x VERBENACEAE 1137 
long: corolla white: limb 3-4 mm. wide: nutlets ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. lon 
WHITE-VERBENA.)— Thiekets, moist fields, and meadows, various provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Minn., and N. B.—Sum 
- V. scabra Vahl Similar to V. sense in habit, the leaves relatively 
maller, and blades thicker and commonly — gradually acute or acuminate: 
spikes closely fruited: calyx becoming 2 mm. lon ag: rolla white or pinkish; 
limb wide: nu ut] ets ee about 1.5 m "lon ng.—Low grounds or 
de soil, Coastal Plain ius Basin-and- Range nad Fla. to Tex., iid Calif. 
—(W , C. A., S. A.) —Spr. im 1l. 
7. V. i Lehm. Perennial, 9-15 ~ tall, coarsely hirsute: leaves 4—10 
cm. long; blades ineised-pinnatifid, Or 3-parted on the lower part of the stem, 
the veins very prominent and hirsute PE : Spikes very long, not branched 
or but little. bu a de slender: calyx becoming 4 mm. long; lobes 
converging o nutlets: ie purplish- PA limb 5-7 mm. wide: 
nutlets linear- Ve indzie B 2—2.25 mm. long.—Prair jes, arroyos, stream EA road- 
sides, waste-places, and bayou- ca various provinces, Mis eee Tex. and Calif. 
Has been found on ballast at Mobile, Ala.—(Mez. )— Spr.—fa 
V. 2 Small Biennial, 3-10 dm. tall, sparingly pubescent pi leaves 
3-10 c ong, pubescent, especi ally so beneath; blades pl = wer id 
elliptic p" ovate, deeply incised-pinnatifid, ci ' 3-par rted o eis pi -pinnat 
those of the upper stem-leaves linear to linear-spatulate, Mem e D 
entire: spikes slender, usually much-branched: calyx becoming 3-3.5 m ong, 
e pun corolla deep-lavender ; limb 4—5 mm. wide: nutlets linear- aes 
about 2.5 mm. long.—Prairies, stream-banks, roadsides, waste pee and bayou- 
dd various provinces, Miss. to Tex. and Okla.—Spr.—fal 
9. V. offi s L. ual, e bd tall, glabrous or cM so: leaves 2-6 
em. un ie of po pud 1-2-pinnatifid and incised: spikes no 
slender: ealyx 2 mm. long: e coral "Eine or Set tube en less than 3 m 
g d 
bout 1.5 mm. long.— 
( ied oun A.)—Roadsides, fields, an D -plaees, various provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Calif, and Tenn. Nat. of Eu.—(W. I.) — pr. —fall. 
10. V. riparia Raf. Annual, 6-15 dm. tall, md pubescent: leaves 4—14 
em. lo Ong; repr of the lower ones 3-parte ed or 1-2- -pinnatifid: spikes slender: 
calyx becoming 3 mm. long: corolla light blu E tube mostly over 3 mm. long; 
lobes doppi or notched: sede en about 2 mm, long.—River banks, 
Piedmont, N. C. to N. J.—Spr.— 
rem V. bracteosa Michx. Annual, BS —" or procumbent branches 1-5 
long, hirsute: leaves 1-6.5 c . long; blades pinnatifid, 2-3 cm. long: 
spikes thick, sessile, continuous or pine S0: pe becoming 3—4 mm. long: 
eorolla pur ple or bluish; limb 2-2.5 mm. wide: ts linear, 2-2.5 mm. long. 
—Prairies, roadsides , fields, el and n places, various dad Fla. 
to Tex. Calif, B. G, Minn., and pr.— in the 
Mediterranean region, Y. supina L. with , finely divided UM blades, pat Pa 
and a calyx about equalling the very thick fruit, occurs on ballast at Mobile, 
Ala. 
V. brasiliensis Vellozo. Annual, 6-25 dm. tall, finely pubescent above: 
leaves 3-8 em. long; blades elliptie to linear- -elliptie or lanceolate, sha arply 
sone at least above the middle: spikes not crowded: ae becoming 3.5 
i or longer: corolla purple or lilac: limb about 2.5 mm. wide: nutlets 
narrowly ao t 1.5 mm. s NDS and a soil, Coastal 
Plain, La. Nat. of trop. Am.—Sum 
13. V. bonar lensis L. Annual, 6- 20 dm . tall, villous-hirsute above: leaves 4— 
10 em. long; 7 blades elliptic to elliptie- lanceolate, broadly serrate at least above 
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