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3. V. Aubletia, L. VERBENA. A _ slender-stemmed, somewhat 
reclining annual, 1 ft. or less in height. Leaves ovate or nearly so, 
wedge-shaped at the base, lobed and toothed or 3-cleft. Flowers 
showy, reddish-purple or lilac (seldom white), in a peduncled spike. 
Calyx-teeth as long as or longer than the bracts. Corolla very 
slightly bearded in the throat. In dry prairie soil and open woods, 
also cultivated. [Other somewhat similar cultivated species are 
from Brazil. ] 
II. CALLICARPA, L. 
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, 
projecting. Ovary 4-ovuled; style slender; stigma knobbed. 
Fruit a 1—4-seeded berry.* 
- 1. C. americana, L. FreNcH MULBERRY, MEXICAN MULBERRY. 
Shrubs, with star-shaped, glandular or scurfy down, widely branched, 
3-8 ft. high. Leaves ovate to oblong, acute at each end, crenate- 
serrate, rough above, downy beneath, glandular-dotted ; petioles slen- 
der. Cymes many-flowered, the peduncle as long as the petiole, 
pedicels short. Calyx cup-shaped, the teeth short. Corolla double 
the length of the calyx, blue. Fruit violet-purple, very conspicuous 
in autumn. Common in fields and thickets $.* 
87. LABIATZ. Mint Famity. 
Mostly herbs, with square stems and opposite, more or 
less aromatic leaves, without stipules. Flowers generally 
in cyme-like axillary clusters, which are often grouped into 
terminal spikes or racemes. Calyx tubular, usually 2-lipped, 
persistent. Corolla usually 2-lipped (Fig. 148). Stamens 4 
(2 long and 2 short) or only 2. Ovary free, with 4 deep lobes, 
which surround the base of the style. Fruit consisting of 4 
nutlets, ripening inside the base of the calyx. 
Stamens 4. A. 
(a) Calyx 2-lipped. 
Lips entire. Scutellaria, I. 
Lips toothed and cleft. Plants not aromatic. 
Brunella, IV. 
