234 Plants collected during a journey 



13? mollis, caule erecto, simplici, tereti, villoso ; foliis 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, inequaliter inciso-serratis, serraturis 

 acutis, supra hirsutis, subtus molliter villosis ; spicis densiflo- 

 ris, strictis, terminalibus, subternis. 



Obs. Flowers purple. Probably a distinct species. On 

 the Arkansa ? 



351. V. angustifolia, Michx. 1. c. V. rugosa, Willd. 

 enum. 633. Pursh fl. ii. p. 417. Near St. Louis. 



352. Zapania lanceolata, Pursh fl. ii. p. 4 18. Lippia 

 lanceolata, Michx. fl. ii. p. 15. On the Platte? 



Obs. Easily distinguished from Z. nodiflora, by its rhom- 

 bic-lanceolate acute leaves. 



353. Z. cuneifolia, caule herbaceo, procumbente ? 

 scabriusculo ; foliis angusto-cuneatis, crebris, glabriusculis, 

 apicem versus argute et grosse serratis ; bracteis obovato- 

 cuneatis, apice dilatatis, mucronatis ; capitulis globoso-ovatis, 

 longe pedunculatis, solitariis. 



Desc. Stem herbaceous, trichotomously branched, (apparently pro- 

 cumbent, but not creeping) terete, slighlly scabrous. Leaves opposite, 

 narrow-cuneiform, somewhat coriaceous, nearly smooth, acute, with a few 

 (3-5) coarse acute serratures at the extremity. Peduncles axillary, sub- 

 compressed, 2-3 times as long as the leaves. Heads short-ovate, nearly 

 half an inch long; involucrum about 6-leaved ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute. Bracts dilated-obovate, mucronate, shorter than the flowers. 

 Calyx 2-valved, as long as the tube of the corolla; valves lanceolate, 

 smooth. Corolla with the border bilabiate; upper lip emarginately 2-lobed ; 

 lower much larger, 3-lobed. Stamens 5, didynamous, included. Pericarp 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, oval, divisible, smooth, covered with the persistent 

 calyx. 



Hab. On the Platte. 



Obi. Differs from Z. nodiflora in its thick leaves, rigid 

 habit, ike. 



