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* Anthers of the longer stamens tipped with a gland-like appendage: flowers showy. 
1. V. Aubletia, L. Hairy; stem creeping at the base, ascending, fork- 
ing; leaves ovate-oblong, 3-cleft, with the lobes toothed, narrowed into a slender 
petiole; the lower ones smaller, rounded, toothed ; spikes terminal and in the 
forks of the stem, long-peduncled, closely flowered ; calyx long, slender, the 
unequal teeth subulate; corolla showy, purple.— Dry light soil, Florida to 
South Carolina, and westward. May- August. — Stem 6/~ 12/ high. Corolla 
# long. 
* * Anthers without appendages: flowers small. 
«— Leaves undivided. 
9. V. urticifolia, L. Rough-hairy; stem tall, branching ; leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute or acuminate, mucronate-serrate, contracted at the base into a 
long petiole ; spikes very long, filiform, axillary and terminal ; flowers minute, 
white or pale blue. — Low ground, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
Aug.- Oct. — Stem 2°- 5° high. Leaves very rough, 2! — 6! long. 
3. V. hastata, L. Rough-hairy ; stem branching; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, coarsely and sharply serrate, tapering into a long petiole ; the 
lowest broader, and often hastate-lobed at the base; spikes linear, short, close- 
flowered ; flowers violet. (V. paniculata, Zam.) — Low ground, in the upper 
districts, Mississippi, and northward: July- —— -= high. mei 
larger than in No. 2. 
4. V. angustifolia, Michx.  Rough-hairy ; ‘stem ‘simple or branched 
above; Iéaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, coarsely serrate, 
tapertiigg from near the apex to the sessile base ; spikes linear, terminal, close- 
flowered ; flowers purple. — Dry woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
July - Sept. — Stem 6/-12' high. Flowering spikes 9! — 3! long. 
5. V. Caroliniana, Michx. Rough with short rigid hairs ; stem simple, 
ascending ; leaves oblong, or the lowest oblong-obovate, acute or obtuse, sharply 
and doubly serrate, entire toward the narrowed base, sessile; spikes 1 —3, elon- 
gated; flowers flesh-color. — Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and 
westward. Aug.— Stem 4'-— 6' high, shorter than the spikes. Leaves 1'-2' 
long. Nutlets tardily separating. 
«+ + Leaves pinnatifid. 
6. V. officinalis, L. Stem smoothish, erect, brinchisgu leaves aos. 
late or oblong, pinnately lobed or toothed, narrowed and entire near the base, 
sessile, pubescent beneath; spikes linear or filiform, panicled ; bracts shorter 
than the calyx ; flowers purple. (V. spuria, Z.) — Waste ground, chiefly in the 
Upper districts. Introduced. July and Aug. — Stem 1°-3° high. ~ 
7. V. canescens, Kunth? Hirsute and hoary; stems numerous, pros- 
trate, diffuse; leaves small, pinnately toothed or lobed, oblong, narrowed into a 
petiole ; spik terminal, dense; bracts linear, entire, spreading, much longer 
: than the flowers, the lower ones recurved; flowers purple. — — Streets of Aj - 
es Florida, and along the Central Railroad in the middle st 
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