53-8 Order 88.— VERBENACEiE. 



8 V. strigdsa Hook. Erect, rigid, strigous-pubescent, hoary, branched ; lvs. oh- 

 long, Z-parted to the base, incisely hbed and toothed, sessile ; lis. in loose, strict 

 spikes; cor. large; bracts as long as the calyx; carp. 4, not separating. — X. Or- 

 leans (Hale). St. hollow, 2 to 3f high, acutely 4-angled. LI', lobes all acute, 

 very veiny. Cor. purple ? 4 to 5'' long. 



9 V. Auhletia L. Weak, assurgent, rather hairy ; Ivs. ovate-oblong, 3-parted, 

 pinnatifid or incisely hbed and toothed, acute at base and petiolate ; spikes soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; bracts half as long as the cylindrical calyx ; corollas showy, 

 corymbed, segm. emarginate. — T) Va. to 111. (Lapharn), La. and Fla. in dry soils, 

 also in gardens where its beautiful flowers present every variety of color. Am'., 

 May. 



10 V. Ciianiaedrifolia Smith. Ascending, hispid ; Ivs. oblong, acute, serrate, 

 lower somewhat lobed, upper subentire ; spike long-peduncled ; bracts a third as 

 long as the long-cylindric calyx; cor. showy, corymbed; segm. emarginate. — 2< 

 Many of the pretty garden Verbenas are varieties of this species from Buenos 

 Ayrcs. 



11 V. sororia Don ? Prostrate, somewhat hairy ; Ivs. muUifid, with narrow, 

 ciliate segments ; spikes pedunculate, short; bracts half as long as tho slender 

 calyx; cor. small, lobes emarginate. — Garden Verbenas, with much smaller flow- 

 ers, usually pure white, f Asia. 



2. LIP'PIA, L. Fog-fruit. (To Augustus Lippi, a French physi- 

 cian.) Calyx 2-parted, compressed, erect, membranous, shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla; corolla funnel-shaped, limb sublabiate, upper 

 lip entire or emarg. lower 3-lobed; stam. didynamous, included ; drupe 

 dry, thin, enclosed in the calyx, 2-sccded. — Shrubs or prostrate herbs, 

 with opposite Ivs. lids, of fls. on axillary peduncles. (Zapania, Juss.) 

 L. nodiflora Mx. Glabrous, procumbent ; st. 4-angled, geniculate, simple, Ivs. 



lanceolate, varj-ing to oblanceolate, obtuso or acute, cuneate at base, petiolate, 

 shorter than tho peduncles. — y On river banks, Penn. to Ind., 111. and La. Sts. 

 If or more long. Lvs. with conspicuous veins, 1 to 2' long, -J to \ as wide, pe- 

 tioles 3 to G". Fed. 2 to 3'. lids, ovoid or roundish, at length cylindric-oblong. 

 Fls. small, purplish white. Jl., Aug. (Z. noditlora and lanceolata Ph. &c.) 



3. PHRY V MA, L. Lop-seed. Calyx cylindric, bilabiate, upper lip 

 longer, 3-cleft, lower lip 2-toothcd ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip emargi- 

 nate, much smaller than tho 3-lobed lower one ; stamens included ; 

 fruit dry, oblong, striate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — % Herbs with opposite 

 lvs. Fls. opposite, spicate, defiexed in fruit. 



P. Iept03tachya L. Rocky woods, Can. and U. S. Stem 2 — 3f high. Leaves 

 largo (3 — C long), thin and coarsely toothed, on short stalks. Fls. small, oppo- 

 site, light purple, in very long and slender spikes, of which one is terminal, the 

 rest opposite and axillary, each often with a pair of bracts below. After flower- 

 ing the calyx closes upon the fruit and boeomes reflexed backwards close to the 

 stem. JL 



4. CALLICAR'PA, L. French Mulberry. (Gr. KdXXoq, beautiful, 

 vaprrog, fruit ; for its abundant purple berries.) Calyx 4-toothed, bell- 

 jhaped ; corolla short-bell-shaped, limb of 4 obtuse segments ; stamens 

 4, unequal, exserted ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed; drupe juicy, enclosing 4 

 nutlets. — Shrubs with opposite lvs. and axillary, subumbellate fls. 



C. Americana L. Branches and lvs. beneath downy ; lvs. ovate, acuminate at 

 each end, crenate-dentate, smooth above; clusters eymoua compound, shorter 

 than tho petioles ; fruit forming dense verticil?. — Light soils. S. States common. 

 Shrub much branched, 3 to 5f high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 2 to 3' discolored beneath. 

 Fis. small, purple. Berries abundant, as large as in Elder, sweotish. May — JL 



5. LANTA^NA, L. (An ancient name for the Viburnum ; from tho 

 resemblance.) Calyx membranous, minute, obsoletely 4-toothed ; cor. 



