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tube strait, narrow ; divisions ovate equal : sta- 

 mens nearly equal : stigma linear, recurved. 42. 

 39— coertt/(?«s, (blue gentian) viscid-hairy : leaves 

 lance-ovate, tapering to both ends, (x) b. 



Verbena. Corol funnel-form with a curved 

 tube, border 5-cleft nearly equal: calyx 5-cleft : 

 seeds 2 or 4 : sometimes but 2 stamens or 2 bar- 

 ren ones. — urticifoliay (vervain) spikes filiform, 

 leaves undivided ovate serrate. I^. w-p.— Aa^rara, 

 leaves hastate below and lanceolate above. X . w-b. 

 angusti/oliaj spikes filiform, leaves narrow lance- 

 linear. Small. If.. Y,-—aubletia^ spikes lax, leaves 

 3-cleft, erect, (x)- r- — spuria, stems many, leaves 

 raany-cleft jagged. 2/. w-r — Jiinnatijiday leaves pin- 

 natifid. 



Lavandula. Calyx ovate subdentate, bracts 

 under-studded : corol resupinate : stamens in the 

 tube. 42. 39 — sfncata, (lavander) leaves sessile 

 lance-linear, spike leafy. 



Lamium. Corol with the upper lip entire, vault- 

 ed; under lip 2-Jobed ; throat with a tooth at each 

 margin. 42. 39 — amfilexicaule, (dead nettle) floral 

 leaves sessile clasping gashed. (£). p. 



BRACHYSTE>fUM. Corol with the upper lip 

 sub-emarginate, lower lip obtusely 3-lobed : fila- 

 ments very short nearly equal: seed oblong-cylin- 

 dric. 42. 39 — virg-inicum, (Virginian thyme) leaves 

 lanceolate, flowers in small heads fastigiate, stem 

 square. H. w. 



Pycnanthemum. Involucre bract-like, many- 

 leaved, under small heads of flowers : calyx tubu- 

 lar, striate : corol with the upper lip sub-entire, 

 lower lip 3-cleft : stamens nearly equal. 42. 39— 

 jciristatum, (wild basil, or mountain mint) bracts li- 

 near acuminate, leaves lance-oval with short peti- 

 oles acuminate, plant downy. 2/. w-p. — incanum, 

 bracts bristle-form; leaves oval petioledacuniinate, 



