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vains or verbenas (Verbena hastata and V. stricta) ; also fog- 

 fruit (Ivippia lyceroides), another of this family, is valued very 

 highly iu Texas — it grows ten feet high, and bears beautiful 



Fig. 248. 



True Mangrove. — Original. 



white flowers ; the ironweeds (Vernonias), the malvas, Cul- 

 ver's root, Veronica Virginica — another of the figwort family ; 

 Indian plantains, Cacalias, and viper's bugloss — the so-called 



