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VERBENA BRACTEOSA. BRACTEATED 
VERBENA. | 
SHES Seceeokabbekseak 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord. — VerBenacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus, dente unico subbreviore. Cor. limbus irre- 
gulariter 5-lobus. Stam inclusa. Utriculus 4-spermus, 
cito rumpens, ut maturi fructus caryopses sistant, , Spr... 
“ris 136 ae 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
VERBENA * bracteosa ; hirsuta, foliis laciniato-pinnatifidis, 
supremis trifidis, spicis elongatis, bracteis lanceolatis 
fructu duplo Jongioribus squarrosis. ‘ 3 
Versena bracteosa. Mich. Fl. Am. Bor. v. 2. p.13. Pursh. 
ip Am. Sept. v: 2. p. 416. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. 
Zarania bracteosa. Poir. Encyel. »v. 8. p. Sg 
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Descr. Perennial. “Stem procumbent below, branched ; 
the branches opposite, square, hairy. Leaves opposite, 
Iree inches and more in length, spreading, hairy, laciniato- 
Plunatifid, veined, dark green; paler, and with more pro- 
minent veins beneath, the upper leaves trifid, gradually 
Smaller, and changing almost imperceptibly into bractez. 
emuch elongated, composed of numerous flowers, which, 
however, are very evanescent, bracteated ; the bractew oe 
‘nceolate, entire, variously curved and Squarrose, 2 
T * From Ferfaen a Celtic word. Fer (charier in French, scan Se 
—— and hence I presume meaning) to convey away, and faen, a 8 ; 
it was employed to cure the disorder of that name. 
