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lanceolatis, basi cunealo-angustatis, apice oblu- 

 siusculis, margine serratis, subtus cano-tomen- 

 tosis; peduncnlis axillaribus, patentibus; capi- 

 lulis globosis, bracteis imbricatis, ovatis, apicu- 

 latis, birlis, fioribus brevioribus. 



Hab. locis sylvestribus atl latera sumnii mon- 

 tis insulas Cbarles (Ipse). 



Frutic.osa, orgyalis et ultra. Rami virgati, tetragoni, ad 

 nodos ramulorum incrassati; ramuli versus apicem adpresse 

 strigoso-pilosi. Folia opposita, oblongo-lanceolata, basi inte- 

 gerrima in peliolum brevissi.mum, supra, canaliculatum cune- 

 ato-anguslala, apice oblusa v, subrotundala, marginibus pa- 

 rum curvatis argute nec profunde erenalo-serrala, 2. 1 , — 3 pol- 

 jices longa, fere pollicem lata, supFa. costa venisque regulari- 

 bus impressa, obscure viridia, exsiceatione nigrescentia, piiis 

 brevissimis arcte adpressis obsolete conspersa, subtus elevato- 

 venosa, densissime incano-tomentosa, in nervis bjspida. Pe- 

 dunculi axillares, vix 2 uncias longi, ereGlo-palentes, incras- 

 sati, tetragoni, adpresse strigosi. Capitula globosa, post flore 

 scentiam ovato-elongala. Bractere multifariam imbricala:, sub- 

 aequales, a medio dilalatue, in apiculum contraelie, basi angu- 

 statue, late cuneafae, pilis hispidis extus hirsuke. tubo co- 

 rollie duplo breviores. Calyx subglobosus, ma-lurus obsolete 

 bicarinato-compressiu-culus, inferne cinereo-hirtus, basi el in- 

 tus glabrescens, capsulam maluram totam arcte invoUens, nec 

 eam laciniis superans. Corollae tubus calyce duplo longior, 

 sursum ampliatus, nudiusculus; limhus profunde parlilus, la- 

 ciniis margine revolutis. Capsula globosa, apiculata, glabra, 

 lineam longa, coccis facile secedenf ibus. 



Secundum descriplionem cum L. AspiiitiFOLiA valde congruit. 

 Differt aulem: pube nullo modo glandulosa, ramulis exacte te- 

 tragonis, bracteisque tubo corollye brevioribus. 



102. VERBENA. 



Linn. geu n. 23. Endl. gen. n. 3685. 



210. V. officinalis L. sp. pl. p. 29. DC. proclr. 

 XI. p. 547. Uooker 1. c. p, 194. 



Hab. in insula James (Darwin). 



211. V. caroliniana Linn. sp. 2. p. 29. DC. prodr. 

 XI. p. 546. 



