200 elemp:nts of botany. 



slender, close-flowered ; bracts about the length of the calyx ; corolla 

 purple, tube slightly curved, i in. long. June-September. In dry, 

 open woods. 



3. V. Canadensis (L.) Britt. Wild Verbena. Perennial ; 

 stem widely branched, diffuse, creeping at the base, pubescent, 6-15 

 in. long ; leaves mostly 3-lobed or parted, the divisions irregularly 

 cut and toothed, the base cuneate ; petiole margined ; spikes termi- 

 nal, long-peduncled, at first capitate, becoming much elongated ; 

 bracts slender, shorter than the unequal, subulate calyx teeth ; corolla 

 showy, purple, |-| in. broad, the lobes emarginate. April-July. 

 On dry soil. 



II. LIPPIA. 



Perennial herbs ; stems rooting at the joints ; leaves sim- 

 ple, opposite or whorled ; flowers in long-peduncled axillary 

 and terminal spikes or heads ; calyx small, 2-4-toothed ; 

 corolla tube straight or curved, the limb somewhat bilabiate, 

 oblique; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled, 

 style short, stigma oblique ; fruit 2 nutlets, each 1-seeded. 



1. L. LANCEOLATA ]Michx. FoG-FRUiT. Steiiis sleuder, w^eak, 

 decumbent or ascending, smooth or slightly pubescent, 1-2 ft. long ; 

 leaves elliptical, acute and coarsely serrate above, the lower part of 

 the leaf entire and narrowed to the short petiole or sessile base ; 

 peduncles slender, longer than the leaves ; heads globose, becoming- 

 elongated, bracts acute ; corolla pale blue, as long as the calyx. 

 May-July. In damp places. 



2. L. NODI FLORA (L.) Michx. Stem creeping or ascending, 

 slightly pubescent, 6-18 in. long ; leaves spatulate to obovate, coarsely 

 toothed above, cuneate and entire below, rough ; peduncles 2-4 times 

 as long as the leaves ; heads globose, becoming elongated ; flowers 

 white or purple ; corolla about double the length of the calyx. May- 

 September. In w^et places. 



III. CALLICARPA. 



Shrubs ; leaves simple, petioled, opposite or whorled, glan- 

 dular-dotted ; flowers in axillary cymes ; calyx 4-toothed or 

 entire; corolla funnel-form, •4-cleft, regular; stamens 4, equal, 

 exserted ; ovary 4-ovuled, style slender, stigma capitate ; fruit 

 a 1-4-seeded berry. 



C. Americana L. French Mulberry. Shrubs, with stellate, 

 glandular or scurfy pubescence, widelj'- branched, 3-8 ft. high ; leaves 



