148 Class XIV. Order I. 



these species have a strong, pungent taste, much like penny- 

 royal. Chelsea, road side. July, August. Perennial. 



181. VERBENA. 

 VERBENA HASTATA. L. Common blue Vervain. 



Leaves lanceolate, senate, acuminate, the low- 

 er ones lobed ; spikes erect, filiform, panicled ; sta- 

 mens four. 



A tall, shewy plant, common by road sides in low ground, 

 Stem three or four feet high. Leaves opposite, rough, sharply 

 serrate, tapering to a long point ; the lower ones broader, with 

 commonly a lobe on each side at base, giving them somewhat 

 a hastate form. Spikes numerous, erect, slender. The flow- 

 ering commences at their base, and is long in reaching their 

 summit. Flowers close, of a dark purplish hue, with four sta- 

 mens. July, September. Perennial. 



VERBENA URTICIFOHA. L. Nettle leaved Vervain. 



Leaves oval, serrate, acute, petioled ; spikes 

 divergent, filiform, panicled ; stamens four. 



Common among rubbish, about fences and buildings. Stem 

 erect, two or three feet in height. Leaves broad, oval or ovate, 

 rough, undivided. Panicles of long, very slender, flexiJe 

 spikes, diverging or divaricated, with distinct, somewhat re- 

 mote flowers, not imbricate like the last. Flowers small, 

 white. A weed of no beauty. July, August. Perennial 



182. SCUTELLARIA. 

 SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA. L. Side flowering Scullcap. 



Leaves smooth, rough on the keel ; racemes la. 

 teral, leafy. L. 



Stem square, branching. Leaves on petioles of consider- 

 able length, ovate, acute, toothed, mostly smooth. Racemes 



