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This most peculiar plant has the habit and general appearance of the 

 species of Verbenas which bear rather large and showy flowers, as V. 

 bipinnatifida and V. Aubletia, but its very small flower at once throws it 

 out of that group. Its most striking feature is the shape of the fruit, 

 which is well shown in the accompanying plate. The crown of this 

 curiously-shaped seed is much like the four-angled fruit of certain species 

 of Gaura and is hollow. Until the exact limit of Verbena seeds be 

 known, it is provisionally placed under this genus, although it is pro- 

 bably an undescribed genus. 



Collected at Corpus Christi, where it is plentiful in open ground, at 

 both the southern and northern ends of the town. Altitude 10-35 feet. 



March 5 (1388). 



LIPPIAL.Sp. PI. 633(1753). 

 Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15 (1803). 



Verbena nodiflora L. Sp. PI. 20 (1753). 



Abundant about Corpus Christi, in rich, dry ground, altitude sea level 

 to 40 feet. Perennial from a woody base, and large, thick root. 

 Branches creeping extensively and rooting at the nodes. A broader- 

 leaved form (1920), was collected at Kerrville, growing* on wet lime- 

 stone rocks. Distributed as L. lanceolata. 



May 30 (1906); type locality, "in Virginia." 



LANTANA L. Sp. PL 626 (1753). 

 Lantana Camara L. Sp. PL 627 (1753). 



This handsome, shrubby species is rather common at Corpus Christi 

 and in the surrounding country, altitude sea level to 40 feet. 



March 5 (1386). 



CALLICARPA L. Sp. PL in (1753). 

 Callicarpa Americana L. Sp. PL in (1753). 



At San Antonio at the Southern Pacific bridge, growing in rich 

 ground, but not plentiful. 



June 9 (1832); type locality, "in Virginia, Carolina." 



LABIATAE. 



HEDEOMA Pers. Syn. 2: 131 (1807). 



Hedeoma acinoides Scheele, Linnaea, 22: 592 (1849). 



In rich, low ground along streams about Kerrville, usually growing 

 near trees or bushes, altitude 1600-1625 feet. 



April 19 (1604); type locality, New Braunfels. 



