EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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VEEVAIN FAMILY. VERBENACEAE. 



This family of 1,200 species widely distributed intemperate and wann regions is not prominent in 

 Michigan. It includes species of Verbena' and Lantana cultivated for ornament and two or three na- 

 tive weeds of little prominence. It is in great contrast with the rose family of the same size, which 

 affords so many prominent fruits and the queen of flowers, the rose. 



Fig. 173 (153). 



Blue Vervain. Verbena hnstata L. An 

 erect, roughish perennial, 30-200 cm. higli; 

 leaves rather narrow, taper-pointed; spilies of 

 flowers narrow, erect; flowers ^^olet-blue. At 

 home in lew mucky ground. A native plant. 



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Fig. 174. 



Hoary Vervain. Verbena stricla Vent. An 

 erect, downy perennial, 30-90 cm. high; stem 

 four-sided; leaves sessile, obovate or oblong, 

 serrate; spikes thick; flowers purple. 



A weed in the prairie regions of the stnlo; 

 introduced from the west. 



