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celled, the lower 1-celled: sty unenal- 

 ly 2 -cleft at apex; ova deeply 4-parted: 

 nutlets subglobose or depressed, papil- 

 lose or tuberculate. 

 SCUTELLARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA Psh. 



Stems slender, cor hairy inside, two- 

 thirds to 1 inch long, violet blue. 

 SCUTELLARIA BOLANDERI A. Gray. 



Per by filiform rt-stocks, pubescent; 



lender, simple or branched from 



base, about 3 dm high, very leafy to 



the summit: Ivs ovate- elliptic, very 



--. closely sessile by somewhat 



cordate base. 2.5 cm long or less; fls 



short-re licellcd, seldom equaling the 



If; cor yellowish, throat inflated, vil- 



lous v\ ithin. 



Jepson. Ervthea 1:12. 



Hal 1 , U 113. 



-Abr&nip, Fl LA 341. Moist woods. El 

 Moii*.- (Davidson). 

 SCUTELLARIA TUBEROSA Benth. 



Soft-hairy, mostly 3-4 in. high, pro- 

 ducing many tubers: c~r deep blue or vi- 

 olet, one-half to two-thirds in. long. 



VERBENA POLYSTACHYA H. B. K. 



Sts erect, scarbrous, sometimes hir- 

 sute or hispid, paniculatelv branched; 

 Ivs oblong- to broadly lanceolate, 2,5-5 

 <-T. long, sessile by a narrowed base or 

 BLorl-petioled, obtuse or acute incig- 

 <].- c,. r o^ e occasionally .-, >m what 

 lobel: spikes thicker and <i->r,.ser c'nan 

 in Ver* urtici folia, a slightly taller 

 sppci 



A 1: rams, Fl LA .'-!J7. O.-Mruonal in 



l\fft 

 VERBENA PROSTRATA R. Br. 



Soft-villous to hirsute, diffusely 

 spreading, at length much branched, 

 i Jong: Ivs obovate or oblong, 

 with < uneate base tapering into a mar- 

 petiole, veiny, acutely incised 

 and serrate; often 3-5-cleft: spikes 

 solitary or somewhnt clustered, elon- 

 gate 1 , hirsut- or villous; bracts subu- 

 late. c horter than ex; cor violet or blue, 

 4 mm long; nutlets oblong. 



Abrams, Fl LA 337. 



Jepson. Erythea 1:12. 

 VERBEXA I RTICIFOLIA L. 



S^s mirtrely hirsute-pubescent to 

 t g-lab'-ous. erect, 10-16 dm hi; 

 Ivs thin, petioled, ovate to oblong-Ian-' 

 ceolate. acuminate or acute, evenly or 

 douhlv serrate: spikes slender-filiform. 

 panicle" 1 : bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 shortei- than the ex; cor 2-4 mm long, 

 w o- jvrpli^h. 



Abrams. Fl LA 337. Occasional In 

 marshes. 



fienns LIPPfA Linnnen*. 



Per herbs with opposite sometimes 

 vertic'llate or rarely alt Ivs, and sm 

 bract ed fls in ax o~ terminal hds or 

 spikes: ex sm, membranous, ovoid, 

 campinulate or compressed and 2- 

 winged. 2-4 toothed or 2-4-cleft: Cor 

 cylindric, limb oblique spreading, 

 somewhat 2-lippd. 4-cleft. the lobes 

 broad, cften retuse or eroded: sta 4. 

 didynamous: anth not ap^enda^ed. the 

 sacs ma'ly ra-oTel: ova 2-celled; 

 ovules 1 in each cell; sty short; stig 



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oblique or recurved: fr dry with a 

 membranous exocarp, at length sepa- 

 rating into 2 nutlets. 

 LIPPIA LANCLoLATA Michx. 



Green, glabrous or very sparingly 

 pubescent with forked hairs; sts slen- 

 der, weak, procumbent or ascending, 

 often rting at the nodes, simple or lit- 

 tle branched. 3-6 dm long; Ivs thin, ob- 

 long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate.' short- 

 petioled, acute, sharply serrate to be- 

 low the middle, narrowed at base, 

 2.5-7 cm long; ped axy, slender, usually 

 longer than the Ivs; hds at first glo- 

 bose becoming cylindric. about 15 mm 

 long in fr; bracts acute; ex flattened, 

 2-cleft; cor pale bl, scarcely longer 

 than the ex. 



Abrams, Fl LA 338. 



Pan Bernardino (Parish 1099). 

 LIPPIA NODIFLORA Michx. 



Creeping: peduncles 1-4 in. long: .fls 

 rose to w. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 



Ann or per mostly acaulescent rarely 

 stoloniferous herbs, with basal, in the 

 caulescent species opp or alt, Ivs, and 

 sm perfect, polygamous or monoecious 

 fls bracteolate in dense terminal long- 

 scaped spikes or heads, or rarely soli- 

 tary ex persistent, 4-parted: cor hy- 

 pogynous, scarious or membranous, 

 mostly marcescent, 4-lobed: sta 4 or 2 

 inserted on the cor-tube or throat; ni 

 filifo-m; anth versatile. 2-celled. long- 

 itudinally dehiscent: ova superior, 1-2- 

 celled or falsely 3-4-celled: stv fili- 

 form, simple. mostly longitudinally 

 stio-matic: ovules 1-several in ea< 

 cell- fr a membranous or coriaceous 

 capsule, eircumsMssile at or below the 

 middle; sds peltate. 



Genus PLANTAGO Unnaena. 



Characters of the family. Plantain. 

 PLANTAGO BIGELOVII A. Gray. 



Verv slender, ann. 1 dm hi or l<^s, 

 Ivs very narrowly linear or filiform, 

 glabrous: scapes very slender, slightly 

 pubescent above; spikes slender, about 

 15 mm long and 4 mm broad often 

 much shorter and reduced to 4-5 fls, 

 ex broa^lv scarious-margined: pyxl 

 oblong-ovate, much exceeding the ex, 

 circumsciss'le at the lower third Baia! 



Abrams. Fl LA 377. Inglewood. 

 PI.AXTAGO ERECTA Morris. 



\n, silky pube-cent. 6-15 cm M, Ivs 

 erect, narrowly linear to narrowly ob- 

 innceolat-. about two-thirds 

 length of scapes or nearly equa in sr ^he 

 shorter ones: scapes 1 or few, s 

 few-manv-fld, capitate or oblong. ID 

 cm long or usuallv less; ex-lobes ob- 

 ?ie scarious margined with brown- 

 ish midrib; pyxis ovate, truncate, pur- 

 plish above, circumsciss^e at the low- 

 er third; seeds 2. 



\hrams. Fl LA 376. 

 Variety Obver>a Abrams 



\ rno'-e robust form: Ivs with few t 

 several callous dentieulaHons: scapes 

 usually num: spikes 15-40 cm long; 

 cap circumscissile near the middle. 



