all respects closely resembled a catalpa. It is readily propagated by
cuttings of tiie roots or shoots ; flowers vigorously in any common soil,
tolerably dry, and will doubtless speedily become as common as the catalpa
throughout Europe, iloi ticultural Society’s Garden.
Ordeh LV . LA B LVC EÆ .
Ord. Chab.^ Calyx tubular, persistent, 5-clef£ or 5—10-toothed, regular, or bilabiate.
Coro//rt tubular, bilabiate ; the Lipjier lip undivided or bifid, and the
lower one trifid. Stamens 4, didynamous, 2 of which are often sterile, inserted
under the sinuses of the lower lip. Lobes of anthers usually divaricated.
Ovaria 4, naked, seated on a glandular disk, and connected with the base
of the style. iSrigwabifid. Achenia 4, or fev/ew wanting, or sparing.
— The opposite leaves, free 4-lobed ovarium, bilabiate corolla, and
didynamous stamens distinguish this order from .Boragineæ ; and the 4-lobed
ovarmm separates it frani Eerbenàceæ and yicanthàceæ, &c. {G.Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, crowded. Flowers
axillary or terminal. — Low shrubs, for the most part so small as to be
treated as herbaceous plants; natives chiefly of the South of Europe.
Though there are a number of genera belonging to this order containing
species which are technically ligneous, yet there are none that can popularly
be considered as shrubs fit for an arboretum, with the exception of Ehloniis
fi-uticòsa, iìcsmarìnus officinalis, Davandula ¿'pica, and ¿alvia officinalis ;
these plants are so well known, that we consider it unnecessary to do more
than give figures of them, with the following slight notices: —
V h lòm is fr td icQ s a L (N. Du Ham., 6. t. 40. ; Bot.
Mag., t. 1843. ; and o u r /g . 1309.), Jerusalem Sage,
is a native of Spain, with yellow flowers, appearing
in June and July. This is a greyish evergreen
shrub, growing 4 or 5 feet high, and, in dry soils,
enduring 10 or 12 years. The flowers are produced
in large whorls, and have a very conspicuous
appearance. The plant well merits
a place in collections, on account
of the remarkable appearance of
its foliage, independently altogether
of its flowers.
KoiWrtmzii officinàiis L. (El
Græc., 1 .1. 14. ; and o u r /g . 1310.)
is a well-known evergreen shrub,
a native of the South of Europe,
which has been an inhabitant of
our gardens since 1548. There
1309. i’hlòinis fruticósa.
ai’e plants of it in different gardens in the neighbourhood
of London, which, as bushes in the open border, in 5 or 6
years have attained the height of as many feet, and breadth
in proportion ; thus forming very handsome evergreen
bushes. As the plant flowers from January to April, it
forms, when so treated, a very desirable garden ornament.
There are, also, a variety with the leaves variegated with
gold colour, and a silvery-leaved variety; but these are
often rather weaker, and more dwarf, than the species.
Lavandula 8pica L. (N. Du Ham., 3. t. 42.; and o u r / ^ . .
131 l.),th e common Lavender, is a well-known fragrant shrub, ' (
a native of the South of Europe and North of Africa, which
like the rosemary, has been long an inhabitant of British gar- (
dens. In deep, dry, calcareous soils, it will grow to the height 1310. n . ofEciniUs,
of 3 ft., and form a compact hemispherical bush,
flowering abundantly every year The flowers are
“ generally purple, but there
is a variety with white
flowers; and L. latifòlia
Ehrh-, which is not uncommon
in gardens, and which
has lilac flowers, though
treated by some as a species,
is probably nothing
more than another variety.
»- Salvia officinàiis L.
^ (N.Du H am.,6. t. go.; and
' o i i r /g . 1312.) is a well-
known suffruticose plant,
which, though seldom seen
/ o v e 2 ft. in height, yet,
in deep sandy soil, will
1311. Lavandula Spica.
„ ^ , grow to the height of 5 or
1318. Silvia officinàiis.
"'■“" “re " fo’ck as a man’s leg. It is a native of tbe
the
•Soutl of Europe, and has heen known in British gardens from time imme-
TCry oraTm d" >" racemes of flowers, it is
O r d e r LVI. FERBENA'CEÆ.
Ord Char Calyx tubular, persistent, Cm-olla tubular, deciduous, irregular.
blamem 2 or i , when 4. didynamous, rarely equal. Ovariwn 2-4-celled.
Style I. Stigma bifid or undivided. Fruit drupaceous or baccate. Albumen
wanting or very sparing. {G. Don.)
Lffres simple opposite, stipulate, deciduous ; digitate. Flowers terminal.
— hhrubs, deciduous; natives of the South of Europe. Propagated bv
seeds, cuttings, or layers, in common soil.
G e n u s I.
P I'T EX L. T h e C h a s t e T r e e . Lin. Syst. Didynàmia Angiospérmia.
Ideniification. Lin. Gen., No. 790. ; N. Du Ham., 6. n . II.A
S y n o n y m e s . Gatilier, F r . ; Koiwclibaum, G e r . ; Vitice, I t a l .
D e r i v a ti o n . From v ie o , to bind, as with an osier ; in reference to the flexibility of the shoots.
Gen. Char., efc Calyx short, 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; upper lip bifid,
lower one trifid ; middle segment of the lower lip the largest. Stamens 4,
didynamous, ascending. Stigma bifid. Drupe containing a 4-celled nut.
Cells 1-seeded.
Leaves as in the Order. Flowers in terminal racemes, panicled, bluish
white. — Shrubs, deciduous, natives of the South of Europe.
5É (. r. A 'gnvs ca'stus L. The qficinal, or true. Chaste Tree.
Ideniijication. Sp.,J90. ; Lam. Diet., 2. p. 6)1.
• -Ç<®^gn«“ .Th«ophrâsti Lob.’ Icon. 2. 138.; .i'gnus castus B la c k w . i Piper acréstis
Gcj «id; Arbre au Pojvre, Poivre sauvage, P}-. ; Pepe di Monad H a l Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 129.; N. Du Ham., 0. t. 35. ; andîmr/^. 1313.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves opposite, digitate, 7—S-lobed : leaflets lanceolate,
mostly quite entire, hoary beneath. Racemes terminal, panicled. Flowers
verticillate. (WUld.) A low deciduous shrub. Sicily, Naples, the North of