UVULARIA, VICIA. 413 



moti on dry dead limbs of evergreens, from which it often hangs in long 

 green locks. * 



6!. UVULARIA, 11. 14. 



perfolia'ta (bell wort. O. y. M. 4), leaves perfoliate, oval obtuse (lance linear or 

 oval oblong in the young state) ; corolla bell liliaceous, scabrous or granular 

 within ; anthers cuspidate. 8 12i. 



sessilifo'lia (O. y. M. 4), stem smooth ; leaves sessile, oval lanceolate, glaucous 

 beneath ; petals flat, smooth within ; capsules stiped. 6 12 i. S. 

 10 1. VACCINIUM. 18. 51. 



resino'sum (black whortleberry. O. p. M > ), leaves slender, petioled, oblong 

 oval, mostly obtuse, entire, bedewed with resinous specks beneath ; racemes 

 lateral, 1 sided : pedicels short, somewhat bracted : corolla ovate conic, 5 

 cornered. Berries black. One variety has a yellowish green, and another 

 has a reddish yellow corolla. 1 4 f. S. 



63. VERATRUM. 10. 13. 



vir"ide (indian poke, white hellebore. O. J. y. 4), racemes paniculate ; bracts of 

 the branches oblong lanceolate, partial ones longer than the sub-pubescent 

 peduncles : leaves broad ovate, plaited. 3 4 f. S. 



51. VERBASCUM. 28. 41. 



thap"sus (mullein. O. y. J. $ ), leaves decurrent, downy both sides : stem gene- 

 rally simple, though sometimes branched above : flowers in cylindric-spike. 

 3 6f. S. 



Uatta'ria (moth mullein, sleek mullein, w-y. J. ^ ), leaves glabrous, tooth ser- 

 rate : lower ones oblong obovate : upper ones heart ovate, clasping : pedicels 

 1 flowered, in a terminal panicle raceme. Var. alba, leaves toothed : flowers 

 white. Var. lutea, leaves doubly serrate : flowers yellow. 23 f. S. 

 131. VERBENA. 42. 39. 



liasta'ta (vervain, simpler's joy. O. p-w. Ju. 4), erect, tall: leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, gash-serrate: lower ones sometimes gash hastate: spikes linear, 

 panicled, sub-imbricate. Var. pi.nnatiftda t has the leaves gash pinnatifid, 

 coarsely toothed. Var. oblongifolia, leaves lance oblong, deeply serrate, 

 acute : spikes filiform, panicled. 2 5 f. S. 



urtieifo'lia (nettle leaf vervain. O. w. Ju. 4), erect, subpubescent ; leaves oval, 



; acute, serrate, petioled : spikes filiform, loose, axillary, terminal : flowers te- 

 trandrous. 2 3f. S. 



21. VERONICA. 43. 35. 



ojficina'lis (speedwell, b. M. 4), spikes lateral, peduncled . leaves opposite, ob- 

 ovate, hairy : stem procumbent, rough haired. 9 12 i. 5. 



angal"lis (brook pimpernel. O. b. J. 4), racemes opposite, long, loose : leaves 

 lanceolate, serrate ; stem erect. 12 18 i. S. 



beccabun"gla (brook lime. b. J. 4), racemes opposite : leaves oval, obtuse, sub- 

 serrate, glabrous : stem procumbent, rooting at the base. Probably a variety 

 of the last. 918 i. S. 



53. VIBURNUM. 43. 58. 



pyrifo'lium (w. J. ^ ), smooth : leaves ovate oblong, acute, crenate serrate : pe- 

 tiole naked : cymes sub-pedunculate : fruit oblong ovate. 5 10 f. 



lenta'go (sheep berry. O. w. J. > ), glabrous : leaves broad ovate, acuminate, 

 hook serrate : petioles margined, undulate : cymes sessile. The branches 

 when full grown often form a fastigiate top. Berries black, oval, and plea- 

 sant tasted : somewhat mucilaginous. 815 f. S. 



acerifo'lium (maple guelder rose, dockmackie. O. w. J. > ), leaves heart ovate 

 or 3 lobed, acuminate, sharp serrate, pubescent beneath : cymes long pedun- 

 cled. Stem very flexible : leaves broad and sub-membranaceous. 4-6 . 

 Leaves applied to inflamed tumours by the Indians. 

 Exotic. 



op"ulus (guelder rose, snow-ball, w. J. ^ ), leaves 3 lobed, sharp toothed ; pe- 

 tioles glandular, smooth ; flowers incompact cymes, surrounded with radia- 

 ting florets. Var. roseum, has the whole cyme made up of radiating florets. 



ti'nus (laurestine. r-w. ^ ), leaves ovate, entire, with tufts of hair in the axils of 

 the veins beneath : flowers in smooth cymes. 



1610. VICIA. 32. 93. 

 Exotic. 



fa'ba (garden bean, Windsor bean. w. & black. J. ), stem many flowered, 



