VERBENACEAE 525 



12. Lycopsis L. 

 1. L. arvensis L. In fields and waste places: N. S. to Ont., Pa. 

 and Va. Adventive from Europe. 



Not common as a weed near the larger cities. 



13. Echium [Tourn.] L. 



1. E. vulgare L. In fields and waste places: N. B. to Va., Ont. 



and Neb. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Locally abundant as a weed. 



E. pustulatum Sibth. and E. violaceum have been collected as waifs near New York. 



Nonnca nigricans DC, Anchitsa officinalis L., and A, leptophylla Roem & Schult. have 

 been collected as waifs in the area. 



Cochranea anchusaefoiia (Poir.) Giirke has been collected as a waif. 



The reported occurrence of Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill on L. I. has not been 

 verified. No specimens are forthcoming. 



VERBENACEAE 



Corolla-limb 5-lobed, regular or nearly so; nutlets 4. 1. Verbena. 



Corolla-limb 4-lobed, 2-lipped; nutlets 2. 2. Lippia. 



i. Verbena [Tourn.] L. 



Spikes filiform; fruit scattered; corolla usually white. 



Leaves incised or pinnatifid; diffuse annual. 



Leaves serrate, rarely incised; erect perennial. 

 Spikes slender; fruits densely imbricated; corolla blue. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, petioled. 



Leaves linear to spatulate-lanceolate, mostly obtuse and sessile. 



i. V. officinalis L. In waste or cultivated ground: Me. to Fla. 

 and Tex. Also on the Pacific Coast. Naturalized from the 

 Old World. 



Locally rare as a weed. 



2. V. urticifolia L. (V. riparia Raf.) In waste places, and in 



fields: N. B. to S. Dak., Kan., Fla. and Tex. 



Common throughout the area, often as a weed. 



Hybrids of this species with V. hastata have been reported and are to be looked for in 

 the area. 



3. V. hastata L. In moist fields and waste places: N. S. to B. 



Col., Fla., Neb. and N. Mex. 



Common as a weed in most parts of our range except the pine- 

 barrens. 



