2:'o OKDKK 90. VERBENACEJS. 



4 V. vENdiA. Nearly simple, with rigid, ot long-sessile, cut-serrate leaves ; bracts sub- 



ulate, longer than the calyx, both colored ; corolla lilac to blue, li Brazil. 



5 V. CHAM^EDRIFOLIA. Leaves oblong-ovate, short-petiolate ; bract? subulate, not half 



the length of the long calyx ; corollas scs.rlet to crimson, if Buenos Ayres. 



6 V. PHI.OOIPLORA. With many erect branches, and long-petioled, lance-deltoid eaves ; 



bracts lanceolate, half as long as the calyx. Flowers large, red to blue. 



7 V. TKUCRIOIDES has very hairy, wrinkled, ovate-triangular, crenate leaves on short 



stalks, with large white to roseate sweet-scented flowers, if Brazil. 



8 V. angnstlfolla MX. Leaves oblong-linear, tapering to base, serrate, with fur- 



rowed veins ; spikes 1 or few, slender ; corolla deep-blue, bract* as long as the calyx 

 (1"). V Rocks and hills, N. Y. to Va., and W. If. Leaves 23'. July. 



9 \. Carollnidiia L. Leaves oblong-obovate to oblong, crenate-toothed, sessile; 



epike loose ; corolla large, roseate, bracts minute, li Dry soils, S. 1 2f. June. 



10 V. liastiita L. Common Vervain. Lvs. lanceolate, acuminate, cut-serrate, petio- 

 late, the lower lobed or hastate ; spikes panicled, dense, slender, erect and parallel ; 

 flowers blue, n Waysides : common. 3 6f. Europe. July September. Hy 

 brids occur, with cleft leaves and loose-flowered spikes. 



1 1 V. H rticte folia L. Leaves ovate to lance-ovate, serrate, acute, petiolate ; spikes 

 axillary and terminal, filiform, lax ; bracts shorter than the calyx. 2f A homely weed, 

 in waste grounds. 3f. Flowers minute, white. Europe. July, August. 



1 2 V. stricta Vent. Mullein V. Hairy and hoary, rigidly erect ; leaves oval to obo- 

 vate, unequally dentate, sessile, rugous ; spikes dense, y. Dry fields, W. 1 3f. 

 Very leafy, rather handsome. Corolla blue, 4" broad. July. 



1 3 V. bractebsa MX. Hairy, divaricately branched, leaves laciniate ; bracts lance- 

 linear, squarrous on the peduncle and spikes, longer than the small blue flowers. 11 

 Dry fields, roadsides, N. Y., W. and S. 8 16'. June September. (V. canescens.) 



14V. officinalls L. Smoothish, erect; leaves lanceolate to oblong, pinnately lobed 

 or toothed, subsessile : spikes slender, panicled ; bracts not longer than the calyx ; 

 flowers purple, small, li Waysides, Conn, to Ga. 2 3f. (V. spuria L.) 



1 5 V. strlgosa Hook. Hoary, rough-downy, rigid ; leaves oblong, 3-parted, incised, 

 sessile ; spikes strict, lax-flowered bracts long as calyx ; corolla large. N. Orl. 2 3f. 



2. L.IPPIA, L. FOG-FRUIT. Cal. 2-parted. Cor. funnel-shaped, limb 

 sublabiate, upper limb entire or emarginate, lower 3-lobed. Sta. didyna- 

 inous, included. Drupe dry, thin, enclosed in the calyx, 2-seeded. J> li 

 Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers small, whitish, in heads or spikes. 



1 L.. nodiflora MX. St. 4-angled, genictihile. simple, creeping; Ivs. lanceolate to ob- 



lanceolate, cuueate at base, petiolate. shorter than the ped. Banks, Pa. to 111., and S. 



2 Ij. (ALOYSIA) CITKIODORA. Lemon Verbena. Shrub smooth; leaves in 3's, lance-lin- 



ear, punctate beneath, straight-veined, delightfully fragrant. 3f. 



3. PHRYMA, L. LOP-SEEU. Cal. cylindric, bilabiate, upper lip longer, 

 8-cleft, lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla bilabiate, upper lip emarginate, much 

 smaller than the 3-lobed lower one. Stamens included. Fruit dry, oblong, 

 striate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. U With opposite leaves. Flowers opposite, 

 ipicate, deflexed in fruit. 



1*. leptostachya L. Rocky woods. 2 3f. Leaves large (3 6'), thin, coarsely- 

 toothed ; flowers small, light-purple, in very slender spikes. July. 



4. CALLICARPA, L. FKEKCH MULBERRY. Calyx 4- toothed, bell- 

 shaped. Corolla short-bell-shapc d, limb of 4 obtuse segments. Sta. 4, un- 

 equal, exserted. Stig. capitate, 2 -lobed. Drape juicy, enclosing 4 nutlets. 

 J> With opposite leaves and axillary cymes. 



