Note 79 — HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
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“Verbenasque adole pingues, et Mascula Thura.”—Virg. Eclog. viii.
“Ex Ara hac sume Verbenas tibi.”—Terent. Andria.
“ara castis
vincta Verbenis.”——Hor. Od. xi. Lib. iv.
It is a curious fact that in Tuscany the word Vervena is applied to denote any kind of slips, shoots, suckers, or bundles of plants, at this very day.