148 VALERI ANA-VERONICA. 



Jrondo'sum^ whortleberry; leaves ovate-oblong, sprinkled with resinous dots, 

 glaucous beneath; racemes lateral, loose, bracted; pedicels long, filiform; 

 corolla ovate, campanulate; berries large, bluish, sweet, ripening later than 

 the other species. 



pennsylva'nica, low blue-berry ; branches green, angular ; leaves sessile, shi- 

 ning ; shrub 12-18 i. high, much branched ; flowers pale red, 6 to 8 in a fas- 

 cicle; berries large, blue, somewhat glaucous. Dry hills. N. Y. to Geo. 



ttamin"exLm, (J. 1^. squaw whortleberry.) very branching; leaves glaucous be- 

 neath ; corolla campanulate, spreading; anthers exserted. 2-3 f. Berries 

 large, greenish white. Dry woods. Car. to Flor. 



miis^frfea, (bilberry, w-r. M. 1^) evergreen; low, leaves punctate beneath, 

 obovate, emarginate, revolute, sub-serrulate ; racemes terminal, nodding. 

 VALERIANA. 3—1. (^Dipsacem.) [From FaZerms, who first described it.] 



dim'ciaj (r. J. %.) glabrous, radical leaves sub-spatulate, ovate, entire, very 

 long, petioled ; cauline ones few, pinnatifid ; divisions lanceolate, entire. 



fhii, cauline leaves pinnate, radical ones undivided; stem smooth. The Va- 

 lerian of medicine. Ex. 

 VALLISNERIA. 20—2. {Hydrocharidts.) [From Anthony Vallisneri.] 



spira'lis, (tape-grass, w. Au. %.) leaves floating, linear, obtuse, serrulate at the 

 summit, tapering at the base, radical ; peduncleof the pistillate flower long; 

 of staminate short, erect. Grows in still water. 

 VERATRUM. 6—3. (^JuncL] 



vir"ide, (Indian poke, white hellebore, g. J. y. 'Zj..) racemes paniculate ; bracts 

 of the branches oblong-lanceolate, partial ones longer than the sub-pubes- 

 cent peduncles ; leaves broad-ovate, plaited. 3-5 f. Meadows and swamps. 

 Abundant in the valleys of the Green Mountains. 

 VERBASCUM. 5—1. iSolanem.) [From barbascum, on account of its being bearded.] 



thap"sus, (mullein, y. J. (^.) leaves decurrent, downy both sides; stem gener- 

 ally simple, though sometimes branched above ; flowers in acylindricspike 

 3-6 f. 



blatta'ria, (moth mullein, sleek mullein, w-y. J. 11-.) leaves glabrous, tooth ser- 

 rate ; lower ones oblong-obovate ; upper ones heart-ovate, clasping ; pedicels 

 1-flowered, in a terminal, panicled raceme. Var. alba, leaves toothed; 

 flowers white. Var. lutea, leaves doubly serrate; flowers yellow. 2-3 f. 



VERBENA. 13—1. (Labiatm.) [From Aerie'wa, a name of distinction for herbs used in sa- 

 cred rites. The vervain in former times was held sacred, and employed in celebrating sa- 

 crificial rites.] 



hasta'ta, (vervain, simpler's joy, p-w. Ju. %.) erect, tall ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, gash-serrate ; lower ones sometimes gash-hastate ; spikes linear, 

 panicled, sub-imbricate. Var. pinnatijida, has the leaves gash-pinnatifid, 

 coarsely toothed. Var. oblongifolia, leaves lance-oblong, deeply serrate, 

 acute ; spikes filiform, panicled. 2-5 f. 



urticifo'lia, (nettle-leaf vervain, w. Ju. %.) erect, sub-pubescent; leaves oval, 

 acute, serrate, petioled ; spikes filiform, loose, axillary, terminal ; flowers 

 tetrandrous. 2-3 f. 

 VERBESINA. 17-2. {Corymbifera.) 



siegesbeck"ia, (y. Au. %.) stem winged ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceclate, aci> 

 minate at each end, acutely serrate; corymbs brachiate; branches irregu- 

 larly many-flowered at the summit ; root creeping ; stem erect, 4-6 f., 4- wing- 

 ed ; ray-florets 3-toothed. Shady woods. Penn. to Car. Crown-beard. 

 VERNONIA. 17—1. {Corymbiferm.') 



noveboracen'sis, (flat-top, p. Au. %.) leaves numerous, lanceolate, scabrouSi 

 serrulate ; corymbs fastigiate; scales of the involucre filiform at the summit; 

 flowers in a large terminal corymb ; stem 4-6 f. Branching towards the top. 

 Wet grounds. Can. to Car. 

 VERONICA. 2—1. {Pediculares.') 



<?^d?ia'Zi5, (speedwell, b. M. %.) spikes lateral, peduncled; leaves opposite, 

 obovate, hairy; stem procumbent, rough-haired. 9-12 i. 



anagaV'liss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. %.) racemes opposite, long, loose; leaves 

 lanceolate, serrate; stem erect. 12-18 i. 



beccabun"ga, (brook-lime, b. J. %..) racemes opposite ; leaves oval-obtuse, sub- 



