18 VERBENACEAE. 



VERBENA 



subnulla, (in hor(is) pollicaria vel bipollicaria, pollice laliora, grossc (liiplicaio- 

 serrala el subinlegerrima, sub-5-nervia, supra glabra, infra praeoipue in nervis 

 venisquc piloso-scabrella. Pedunculi corymboso-lricliolomi , spicas ovali— 

 sphaeroideas vel subcylindricas breves breviicr pedicellaias gerenles. Bracteae 

 ovato-acuminalae slrigoso-hispidulae, caljce breviorcs. Caljx lubulosus acule 

 quinquedenlatus, glaber, (denles sicci apice violascenles). Corolla incarnata? pu- 

 berula calyce longior, laciniis limbi 5 inaequalibus elliplicis. Fructus a calyce 

 inclusus quadripartibilis. — Crescit in Brasilia meridionali. (v. s. sp. et c.) 



25. V. SAGITTALIS Cham. 1. c. 259. f — Ramis junceis quadrialalis subaphyllis, 

 angulis nervosis scahris, faciebus tcnuiter nervosis, inter nervos seriatira areo- 

 lato-impressis, areolis orhicularibus oblongisque puberulis; foliis sessilibus 

 ovatis vel triangulari-oblongis acutis inlegcrrimis dentatisque trinerviis slrigoso- 

 scabris; spicis densilloris cylindricis aggregatis subternis, lateralibus minoribus 

 sessilibus. 6 — Praecedenli proxima, differl lamen faciebus ramorum jam oculo 

 iiudo impresso-punctalis el inflorescenlia. Dignoscilur insuper spicis multo 

 crassioribns, densius imbricalis fere 5 lineas crassis, terminali pollicari, calycibus 

 majoribus A'/i lin. longis, fructu majori sesquilineam fere longo tenuius nervoso, 

 non sulcato ferruginco, singulis carpellis dorso cum nervis marginalibus lenuilcr 

 quadrinerviis, marginem vcrsus tenuiter strigulosis, faciebus concoloribus slrigu- 

 losis, angulo faciali subenervi, — Crescit in Brasilia meridionali. (v. s. sp.) 



B. FOLIOSAE. — Folia dlslinclissima. 



1. Micranthae Wtpri. — Flores (pro ratione spicae) parvi in spicam cylindricam 



vel /ilifortnem digesti, numquam fastigiali. 



a. Ilolophyllae. Folia inlcgra, crenata, serrata vel inciso-dentata. 



26. V. ANGUSTIFOLIA Michx. Flor. Bor. Americ. II. 14. — Erecta vcl ascendens, 

 pubescenti-hispida: foliis lineari-lanceolalis, basi longe altenualis obtusiusculis, 

 infra lineato-venosis, e mcdio apicera versus dcntalo-serrala; spicis filiformibus 

 solilariis terminalibus axillaribusque elongatis. 21- — Herba scsqui- vel bipcdalis 

 erecla rainosissinia pilosulo-scabra. Folia inaxima Iripollicaria vcl longiora, vix 

 semipoHicem lata, culla laliora brevioraqiie, denlibus hinc inde evanescenlihus, 

 supra glabriuscula vel seiulis brevissirais aspersa, infra praecipue in nervis selu— 

 losa. Spicae maximae semipedales filiformes, laxiusculae. Bracieac lanccolato- 

 subulalae calycem aequantes, calyx inaequalilcr aculequc 5-dentatus, corollae 

 violaceae (?) glabrac tubus parum exscrlus. Fructus calyccm cxplens vix lineam 

 longus, carpellis fuscis glabris rugosis. — Y. rugosa Miihlenbrg. in Willd. Enu- 

 mer. pl. hori. Berolin. 633. — V. integrifolia Michx. mss. — Occurrunt specimina 

 simplicissima 8-10-pollicaria foliis anguslissime lincaribus integcrrimis, spica 

 terminali simplicissima strictissima. Sed ea vix pro varietate habeo. — Crescil 

 in Amorica boreali locis humidis cl in arvis. 



27. V. CAROLI.MANA Willd. Spec. plant. I. 119. — Pubcscenli-scabra : caule crccto 

 subsimplici subtelragono; foliis obovalibus ohtusis (raro acutis), basi longe atte- 

 nuatis crcnato-denlatis; spicis terminalibus longissimis filiformibus rcmotifloris; 

 bracteis lanceolalo-subulalis calyce Iriente brevioribus. 2|, — Hcrba bipedalis vel 

 ctiara altior subsimplex glauco-viridis, pubesccnti-scabcrrima. Folia 2'/;— 3'A 

 poll. longa, pollicem lata plerumque ohtusa, basi longe atlcnuata inlegcrrima, 

 infra reliculato-venosa. Calyx inler denics membranaceus. Corolla pallidc vio- 

 laeca, lubus 3 lin. longus brevitcr cxscrtus puberulus, linibi laciniae trcs minorcs 

 siiborbiculalae, duabus niajorihus allius coalitis. Fructus calyccm explens, sly- 

 lique basi persistenle suhexserta pyriformis, nuculis arclc coalilis glahris, dorso 

 niguioso-sulcatis. — Verbena Carolinensis lHelissae folio aspero Dillcn. Ilort. 

 Ellh. 407. t. 301. fig. 388. — Verljena Caroliniuna folio integro serralo scabro 

 Kaj. Suppl. Appdx. 249. — Verbena carnea Medicus. — Crescil in Columbia cl in 

 Caroliii.i aiistrali. (v. s. s.) 



28. V. CIIAMISSOMS Wlprs. mss. — Merbacca, pilis conicis, basi callosis scabra 

 aspcra, dcmum alho-punclata: caule simplicissimo stricto lclragono, angulis 



