494 VERBENACEJ1. 



5. STACHYTARPHA, V. 



Calyx 4-5-2-dentate. Corolla 5-lobed : tube often incurved. Stamens included, fertile 

 2 : anther-cells diverging. Stigma capitate. Fruit 2-coccous : nutlets linear, 1-seeded. — 

 Herbs or shrubs ; flowers spicate, in the Wed Indian species sunk in furrows of the 

 rhachis. 



5. S. cayennensis, V. Shrubby ; leaves ovate, blunt or bluntish, serrate, contracted 

 into the petiole ; spikes slender : furrows as broad as the rhachis -. bracts linear-acuminate, 

 setaceous above; calyx 4-dentate. — Calyx 2'" long; corolla-limb 2'" diam., rhachis at 

 length 1'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf, March ; Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica 1, Imr. ; 

 Trinidad!, Sch. ; [Mexico! to Brazil!]. 



6. S. jamaicensis, V. Annual, suffrutescent, glabrescent ; leaves oval, coarsely ser- 

 rate, tapering into the petiole ; spikes elongated, cylindrical : furrows narrower than the 

 thickened rhachis: bracts lanceolate-subulate; calyx 2-deutate. — SI. t. 107. /• 1. Desc. 

 Fl. 6. t. 092.— Verbena, L. S. indica, V.— 2'-4' high ; spikes often 1' long, rhachis 2'" 

 diam. below ; calyx 2"'-3'" long ; corolla blue : limb 4'" diam.— Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; 

 Jamaica!, List.,' March ; S. Kitts!, Els., Antigna !, Wulhchl., S.Vincent!, Guild.; Tri- 

 nidad !, Lockh., Sch. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil ! ; naturalized in trop. Africa! and Asia !]. 



7. S. strigosa, V. Annual, snffruticose, pilose ; leaves oval, serrate, contracted into 

 the petiole ; spikes elongated, cylindrical : furrows narrower than the thickened rhachis : 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate ; calyx i-dentate. — 1'-2' high ; spikes of the preceding, often 

 incurved above, but corolla smaller, diameter of the limb 3"'-2"\ — Hab. Antigua!, 

 Wullschl.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [S.Thomas; Mexico!]. 



8. S. mutabilis, V. Snffruticose, scabrous-pubescent; leaves ovate, serrate, con- 

 tracted into the petiole, scabrous above, pubescent beneath ; spikes elongated, erect : fur- 

 rows at length narrower than the thickened rhachis: bracts lanceolate-subulate, spreading 

 above the middle ; calyx 4-dentate, hispid ; corolla large, red. — Jacq. Jc. Bar. t. 207- — 

 Verbena, Jacq. — Stout ; calyx 5"'-6'" long ; corolla crimson, at length rosy : limb 6"'-8 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., in the mountains of S. Audrews, probably introduced; Tri- 

 nidad!, Cr. ; [Cuba and Mexico ! to Guiana !]. t 



6. LIPPIA, L. 



Calyx 2-4-dentate. Corolla 2-lipped : limb spreading. Stamens included, didynamous : 

 anther-cells parallel. Stigma obliquely capitate. Fruit 2-coccous, or the two one-seeded 

 nutlets cohering. — Herbs or shrubs; flowers capitate or spicate. 



In Zapania, the section of the genus comprising our species, the primary leaf-veins run 

 alternately with the serratures (as in Rhinanthus) : the network in Lantana is similar. 



* Annual, diffuse herbs; peduncles short. 



9. Ii. betulifolia, Kth. Annual, diffuse-procumbent, eglandular ; down scattered, 

 appressed, affixed at the middle ; leaves rhomboid-ovate, coarsely serrate ; peduncles axillary, 

 fascicled or single, about as long as the conical-oblong, blunt head, . usually exceeded by the 

 petiole ; bracts wedge-shaped, abruptly cuspidate : awn little exceeding the small, rosy 

 corolla ; calyx minute, 2-dentate, about half as long as the corolla. — 'Mart. Fl. Bras. 10. 

 t. 38./. 1.— -Leaves H"-l", heads 4'", corolla £'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., a weed, 

 incanefields; [Guiana!, New Granada !, Brazil!]. 



** Radicant, herbaceous, or snffruticose plants ; peduncles long. 



10. I*, nodiflora, Rich. Annual, radicant, herbaceous (or suffrutescent) ; down of the 

 stem appressed, affixed at the middle ; leaves spathulate, serrate above, glabrescent : veins 

 obsolete ; heads ovoid, at length oblong : peduncles axillary, single, usually exceeding the 

 leaf : bracts ovate-roundish, cuneate at the base, mueronate (or rounded), little exceeded by 

 the white corolla •, calyx bifid on the upper, bipartite on the lower side, little shorter than 

 the corolla-tube.— Sibth. Fl. Grac. t. 553 : the European form with rounded bracts.— 

 Verbena, L. Zapauia, Lam.— Leaves usually 1", flowerinz heads 3"'-4'", corolla ^4'" long. 



