3G8 VKintKNACK.K. (VIUVAIN KA.MIl.V.) 



Willi liuMkcil liairs, dvuid ; fruit oviitc, 4-aiiglc«i|, tlie angles arnu<l with tuber- 

 riilar s|iiii(s, iiuintL'd by tbi- jK>raii»ti'nt bent style. — Smith Floriila. — Leaves 

 r L* I'liij,'. >'j)ikrs 6'- 9' long, toniiiiial ami in tlie forks of the stem. 



2. VERBENA, L. Vkkvaix. 



Calyx tnbnlar, r> ril>l>til, ."i-tcMitiicd. Corolla sah er-shajjed, bearded in the 

 throat; the liinl) somewhat bilabiate, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, in- , 

 iluded. Slignia 2-lobod. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit of four separate l-soedod 

 nutli'ts. — Herbs, witii serrate or jiinnately divided leave.s, and mostly small 

 Howers in k'nglhening slender spikes. 

 « Aiillifig of' l/u- loiii/ir slamvns tipped with (t (/Imid-like appenddije : Jlowcrs 



s/i(iiri/. * 



1. V. Aubletia, L. Hairy; stem creeping at the l)ase, a.scending, fork- 

 ing ; leaves o\ ate-oblong, 3-ileft, with the lobes toothed, narrowed into a 

 slender petiole ; spikes terminal and in the forks of the stem, loug-peduncled, 

 closely Howered ; calyx slender, the uuetpial teeth subulate ; corolla showy, 

 purple. — Dry light soil, Florida to Soutli Carolina, and westward. May- 

 Auyust. — Stem 6'- 12' high. Corolla i' long. 



♦ * Anthers without appendages : flowers small. 

 •*- Leaves undivided. 



2. V. urticifolia, L. Hough-hairy; stem tall, brandling ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute or acuminate, mucronate-serrate, contracted at the base into a 

 long petiqle ; spikes very long, filiform, axillary and terminal ; flowers minute, 

 white or pale blue. — Low ground. August -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 sliarply serrate, tapering into a long petiole ; the 

 lowest liroader, and sometimes hastate-lobed at the base ; spikes linear, short, 

 close-tiowered ; flowers violet. — Low ground, in the upper districts. July- 

 Sept. — Stem 2°-3° high. Flowers larger than in No. 2. 



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

 sile. oMmig, ficrrate ; spikes thick, den.«ely flowered ; flowers rather large, Idue. 



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



5. V. BonariensiS, L. Pubescent and scabrous ; stem much branched 

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

 cymose. the spikes short ; tube of the purple corolla twice as long as the calyx. 



— Roadsides near Charle.«ton ( Cnrtiss). Introduced. 



6. V. angustifolia, Michx. Hough-hairy ; stem simple, or branched 

 above : leaves lamcolate or linenr lanceolate, rather obtuse, coarsely serrate, 

 tapering from near the apex to the sessile base ; spil;es linear, terminal, close- 

 flowered ; flowers purple. — Dry woods. July- Sept. — Stem 6'- 12' high. 

 Flowering spikes 2' -6' long. 



7. V. Caroliniana, Michx. Hough with short rigid hairs; stem ascend- 

 ing; leaves olilong, or the lowest oblong-obovate, sharply and doubly ser- 

 rate, entire toward the narrowel b.ase, sessile; spikes 1-3, elongated; 



