OdO VERBENACE^E. 



CONOBEA, Aublet. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the 

 lower one 3-parted. Stamens 4, all fertile ; anthers approximate in pairs, the 

 cells parallel. Style 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid or globular, many-seeded. 

 Low herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary flowers. 



C. multiflda, Benth. Annual, much branched, pubescent (3' -8' high) ; 

 leaves pinnately divided into linear toothed lobes ; corolla pale purple, barely 

 longer than the calyx ; capsule ovoid. (Capraria, M ichx.) Valley of the 

 Coosa River, Georgia, and westward. July. 



DASYSTOMA, Raf. 



D. Drummondii, Benth. Closely pubescent ; stem branching ; lower 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, the upper ones dentate or serrate ; calyx 

 mostly longer than the pedicel, the broadly lanceolate lobes as long as the 

 top-shaped tube. (Gerardia grandiflora, Benth.) - Mountains of Georgia, 

 Tennessee, and westward. Stem 2 -3 high. Corolla \\' long. 



D. laevigata, Raf. Smooth, or nearly so, slender, sparingly branched ; 

 lowest leaves mostly pinnately lobed and toothed, the others lanceolate, 

 entire ; calyx longer than the pedicel, the lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped (!' long). Mountains of Georgia, and northward. 



D. patula, Chapm. Stem tall (3 -4) and slender, widely branched ; 

 lower leaves pinnately lobed and toothed, the upper ones oblong, entire ; 

 pedicels long (!'- 1|'), spreading or recurved ; calyx-lobes rather longer than 

 the tube, entire; corolla (!' long) tubular-funnel-shaped. Mountains of 

 Georgia and Tennessee. August. 



SEYMERIA, Pursh. 



S. macrophylla, Nutt. Tall and stout (4 -5 high), more or less 

 pubescent, branching ; leaves large (6' - 8' long), deeply pinnatifid, the ovate 

 or lanceolate lobes toothed or pinnatifid, the floral ones entire ; racemes 

 short, dense ; tube of the corolla longer than the lobes of the calyx, woolly 

 within. Mountains of Georgia ? Tennessee, and northward. 



OEDER VEBBENACE^E. 



VERBENA, L. 



V. stricta, Vent. Softly pubescent ; stem mostly simple ; leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong, serrate ; spikes thick, densely flowered ; flowers rather large, 

 blue. Barrens of Tennessee, and northward. Stem l-2 high. 



V. Bonariensis, L. Pubescent and scabrous ; stem much branched 

 (2 -3 high) ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, auriculate-clasping ; panicle dense, 

 'cymose, the spikes short; tube of the purple corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx. Roadsides near Charleston (Curtiss). Introduced. 



