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cut-toothed lobes ; small purplish flowers in very slender panicled 

 spikes. (D 



V. urticaefdlia, Linn. Whitk V. Stem 4°-Q° hii,'h ; leaves oval or 

 oblong-ovate, coarsely serrate, petioled ; spikes of small white flowers 

 slender and loose. 21 Throughout. 



■w- ++ 2/ Spikes thick, or at least densely flowered, with the fruits over- 

 lapping. 



V. angustif6lia, Michx. Stems 0'-18' high ; leaves naiTOW-lanceolate, 

 sessile, roughisli, sligliily toothed; spikes few, thickish, crowded with 

 purple flowers. Mass. to Minn., and S. 



V. strfcta, Vent. Barrens, W. and S. ; whitish-hairy, l°-2° high; 

 leaves obovate or oblong, serrate, sessile ; spikes thick and dense ; 

 flowers blue, larger than in the others. 



V. hast^ta, Linn. Blue \'. Stem 4°-G° high ; leaves lance-oblong, 

 some of the larger with short side lobes at base, cut-serrate, petioled ; 

 spikes densely flowered, corymbed or panicled ; flowers blue. Common 



' ^ ' t- ■\- Stems spreading on the ground. 



V. bractedsa, Michx. From Mich, and Minn., S.; hairy; leaves 

 wedge-shaped or lance-oblong, cut-pinnatifid or o-cleft, short-petioled ; 

 small purple flowers in solitary loose spikes, the lower ones leafy-bracted. 



* * Verbenas of the garden sort, icith creeping or spreading stems, and 

 dense spikes of larger or showy flowers ; anthers of the longer stamens 

 Kith a gland-like tip. % 



-(- Leaves generally sessile. 



v. teucroldes. Gill. & Hook. Erect or spreading, with ovate oblong 

 and incised leaves, and a lengthened spike of white or pale rosy flowers, 

 sweet-.scented, especially at nightfall. Brazil and S. 



V. chamoedrifblia, Juss. The original Scarlet V., with oblong-lance- 

 olate, coarsely serrate leaves, nearly all sessile, and most intense red or 

 scarlet flowers, in a flat cluster. Brazil. 



■t- 1- Leaves petiolate. 



++ Leaf-divisions or lobes wedge-form or broad. 



V. Aubl^tia, Linn. Wild from Ind., W. and S.; has cut-pinnatifid 

 leaves, and a long-peduncled spike of purple flowers, minutely bearded 

 in the throat. This and the several other species variously mixed, make 

 up the garilen \'erbenas. 



I/, pblogiftora, Cham. (V. TweeuiXna). More upright; the leaves 

 decidedly petioled ; the flowers inclined to form an oblong spike, and 

 crimson, varying to rose, but not to scarlet. Brazil. 



V. inc)sa, Hook. Like V. phlogiflO)ra, save in the pinnatifid-in- 

 cised leaves, the petioled ones with a heart-shaped base ; flowers in a 

 flat cluster, rose-color or purple. Brazil. 



V. venbsa, Gill. & Hook. Stems simple and ascending; leaves oblong 



and sub-cuneate, more or less clasping, incised-serrate, wrinkled and 



rough above, revolute ; flowers lilac, in terminal more or less pedunclcd 



spikes. Brazil. r j- t ■ ■ i- 



^ ++ ++ Lcfif-divisiojis linear. 



V. erino)des. Lam. (V. MiLTiFinA). Dwarf and much creeping, rough- 

 hairy, with leaves pinnatifid into linear divisions, and originally with 

 violet-purple flowers ; and 



V. tenera, Speng. (V. i'ilchklla), with equally finely cut leaves, and 

 rather larger, originally rose-violet flowers, are part parents of the 

 smaller races. Both of Brazil. 



