402 VERBEtfACE^E. ( VERVAIN FAMILY.) 



sessile, smooth above, the lobes cut and toothed ; spikes panicled ; flowers pur- 

 plish, very small. Roadsides and old fields, N. J. to Minn., south to Tex., 

 and westward. (Nat. from Eu.) 



1. V. urticsefdlia, L. (WHITE V.) Perennial, from minutely pubes- 

 cent to almost glabrous, rather tall (3-5 high); leaves oval or oblong-ovate, 

 acute, coarsely serrate, petioled ; spikes at length much elongated, loosely pan- 

 icled ; flowers very small, white. * Waste or open grounds. (Trop. Am.) 



* * Spikes thicker or densely flowered ; the fruits crowded, mostly overlapping 

 each other ; bracts inconspicuous, not exceeding the flowers ; perennial. 



2. V. angUStifblia, Michx. Low (6 -18' high), often simple; leaves 

 narrowly lanceolate, tapering to the base, sessile, roughish, slightly toothed ; 

 spikes few or single ; the purple flowers crowded, larger than in the next. 

 Dry or sandy ground, Mass, to Minn., south to Fla. and Ark. 



3. V. hastata, L. (BLUE VERVAIN.) Tall (4 -6 high); leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed, cut-serrate, petioled, the lower often lobed 

 and sometimes halberd-shaped at base ; spikes linear, erect, corymbed or pani- 

 cled ; flowers blue. Waste grounds and roadsides ; common. 



4. V. stricta, Vent. (HOARY V.) Downy with soft whitish hairs, erect, 

 simple or branched (1-2 high); leaves sessile, obovate or oblong, serrate; 

 spikes thick, somewhat clustered, hairy ; flowers rather large, purple. Barrens 

 and prairies, Ohio to S. Dak., south to Tex. and N. Mex. 



# * # Spikes thick, sessile and leafy-bracted ; annual. 



5. V. bracte6sa, Michx. Widely spreading or procumbent, hairy ; leaves 

 wedge-lanceolate, cut-pinnatifid or 3-cleft, short-petioled ; spikes single, re- 

 motely flowered ; bracts large, the lower piunatifid, longer than the small purple 

 flowers. Prairies and waste grounds, Ohio to Minn., south and westward. 

 2. Anthers of the longer stamens glandular-tipped ; flowers showy, from de- 

 pressed-capitate becoming spicate. 



6. V. bipinnatifida, Nutt. Hispid-hirsute, |-1 high; leaves (l|-4' 

 long) bipinnately parted, or 3-parted into more or less bipinnatifid divisions, 

 the lobes commonly linear or broader; bracts mostly surpassing the calyx; 

 limb of bluish-purple or lilac corolla 4 - 5" broad. Plains and prairies, Kan. 

 to Ark. and Tex., and westward. 



7. V. Aubl&tia, L. Slender, 1 high or less, soft-pubescent or glabrate ; 

 leaves (1 -2' long) ovate or ovate-oblong in outline, with a wedge-shaped base, in- 

 cisely lobed and toothed, often more deeply 3-cleft ; bracts shorter than or equal- 

 ling the calyx ; limb of reddish-purple or lilac (rarely white) corolla 6 - S'' 

 broad. Open woods and prairies, Ind. and 111. to Fla., Ark., and N. Mex. 



2. L IP PI A, Houst. 



Calyx short, often flattened, 2-4-toothed, or 2-lipped. Corolla 2 lipped, 

 upper lip notched, the lower much larger, 3-lobed. Stamens included. Style 

 slender ; stigma obliquely capitate. Fruit 2-celled, 2-seeded. (Dedicated to 

 Augustus Lippi, an Italian naturalist and traveller.) 



1. L. lanCGOlata, Michx. (FOG-FRUIT.) Creeping extensively, roughish, 

 green ; leaves oblanceolate or wedge-spatulate, serrate above ; peduncles axillary, 

 slender , exceeding the leaves, bearing solitary closely bracted heads of bluish- 



