Botanical name: Duranta erecta – [ (door-AN-tuh) named for Castore Durante, 16th century botanist and papal physician to Sixtus V; (ee-RECK-tuh) erect, upright ]
Synonyms: Duranta plumieri • Duranta repens
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena family) – [ (ver-be-NAY-see-ay) the Verbena (vervain) family ]

Impressive, eh? It did take just a bit of research…

In other news, I’ve fixed a few glaring, long-standing CSS issues on the site. If any of you out there are using internet explorer to view the site: first of all, shame on you for using internet explorer. Secondly, shame on you for not telling me how funky the site looked in there! I tested the site way back when it was being built, but apparently some things had gone wrong since then and now and no one bothered to say anything. So, any IE users out there, please tell me how the site’s looking and if there’s any thing out of whack. I can’t test it myself, as that would require installing IE. On a Mac.