roiMLAK ILOKA. 



18I 



• * Flowprs ill II tcriJiinul loone rncotiio. 



6. Thymk-i.kavkI) S. Smooth nml hiiimII, -2.' to 4' lii;,'li from li crocpiii;» linso ; Icftvcs nvato or 



oblong, the lowest petioled iuhI roumli'd. FiehU, everywhere. T', »ivp>iflift)in. 



* * * Flowers in the iixil« of tlie upper leaves. Hoot nnmml. 



7. PniHr.ANE S. or Nkckwkki). Smodtli, l)raiicliinj,'. erect; lower Ifiives oval .»r oblons*. tootlml, 



atiii jiotioled ; npptrriKiHt ol)loii;,'lii)car, s<'S.sih', ami ciitiie. ('ult. grouiiiis, kc. V. jtnri/rht 1. 



8. Corn S. Hairy; lower leaven oviitc, creiiiite, [letioled ; the upper seHsile, lauce-Mliapeil, ii:ii| 



entire. Cultivated grounds. V, arv6HHi». 



Toadflax. I/innrin. 



1. Common T (I'lTTKitAND-Eccs, Hamntkd). Stems hraiichiuK, crowded with the pale liiu' r 



leaves ; flciwt'r.s cinwded in a close raienu'. largo and hhowy, pale ydldw with tlie p.d.ito 

 ora!it,'e-colo(ired. A weed in fields and roadsides. /,. rii'tidvi.i. 



2. Wtl.D ']'. Sti'in very slender, simple, witli scattered linear leaves ; prostrate shnots at the liottoiii 



with broader loavea ; flowers very small, blue, in u slender rucenic. Saiuly soil. L. i'<iiiiiili.'a in. 



Gterardia. Hevdrdln. 



Plants with large and showy somewhat lenfyracenied flowers ; tiie corolla a little irregular, 1 iit 

 liardly 2lipped. Stamens woolly or iiairy ; the 4 anthers aiiproaching in pairs, Fl. late summer 

 und autumn. 



* Corolla rose-purple: calyx boll-shaped, with s sliort teeth : jdants low and bushy-branched. 



1. I't'Ul'I.K (i. Leaves linear, rough-niargined ; flowers i' long, short stalked. (!. fiiirfiur'H. 



2. Sl.K.NDKK (i. Leaves linear; flower about V long, on a long and slender stalk. (•', tfiniifdlid. 



* * Cijrolla yellow, with a rather long tube, woolly inside ; calyx 5 cleft, leaf-like. 



3. Downy (J, Stem 13' or 4'' high) nud oblong or lance-shaped leaves elotlied witii a fine close 



down, upper leaves entire, lower ones sinuate or ])innatifid. Woods, (t.jlani. 



4. Smooth «i. Smooth througl:oiit and glaucous, 3'' to 6' high; lower leaves twice i)innatifid, 



ujiper ones i>innatifid or entire. Rich woods. G. qnercifi^tlii. 



5. Cl'T-i.KAVi:i> (!. Hailier downy, bushy-branched, 2" or 3" high, very leafy ; leaves iiinnatifid, 



the crowded divisions cut and toothed. ('. }ii({i'uhiri<t, 



62. VERVAIN FAMILY. Order VERBEXACE.t:. 



IIerl).s oi' ."liiiibljv ]diuil.s witli oppopitt* loaves, a2-lil>l)e(l or iiiuMju.ilIy 5-(iir raicly 4-) 

 Idlifil cofdUii, ami 4 stamens in jiair.s (/.c, 2 lon>,' and 2 short one.-); tlu; jii.-til witli a 

 siip^le ovarv and only i seed in each cell ; the iriiit either heny-likt; ^\ilh 4 sti»ne>, (.r 

 dry and spliitinL,' into 2 or 4 akeiios, or in Lr)])-('ed consist in^' of a i^iiiijlf akein.'. This 

 fani: y is intermediate hetween tlie l'orej,H)in;,,' unler an I the next. Tlie two fullowin^' 

 are tile commonest genera. 



Calyx cylindrical. 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lii)])ed. Ovary i-celled, simple. Herb, in woods, . 

 with small whitish flowers in slender and loose spikes; the calyx containing the 

 akeiie, turned down in fruit, (I'in'jima) LopsKHD. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla salver-sliaped, with 5 slightly unequal lobes. Flowers 



in spikes or heads, summer and autumn, ( Verbena) VKUwyx. 



