1916 VERBENA 



bracts short-ovate to subulate-lanceolate: calyx 

 long as bracts, covered with sliort pubescen 

 spersed with short capitate glandular ' 

 Brazil and Uruguay. B. 

 M. 3541. P.M. 4:5. B. 

 2: GO. 



3. incisa, Hook. Fig. 

 2G49. Rosy orpurple-ttd. 

 species with Ivs. more 

 deeply cut than in the 

 two preceding. Whole 

 plant hairy - pubescent ; 



loMfc' a, 1,1.,. 1-. >h..rt- 

 hairy, sprinkkMl with \ 



glandular hairs : corolla- 3^53 verbena teucrioides. as 

 tube fflandular- pubes- ... , ,^ ^.. , ,^,i^\ 



cent, thrice as long as cultivated to th.s day ( X M) . 

 calyx; limb large, rose- The spike elongates still further, 

 purple, paler beneath, 



obovate lobes deeply emarginate. Southern Brazil, 

 Paraguay and northern Argentine Republic. B.M. 3G28. 

 4. teucrioides, Gill. & Hook. Figs. 2649, 2653. Char- 

 acterized by fragrant white fls. in very long clusters. 

 Stems cespitose, rooting at base, ascending, terete, 

 openly and copiously hirsute : Ivs. ovate to oblong-tri- 

 angular, base entire, sessile or nearly so, obtusely ser- 

 rate, margins revolute, veiny-rugose, glandular-pubes- 

 cent above, subtomentosely hispidulous on veins below: 

 spikes terminal, solitary, glandular, hairy, lax, 5-9 in. 

 long- bracts subulate lanceolate, 

 ^q,>^ cihate calvx nerved, twice as long 



sf J ,4^j a"* hracf. corolla yellowish w hite 

 ■^*Jr"'T or pinkish long exserted twisting 



' " -■ in age fragrant Southern Brazil, 



Uruguay, Argentine Republic, 

 ( hile and Peru P M 5 243 B M 



5 vendsa, Gill & Hook Fig 



2G->4 Differs fiom all other culti 



vated kinds by panicled infloies 



and tuberous roots Her 



s pertnniil 1 toot hiLh 



VERBENA 



kf pt indoors over winter, or species 

 •(•il> scjwn in greenhouse in January. 

 . nu'. I r. pulcUUa, Sw., not Hort.). 

 ■rniii:il: stems cespitose, decumbent, 

 s sliiider, 4-angled, asi-eiidiii^', sparsely 

 irn-nt into the sli"rt |.m !..'<,:; parted 



lute divisiiins, sprinkled with sin.! t .s ter- 



minal pcdunculute: calyx elongate.,. ,,1,.. . i.,,i,..s,.ent 

 or hairy, sprinkled at angles with sl.uii sii|,iiau paiella- 

 tiirm giands, twice as long as bracts; corolla rose-violet; 

 iintlicr appciulages barely exserted, claviculate, subre- 

 curvcd. .Southern Brazil and LaPlata region. 



7. erinoides, Lam. ( V. multlfida, Ruiz and Pav. V. 

 piih-hi'-lla. ilort., in part). Moss Verbena. Annual 

 iir perennial: stem strigose hairy or somewhat hirsute, 

 branching, decumbent, rooting: branches ascending: 

 Ivs. ovate in outline, cuneate base decurrent into the 

 petiole, deeply 3-parted and the divisions pinnatifld 

 into narrow linear acute lobes, subrevolute on mar- 

 gins, strigose especially on nerves: spikes terminal, 

 solitary, pedunculate, soon elongating and relaxing, 

 t hairy: bracts lanceolate, acuminate, spread- 

 ing, one-half as long to as long or longer than the calyx; 

 corolla rather small, shortly exserted, lilac, bearded 

 within ; anther appendages exserted, rather short.— 

 Said by Dr. Gillies to be "one of the commonest plants 

 on the Alps of Clile and Mendoza . . . varying ex- 

 tremely in color of flowers, in stature and in degree in 

 which the leaves are cut." In some individuals the fls. 

 are said to be scarlet, in others blue or purple. Forms 

 assignalili- t,. this sproies occur also in the southern 

 states (it Bia/il. 'I'l,,- species is probably a composite 

 one as 11, .w n ,„-„iz..,l. B.R. 21:1766 (as V. multifida, 

 var. cniilnirhi ), Variable but unique species character- 

 ized by distinct, finely cut foliage and rosy lilac to deep 

 purple' fls., but the clusters and individual fls. are too 

 small to make it popular. 



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sute beloH spikes m 

 a close teiminil pani 

 cle subteinite lateral 

 ones pedunculate, fas 

 tigiate and finally cyl 

 mdrical bracts subu 

 late, ciliate. often pur- 

 plish, exceeding the 

 hairy calyx : corolla 

 lilac or bluish purple 

 tonearlv skv-blue,very 

 thinly villous without; 

 tube slender, thrice as 

 long as calyx: fr. 1 



line long, copiously fuscous outside, dorsal ridges 5. 



Southern Brazil and Argentine Republic. B.M. 3127.— 



2654. Youne plant of Verbe 



charactenstii 



of clusters ( X ? 



2655 Verbena Aubletia (X %) 



8 bipinnatihda, Nutt () 7j»;c7if//a of some German 

 seedsmen ( montdna, Hort , m part) Perennial, 

 prostrate and rooting at base, stems stout, upright, 

 branched, b-18 in high Ivs rather thick, petioled, 

 1-2K in. long, scabrous above, ovate in outline, bipin- 

 nately parted or 3-parted into numerous oblong, rather 

 acute lobes 1-3 lines broad: spikes solitary, dense to 

 rather lax, at first capitate, becoming 2-4 in. long in fr. : 

 corolla .5-8 lines long, purple or lilac, limb 4-5 lines 

 broad. l,,l>,'s (-uiarginate to obcordate; throat of corolla 

 providiMl H itti a i.ali-iailp of short hairs; upper stamens 

 bearing < ;,.'l, a ^i,iall oval to oblong purplish gland. 

 Texas t,, N, I,, an, I (ul.- Flowers become bluish purple 



