538 ORDER 88. VERBENACEJ3. 



8 V. strigdsa Hook. Erect, rigid, strigous-pubescent, hoary, branched ; Ivs. ob- 

 long, 3-parted to the base, incisely lobed aiid toothed, sessile ; fls. in loose, strict 

 spikes ; cor. large ; bracts as long as the calyx ; carp. 4, not separating. N. Or- 

 leans (Hale). St. hollow, 2 to 3f high, acutely 4-angled. Lf. lobes all acute, 

 very veiny. Cor. purple ? 4 to 5'' long. 



9 V. Aubletia L. Weak, assurgent, rather hairy; Ivs. ovate-oblong, 3-parted, 

 pinnatifid or incisely lobed and toothed, acute at base and petiolate ; spikes soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; bracts half as long as the cylindrical calyx ; corollas showy, 

 corymbed, segm. emarginate. Va - to iu - (Lapham), La. and Fla, in dry soils, 

 also in gardens where its beautiful flowers present every variety of color. Apr., 

 May. 



10 V. chamaedrifolia Smith. Ascending, hispid ; Ivs. oblong, acute, serrate, 

 lower somewhat lobed, upper subentire ; spike long-peduncled ; bracts a third as 

 long as the long-cylindric calyx ; cor. showy, corymbed ; segm. emarginate. 1 

 Many of the pretty garden Verbenas are varieties of this species from Buenos 

 Ayres. 



11 V. sororia Don ? Prostrate, somewhat hairy ; Ivs. muUiftd, with narrow, 

 ciliate segments ; spikes pedunculate, short ; bracts half as long as the slender 

 calyx ; cor. small, lobes emarginate. Garden Verbenas, with much smaller flow- 

 ers, usually pure white, f Asia, 



2. LIP'PIA, L. FOG-FRUIT. (To Augustus Lippi, a French physi- 

 cian.) Calyx 2-partcd, compressed, erect, membranous, shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla ; corolla funnel-shaped, limb sublabiate, upper 

 lip entire or emarg. lower 3-lobed; stain, didynamous, included ; drupe 

 dry, thin, enclosed in the calyx, 2-sceded. Shrubs or prostrate herbs, 

 with opposite Ivs. Hds. of fls. on axillary peduncles. (Zapania, Juss.) 

 L. nodiflora MX. Glabrous, procumbent ; st. 4-angled, geniculate, simple, Ivs. 



lanceolate, varying to oblanceolate, obtuse or acute, cuneate at base, petiolate, 

 shorter than the peduncles. If On river banks, Penn. to Ind., 111. and La. Sta 

 If or more long. Lvs. with conspicuous veins, 1 to 2' long, ^ to \ as wide, pe- 

 tioles 3 to 6". Ped. 2 to 3'. lids, ovoid or roundish, at length cylindric-oblong. 

 Fls. small, purplish white. Jl., Aug. (Z. nodiflora and lanceolata Ph. &c.) 



3. PHRY'MA, L. LOP-SEED. Calyx cylindric, bilabiate, upper lip 

 longer, 3-cleft, lower lip 2-toothed ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip emargi- 

 nate, much smaller than the 3-lobed lower one ; stamens included ; 

 fruit dry, oblong, striate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 2 Herbs with opposite 

 Ivs. Fls. opposite, spicate, deflexed in fruit. 



P. leptoatachya L. Rocky woods, Can. and U. S. Stem 2 3f high. Leaves 

 large (3 6' long), thin and coarsely toothed, on short stalks. Fls. small, oppo- 

 site, light purple, in very long and slender spikes, of which one is terminal, the 

 rest opposite and axillary, each often with a pair of bracts below. After flower- 

 ing the calyx closes upon the fruit and becomes reflexed backwards close to the 

 stem. Jl. 



4. CALLICAR'PA, L. FRENCH MULBERRY. (Gr. /caAAof, beautiful, 

 KapTcog, fruit ; for its abundant purple berries.) Calyx 4-toothed, bell- 

 shaped ; corolla short-bell-shaped, limb of 4 obtuse segments ; stamens 

 4, unequal, exserted ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed; drupe juicy, enclosing 4 

 nutlets. Shrubs with opposite Ivs. and axillary, subumbellate fls. 



C. Americana L. Branches and Ivs. beneath downy ; Ivs. ovate, acuminate at 

 each end, crenate-dentate, smooth above; clusters cymous compound, shorter 

 than the petioles ; fruit forming dense verticils. Light soils. S. States common. 

 Shrub much branched, 3 to 5f high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 2 to 3' discolored beneath. 

 Fis. small, purple. Berries abundant, as large as in Elder, sweetish. May JL 



5. LANTA^NA, L. (An ancient name for the Viburnum ; from the 

 resemblance.) Calyx membranous, minute, obsoletely 4-toothed ; cor. 



