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  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  MYOPORINEAE. 
  

  

  Avicennia 
  nitida? 
  — 
  Near 
  the 
  outlets 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   sea 
  islands 
  near 
  the 
  Balize 
  ; 
  called 
  improperly, 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  

   Mangle. 
  

  

  VERBENACEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Verbena 
  urticifolia. 
  The 
  root 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tonic, 
  useful 
  in 
  

   intermittent 
  fever. 
  2. 
  V. 
  hastata. 
  3. 
  V. 
  bracteosa. 
  4. 
  V. 
  stricta. 
  

   5. 
  V. 
  Caroliniana. 
  6. 
  V. 
  rugosa, 
  Willd. 
  Enum. 
  633. 
  

  

  Glandularia, 
  Gmelin. 
  Calix 
  tubulosus 
  quinquedentatus, 
  denti- 
  

   bus 
  setaceis 
  inaequalibus 
  ; 
  corollae 
  limbus 
  quinquefidus 
  subaequalis, 
  

   lobis 
  emarginatis, 
  ore 
  villoso 
  ; 
  stamina 
  quatuor; 
  stigma 
  bilabiata; 
  semina 
  

   quatuor. 
  Foliis 
  trifidis 
  laciniatis 
  oppositis 
  ; 
  spica 
  solitaria 
  pedunculata, 
  

   corolla 
  Buchnerae. 
  

  

  1. 
  G. 
  Aubletia. 
  Assurgens, 
  foliis 
  trifidis 
  incisis 
  hirsutis, 
  seminibus 
  

   laeviusculis 
  (Verbena 
  Aubletia, 
  Ait. 
  Kewens, 
  1, 
  p. 
  33; 
  Mich. 
  Flor. 
  2, 
  

   p. 
  13; 
  Jacq. 
  Hort. 
  Vind. 
  2, 
  p. 
  82, 
  t. 
  176; 
  V. 
  longiflora, 
  Lamarck, 
  

   Illust. 
  1, 
  p. 
  57; 
  Jussieu, 
  Gen. 
  PI. 
  p. 
  109; 
  Buchnera 
  Canadensis, 
  Lin. 
  

   Mant. 
  p. 
  88 
  ; 
  Glandularia 
  Carolinensis, 
  Gmel. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  2, 
  p. 
  920). 
  

   — 
  Hab. 
  Every 
  where 
  common 
  in 
  elevated 
  prairies 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   Arkansas 
  territory. 
  

  

  2. 
  Q.*bipinnatifida. 
  Suberecta,hirsuta; 
  foliis 
  trifidis 
  bipinnatifidis, 
  

   laciniis 
  linearibus, 
  seminibus 
  impresso-punctatis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  open 
  

   calcareous 
  hills 
  of 
  Red 
  river. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  

   Perennial. 
  Leaves 
  trifid, 
  divisions 
  trifidly 
  pinnatifid, 
  somewhat 
  hirsute 
  ; 
  

   bracts 
  subulate, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calix; 
  calix 
  tubular, 
  dentures 
  subulate 
  

   unequal, 
  the 
  lowest 
  segment 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  nearly 
  

   straight, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  calix 
  ; 
  border 
  large 
  and 
  flat, 
  5-cleft, 
  lobes 
  

   obcordate 
  and 
  emarginate, 
  with 
  the 
  orifice 
  villous; 
  stamina 
  four, 
  

   fertile, 
  didynamous 
  and 
  included 
  ; 
  style 
  at 
  length 
  exserted 
  ; 
  stigma 
  

   bilabiate, 
  the 
  lobes 
  unequal 
  ; 
  corolla 
  lilac 
  blue, 
  the 
  border 
  equal 
  and 
  

   similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Aubletia, 
  which 
  species 
  the 
  whole 
  plant 
  strongly 
  re- 
  

   sembles. 
  These 
  two 
  similar 
  species, 
  with 
  several 
  more 
  South 
  Ameri- 
  

  

  