1140 | VERBENACEAE 
ealyx about 2 mm. long: lia p or 
un white, about 2 mm. long: fruits 
about mm. long. Qus nodiflora 
Michx. ] 
low sandy places, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., 
i eel (W. I., Mex , C. A, S. A.) 
—All yea 
2. P. lanceolata (Michx.) Greene. 
Branches creeping, 1-4 dm. long: dut 
ae elliptic-lanceolate n lanceolate, 1. es 
ong: spikes 9- ong; braet 
EU dilate corolla bluish. white about 3 
‘mm. long. [Lippia lanceolata Michx.]— 
e banks and shores, various Dore) 
Fla. to Tex., Minn., and N. J.—Spr.-sum. -- 
3. P. stoechadifolia (L.) Small. Plant rough-strigillose, e or with vine- 
like branches: leaf- cag es thick, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 2-12 em. long, 
acute, serrate, rugose, the veins impressed above, pro put "ben eath: heads 
globose or depressed, pem ming s ab sometimes elongate: calyx 2-2.5 
long: corolla purplish, about 3 long: fruit 1.5-2 mm. long. [Lippia 
pie et ee H.B.K.]—Prairies, fui. Keys, Fla.—(JF. I.)—-All yea 
5. GONIOSTACHYUM Small. Shrubs or shrubby plants. Leaf-blades 
mostly toothed. Flowers in congeste 
i r f 
within, much longer nu the calyx—Six 
or 8 species, in tropical America. 
1. G. citrosum Small. Stems pale-gray or 
whitish: leaf-blades iu 5s to elliptic- 
sha 
Fla — (W. I. )—All yea 
6. PRIVA Adans. Perennial herbs. Leaf-blades thin, toothed. Flowers 
in elongate slender spikes or racemes. Calyx 
-obed. Corolla white or lavender, slightly 
2-lipped. Stamens 4. Staminodia minute or 
obsolete.  Nutlets tubereulate or spiny.— 
About 10 species, of tropical regions. 
1. P. lappulac (L.) Pers. Stems 2-6 
E echinata Juss. |—(VELVET- pe ae 
ocks and cult. grounds, Key Wes pra 
I., Mez., C. A., S. A.). 
