J^ippin. VERBENA CE/K 



609 



* * Stem erect: spikes slei)der-c;/lindr{cal, demely-flowered ; the flowers and fruit 

 overlappincf : bracts short. 



i. V. hastata, Linn. Pprennial, minutely pubescent: stem stouter, 3 to G feet 

 high : leaves oblong-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, coarsely or incisely serrate, 

 petioled, some of the lower ones commonly hastate-3-lobed : spikes numeroiis in a 

 terminal panicle, 2 to 4 inches long : corolla blue, 2 lines long, and the lin)b as 

 broad. — V. panicidata, Lam., the name given to the form, not uncommon, which 

 has no lobos to tho leaves. 



Marsliofl on tlio Lower Sacramento, according to Torroy, liot. Wilkos Kxp. 403. rrol)al)Iv oIho- 

 whom in tho State. ^ 



Ak * * Steim spreading or merel.i/ ascending : spikes not filiform. 



5. V. prostrata, R. Brown. Soft-hirsute or villous : stems at first erect or 

 ascending, a foot high, at length widely branched and diffuse, raVely prostrate : 

 leaves obovato, ovate, or oblong, with cuneate base tapering into a margined ])etiole, 

 sharply serrate, incised, or S-G-cleft : spikes solitary or paniclcd, rather slender but 

 dense when in flower, becoming 4 to 10 inches long, hirsute or villous : bracts 

 subulate, not longer than the calyx : corolla violet or blue, 2 lines long. — Ait. 

 Hort. Kew; ed. 2, iv. 41. V. lasiostachys, Link; Hook, k Arn. Bot. Beechey, 156. 



Common in diy ground througli the western parts of the State. Root Piobably perennial 

 llant very variable. From Jamuel Valley, below San Diego, Dr. Palvier sends a more uprirrht 

 and thickish-spiked plant, which might be a cross between this and F. stricla, if the latter w^re 

 Laiitornian ; or porliaps it has some T. hastata in it. 



6. V. bracteosa, Michx. Perennial, hirsute, a span to a foot high, at length 

 diflusoly much branched : loaves cunoato-oblong or obovato, iiinnatnly iucisotror 

 3-cloft and coarsely toothed; tho lower narrowed into a short margined poiiole; tho 

 uppermost passing into bracts : apikos tormiimting tho branches, thickish, rither 

 douse, and squarroso with tho rigid lanccolnto or linear acmninuto and spars,>ly his- 

 pid foliaceous bracts, which surpass the flowers : corolla purplish or blue, small and 

 Blender. — Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2910. 



Near Monterey in alkaline soil, Bolander: a peculiar and rigid form, with bracts or bract-like 

 leaves lar down the stem. The orduiary form occurs in Oregon, and e.xtends to the Atlantic States. 



§ 2. Flotvers more showy: spike at first- short and capitate: connective of the anthers 

 of the longer stamens tipped with a gland. 



7. V. Ciliata, Benth. Low and diffuse, apparently annual, villous-hirsute; or tho 

 eaves somewhat strigose-hispid, once or twice 3-parted or cleft, short-petioled ; the 

 ateral divisions commonly 2-lobed and the middle one 3-5-lobe.l or incised: bracts 



lanceolate-subulate, shorter than the calyx : tube of the latter oblong ; the teeth 

 rather short-subulate, nearly equal : corolla " blue," or purple ; the tube hardly 

 twice the length of the calyx. — PI. Hartw. 21 ; Schauer in DC. Pro.lr. xi. 553. 



r.lpKvl'.'^.vJ"^'^'"^"" *V Bouthem borders of the State {Pahnrr), a form with rather coarsely 

 clett leaves : extends tlu-ough Arizona {Palmer, Lieut. U'heclrr, d-c), to W. Texas and Mexico. 



..^JninlTn'''''''"^'?''' ^'x^T""'' f^'f",'^"^^'-''''' ''fpinnnftfda, Nutt.), from Colorado to Texas, is 

 une ual ^ ' *"'^ ''"^ '"""^'^ ^""^ei- nnd slender bracts and calyx-teeth, tho latter very 



2. LIPPIA, Liim. 

 Corolla somewhat funnelform or salverform ; the limb either bilabiate (upper lip 

 entire or 2-lobed, lower S-partnd), or 4-cloft and merely obliquo. Stamens 4, in- 

 cluded. Stigma capitato or oblique. Ovary 2-oolled, in fruit forming 2 ono-aoodml 

 nutlets. — Herbs or shrubs, of various aspect : the foliage sometimes aromatic, as in 

 L. cifrifldora, the swoi^ Verbena-shrub of tho gardens, native of S. America, to 

 which most of the species belong. 



