522 
DIOOTYL. sec EXOGEN^S. 
Ordo CXLYH. VERBENACEJE |1) Jvss. in Ann. du Mus. 7 
^. 63. R. Brown prodr. p. 510. j Sarti ord. nat. p. 7 78. 
Lindi, introd. ed. 2 p. 277. Endl. gen. p. 632. Meisn. gen. 
tab. 290 et comment. p. 197. Mavt. consp. p. 23. Benth. in 
Tagi, annah of nat. Itist. 2 p. 446 et in Rook. joum. of 
bot. 2 . p. 51. — Vitices Juss. gen. 106 ( exci. sect. 3). — 
Pyrenaee® Vent. tabi. 2p. 315. DC. fi.fremp . 3 p. 501. — 
Verbene® (Labiatarum sectio) ex parte Reichenb. consp. 
p. 117 et handb. des nat. Pflanzsyst. p. 790; 
Flores hermaphroditi , rarius polygamo-dioici, 4-5-meri, 
rarissime pleiomeri, nunc regulares vel subregulares, nunebila- 
biati, unibraeteati, bracteis post anthesin interdum increscenti¬ 
bus. Calyx liber, gamophyllus, 4-5- vel rarissime 6-8-fidus denta- 
tusve, tubulosus vel cyathimorpho-campanulatus ore aequali vel 
obliquo vel subbilabiato, persistens, post anthesin magis mi- 
nusve ampliatus et fructum maturum subtendens vel includens. 
Corolla hypogyna, decidua, gamopetala , tubulosa; limbo 4-5- 
vel rarissime (in Syraphoremate) 6-12-fido, plerumque inaequali 
subsecundo subbilabiato, vel bilabiato, rarius vere aequali; 
laciniis aestivatione imbricatis , infima (antica) intima lateralibus 
tecta, supremis (posticis) extimis. Stamina tubo corollae inserta, 
inclusayel exserta, 4-5 , rarissime pluria, saepissime didynama 
et omnia fertilia, rarius superiora ananthera vel rudimentaria. 
Antherse biloculares, loculis rima longitudinali vel rarissime 
poro apicali dehiscentibus, parallelis, divaricatis, autverticaliter 
- superpositis ; connectivum interdum appendice glandulosa cris- 
tseformi vel claviformi auctum. Ovarium liberum, integrum, 
disco saepius conspicuo annuliformi insidens, e carpidiis duobus 
vel quatuor confectura, carpidiorum marginibus nunc dissepi- 
menta primaria praebentibus 2-4-loculare, nunc iisdem in disse- 
pimenta cavitatem bipartientia introflexis 4-8-loculare. Ovula in 
loculis plerumque solitaria, rarissime gemina collateralia vel 
bina opposita, ia Verbeneis e basi loculi erecta vel adseendentia 
anatropa , in reliquis tribubus e spermophoro parietali in angulo 
centrali loculi adseendente subpendula, amphitropa, micropyle 
mtera. btylus terminalis, simplex; stigma indivisum capitatum, 
aut obliquum declive, aut bifidum crure altero dentiformi altero 
eoque stigmatifero complanato vel utroque acuto. Fructus aut 
capsularis 2-4- vel rarius 6-coccus, coccis sive nuculis maturitate 
secedentibus clausis monospermis et a receptaculo basilari disci- 
