VERBENACEAE. 



Vol. III. 



i. Lippia cuneifolia (Torr.) Steud. Wedge- 

 leaved Fog- fruit. Fig. 3560. 



Zapania cunei folia Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 234. 



1S27. 

 Lippia cunafoha Stcud. ; Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 293. 



pi. 17. 1853. 



Pale, minutely puberulent with forked hairs or 

 glabrous, diffusely branched from the woody base; 

 branches terete, slender, rigid, procumbent, some- 

 what zigzag, with short erect branchlets at the 

 nodes. Leaves linear-cuneate, sessile, obscurely 

 veined, rigid, l'-li' long, z"~3" wide, with 2-8 

 sharp teeth above the middle or rarely entire, 

 acutish at the apex; peduncles shorter than or 

 somewhat exceeding the leaves ; head at first 

 globose, becoming cylindric and 6"-8" long; 

 bracts cuneate, abruptly acuminate from the trun- 

 cate or refuse summit; calyx flattened, 2-cleft, the 

 lobes 2-toothed or emarginate ; corolla-tube longer 

 than the calyx; fruit oblong. 



On plains. South Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado 

 to Texas, Mexico and Arizona. May-Aug. 



2. Lippia lanceolata Michx. Fog-fruit. 

 Fig. 356l. 



L. lanceolata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15. 1803. 



Green, glabrous, or very sparingly pubes- 

 cent with forked hairs ; stems slender, weak, 

 procumbent or ascending, sometimes rooting 

 at the nodes, simple, or little branched, i-2 

 long. Leaves thin, oblong, ovate, or oblong- 

 lanceolate, pinnately veined, short-petioled, 

 acute or subacute at the apex, sharply serrate 

 to below the middle, narrowed to the some- 

 what cuneate base, l'-3' long, 3"-IS" wide; 

 peduncles slender, some or all of them longer 

 than the leaves ; heads at first globose, becom- 

 ing cylindric and about i' long in fruit ; bracts 

 acute; calyx flattened, 2-cleft; corolla pale 

 blue, scarcely longer than the calyx; fruit 

 globose. 



In moist soil. Ontario to Minnesota, New Jer- 

 sey, Illinois, Kansas, Florida. Texas and north- 

 ern Mexico. Also -in California. Frog-fruit. 

 June-Aug. 



3. Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. Spatu- 

 late-leaved Fog-fruit. Fig. 3562. 



Verbena nodiflora L. Sp. PI. 20. 1753. 



Lippia nodiflora Michx Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15. 1803. 



Minutely and rather densely puberulent with 

 short appressed hairs, creeping, or some of the 

 branches ascending. l-3 long. Leaves thickish, 

 spatulate. oblanceolate, or obovate, 6"-2i' long, 

 3 '12" wide, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed 

 into a long or short cuneate entire base, sharply 

 serrate above the middle; peduncles slender, i'-6' 

 long, much longer than the leaves ; heads at length 

 cylindric and 5"-i2" long. z"~A" thick; calyx flat- 

 tened, 2-cleft; corolla purple to white. 



In wet or moist soil, South Carolina to southern 

 Missouri, Florida and Texas. Also in California, 

 Central America, the West Indies, and apparently 

 the same species in the warmer regions of the Old 

 World. May-Sept. 



