VERBENACE/E. (VEHYAIN FAMILY.) 



Fig. 274, 



009 

 Fia. 275. 



3. O. Arabica, Jaub. ct Sp. 

 5 .3 to .5, glaucescent, branches 

 short. Leaves scattei-ed, oblong - 

 spathulati\ entire or somewhat 3- 

 toothecl at apex. Heads terminal ; 

 involucre leaves ovate, imbricated ; 

 receptacle conico- cylindrical, not sti- 

 jiitatc ; calyx-lobes thrice as long as 

 tube, lanceolate-subulate ; corolla 

 once and a half as long as calyx ; 

 upper lip 0, loicer short-trilo'bed — 

 Spring — Sinai. Wrongly called by 

 the Arabs IlandaqCiq. 



Heads and upper 



leaves of 



Ct. Arabica. 



4. Cr. Oriental is, L. 5 .2 to .4 or more ; stem woody, ascend- 

 ingor diffuse, tortuous; flowering stems brittle, sparingly leafy, endin§ 

 in, a spile-lilte raceme, (|uite loose at base. Radicle leaves fascicled, 

 oblong to obovate-spathulate ; cauline sessile, oblong-lanceolate to 

 linear^ acuminate. Heads 5-20, small, .003 to .006 broad, remote, <?/^ 

 Xtedunclcs usually sJiorter than they, the upper sessile, crowded ; involucre 

 leaves ovate, short-acuminate; calyx short-hilaMate, with short-triangu- 

 lar teeth ; corolla about thrice as long as calyx, with nearly equal lips, 

 about twice as long as tube, the upper bipartite, the lower ti-ifid — 

 July — Clayey soil ; Aintab, and northward. 



Okdeii LXXVni. TERBENACE^. (Vervain Family). 



Ilerhs or shriths, loith opposite leaves^ a more or less 

 '■I'lipped or irregular corolla, didynampus stamens, a 2-4:- 

 celled^fr'ee ovary, Tipeiiinfj into a dry drii/pe consisting of % 

 4, one-seeded pyrenes — FJowers perfect, or polygamous-di- 

 oecious. Calyx persistent, 4-5-toothed or parted. Embryo 

 straight with inferior radicle. Albumen or very little. 

 ''' Inflorescence spiled or racemed, centripetal. 



1. EIPPIA, L. LiPPiA. 



Calyx small, tubular, membranous, 2-4-toothed. Corolla funnol- 

 shaped with cylindrical tube, and oblique, somewhat bilabiate limb, 

 the upper lip entire or 2-lobed, the lower 8-cleft. Stamens inserted 

 on middle of tube, generally included ; anther cells parallel. Ovar^ 

 with, two, 1 -seeded cells, a short style, and obli(|ue or recurved stigma. 

 Fruit small, dry, included, separating into 2 pyrcnes — (Ours) herbs 

 with opposite leaves, and capitate tlowevs. 



E. iioclifloi'a, L. 2^ Procumbent, green or canescent, rooting 

 at nodes, clothed with appressed hairs fixed by their centre. Leaves 

 cuneate-spathulatc, .01 to .0:5 long, tapering to a short petiole, entire 

 below, acutely serrate above. Peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than 

 leaves ; head ovate, at length oblong-cylindrical, .01 or more long ; 

 corolla pinkish; fruit ovate, ])roader than long — All the year — Sanda 

 and moist fields, along and near coast ; Jordan Valley. 



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