Stachytarpheta (stak"itarfeta)

[NL. (Vahl, 1804), so called from the thick flowers pikes; prob. an error for * Stachytarpheia, Jam a i cens is (now identified with S. Indica ) is the gervao (which see), from its use sometimes called Brazilian tea. This and other species, as S. mutabilis, a handsome ever-blooming shrub, are occasionally cultivated under gla .