Tamonea
(from Tamone, the name of the genus in Guiana). SYNS. Ghinia, Ischnia, Kaempfera, Leptocarpus. ORD. Verbenaceae. A small genus (four species) of erect, stove herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of tropical America. Flowers small, few in a spike; corolla limb spreading, five-cleft. Leaves opposite, small, sub-sessile. T. spicata and T. verbenacea have been introduced, but are now probably lost to cultivation.