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VERBENACE^. 



CONOBEA, Aublet. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla obscurely 2.1ipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the 

 lower one 3-parted. Stamens 4, all fertile ; anthers approximate in pairs, the 

 cells parallel. Style 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid or globular, many -seeded. — 

 Low herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary flowers. 



C. multiflda, Benth. Annual, much branolied, pubescent (3' -8' high) ; 

 leaves pinnately divided into linear toothed lobes ; corolla pale purple, barely 

 longer than the calyx ; capsule ovoid. (Capraria, J\liclix.) — Valley of the 

 Coosa River, Georgia, and westward. July. 



DASYSTOMA, Raf. 



D. Drummondii, Benth. Closely pubescent ; stem branching ; lower 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, the upper ones dentate or serrate ; calyx 

 mostly longer than the pedicel, the broadly lanceolate lobes as long as the 

 top-shaped tube. (Gerardia grandiflora, Bentlt.) — Mountains of Georgia, 

 Tennessee, and westward. — Stem 2° -3° high. Corolla 1|' long. 



D. laevigata, Kaf. Smooth, or nearly so, slender, sparingly branched ; 

 lowest leaves mostly pinnately lobed and tootlied, the others lanceolate, 

 entire ; calyx longer than the pedicel, the lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped {V long). — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. 



D. patula, Chapm. Stem tall (3° -4°) and slender, widely branched; 

 lower leaves pinnately lobed and toothed, the upper ones oblong, entire ; 

 pedicels long (T- 1|'), spreading or recurved ; calyx-lobes rather longer than 

 the tube, entire; corolla (1|' long) tubular-funnel-shaped. — Mountains of 

 Georgia and Tennessee. August. 



SEYMERIA, Pursh. 



S. maerophylla, Nutt. Tall and stout (4° -5° high), more or less 

 pubescent, branching ; leaves large (6' - 8' long), deeply pinnatifid, the ovate 

 or lanceolate lobes toothed or pinnatifid, the floral ones entire ; racemes 

 short, dense ; tube of the corolla longer than the lobes of the calyx, woolly 

 within. — Mountains of Georgia? Tennessee, and northward. 



Order VERBENACE^. 



VERBENA, L. 



V. Stricta, Vent. Softly pubescent ; stem mostly simple ; leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong, serrate ; spikes thick, densely flowered ; flowers rather large, 

 blue. — Barrens of Tennessee, and northward. — Stem l°-2° high. 



V. Bonariensis, L. Pubescent and scabrous ; stem much branched 

 (2°-3° high) ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, auriculate-clasping ; panicle dense, 

 cymose, the spikes sliort ; tube of the purple corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx. — Roadsides near Charleston (Ctirtiss). Introduced. 



