116 LAMIALES 



1. Utricularia vulgaris L. Greater Bladder-Wort. 



Rather common in streams and ponds over most of the state. Cherry 

 County; Lincoln; Minden; Thedford; Weigand; Whitman. 



2. Utricularia minor L. Little Bladder-Wort. 



Thedford. 



5. ACANTHACEAE. 

 Ruellia. 854. 



1. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh. 



In dry soil in the southeastern part of the state. Blue Springs; Lin- 

 coln; Xemaha. 



LAMIALES. 



Fruit 1-seeded; fruiting calyx reflexed. 1. Phrymaceae. 



Fruit 2-4-seeded; calyx not reflexed. 



Style apical; ovary not 4-lobed; flowers often nearly regular. 



2. Verbenaceae. 

 Style arising between the lobes of the ovary; flowers mostly_ ir- 

 regular. 3. Labiatae. 



1. PHRYMACEAE. 



Phryma. 856. 



1. Phryma leptostachya L. Lopseed. 



In woods and in thickets throughout the state. Anselmo; Aten; 

 Bellevue; Belmont; Crete; Lincoln; Mullen; Nebraska City; Valentine. 



2. VERBENACEAE. 



Flowers in elongated spikes, corolla 5-lobed regular or nearly so. 



1. Verbena. 

 Flowers in heads or short spikes, corolla 4-lobed, 2 lipped. 2. Lippia. 



1. Verbena. 111. 



Bracts short, little if any longer than the calyx. 



Leaves serrate, bracts mostly shorter than the calyx, flowers 4-10 

 mm. long. 

 Fruits scattered, corolla usually white, 2 mm. broad. 



1. V. urticifolia. 

 Fruits imbricated, corolla blue. 3 mm. or more broad. 

 Plants slightly rough-pubescent, flowers 4-6 mm. long. 



Spikes numerous, stems 0.5-2 m. tall. 2. V. hastata. 



Spikes usually solitary, stems 2-6 dm. high. 



3. V. angustifolia. 

 Plants densely soft-pubescent, flowers 8-10 mm. long. 



4. V. striata. 

 Leaves bipinnately parted, bracts longer than the calyx. 



6. V. biplnnatlfida. 

 Bracts longer than the flowers, stems often prostrate. 5. V. bracteosa. 



