VERVAIN FAMILY. 341 



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



spikes. 



V. urticsefdlia, Linn. WHITE V. Stem 4-6 high; leaves oval or 

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

 slender and loose. 2/ Throughout. 



** ++ 2Z Spikes thick, or at least densely flowered, with the fruits over- 

 lapping. 



V. angustif61ia, Michx. Stems 6'-18' high ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 sessile, roughish, slightly 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. hastata, Linn. BLUE V. Stem 4-6 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 

 along roadsides. ^ ^_ ^^ spreading Qn the ground 



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

 wedge-shaped or lance-oblong, cut-pinnatifid or 3-cleft, short-petioled ; 

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



# * VERBENAS of the garden sort, with creeping or spreading stems, and 

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

 with a gland-like tip. y. 



- Leaves generally sessile. 



V. teucrotdes, 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. chamcedrifolia, 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. 



- *- Leaves petiolate. 

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



V. Aublfctia, Linn. Wild from Ind., W. and S.; has cut-pinnatifid 

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

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

 up the garden Verbenas. 



V. ph/ogifldra, Cham. (V. TWEEDI\NA). 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. inclsa, Hook. Like V. phlogifl6ra, 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 peduncled 

 spikes. Brazil. Leaf -divisions linear. 



V. erinoldes, Lam. (V. MULTfpiDA). Dwarf and much creeping, rough- 

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

 violet-purple flowers ; and 



V. tenera, Speng. (V. PULCHELLA), with equally finely cut leaves, and 

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

 smaller races. Both of Brazil. 



