalk than the plant before us. 
This species of Verbena far outstrips, in height, 
most others of the same genus. In a rich light soil 
it will attain six feet in height; and although its 
flowers are not very conspicuous, it becomes a bold 
and handsome plant. As it is not of bushy or um- 
brageous character, its height need not be an ob- 
stacle to its occupying a place amorist lesser sub- 
jects, where it should have the support of a neat 
iron stake. 
It may be raised from seeds, or occasionally in- 
creased by a division of its roots, A little protection 
should be afforded it in winter, if frosts be severe. 
Sweet’s FI. Gar. s. 2, 41. 
