Family VERBENACEZ 125 
1. PHRYMACE. 
1. Phryma. 856. 
1. Phryma leptostachya L. . Lopseed. 
In woods and in thickets throughout the state. Anselmo; Aten; 
Bellevue; Belmont; Crete; Lincoln; Mullen; Nebraska City; Valen- 
tine. 
2. VERBENACEZ. 
Vervain Family. 
Flowers in elongated spikes, corolla 5-lobed, regular or nearly so. 
1. Verbena. 
Flowers in heads or short spikes, corolla 4-lobed, 2-lipped. 2. Lippia. 
1. Verbena. 777. 
Bracts short, little if any longer than the calyx; stems erect. 
Leaves serrate; bracts mostly shorter than the calyx; flowers 4-10 
mm. long. 
Fruits scattered; corolla usually white, 2 mm. broad. 
1. V. urticifolia. 
Fruits imbricated, corolla blue, 3 mm. or more broad. 
Plants slightly rough-pubescent; flowers 4-6 mm. long. 
Spikes numerous; stems 0.5-2 mm. tall. 2. V. hastata. 
Spikes usually solitary; stems 2-6 dm. high. 3. V. angustifolia. 
Plants densely soft-pubescent; flowers 8-10 mm. long. 
AN; strieta. 
Leaves bipinnately parted; bracts longer than the calyx. 
6. V. bipinnatifida. 
Bracts longer than the flowers; stems often prostrate. 5. V. bracteosa. 
1. Verbena urticifolia L. White or Nettle-leaved Vervain. 
In woods and meadows in the eastern part of the state. Callaway; 
Crete; Franklin; Lincoln; Nebraska City; Pishelville; Valentine; 
Wymore; Weeping Water. 
2. Verbena hastata L. Blue Vervain. 
Common in meadows and low prairies, especially in the eastern part 
of the state. Banner county; Cherry county; Lincoln; Mullen; Ne- 
braska City; Niobrara; Wymore; Weeping Water. 
3. Verbena angustifolia Michx. 
Lincoln. 
4. Verbena stricta Vent. Common Vervain. 
Common in dry soil all over the state. Aten; Benkelman; Cherry 
county; Fairbury; Lincoln; Nebraska City; Red Cloud; Thedford; 
Walton; Wahoo. 
5. Verbena bracteosa Michx. Creeping Vervain. 
A common weed in pastures and waste places over the whole state. 
Box Butte county; Lincoln; Mead; Nebraska City; St. James; Thed- 
ford; Valentine. 
6. Verbena bipinnatifida Nutt. 
In dry prairies in the western part of the state. Arapahoe; Broken 
Bow; Fort Robinson; Indianola; Oxford; Spencer; Whitney. 
