No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 



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The herb was reputed to have many desirable properties 

 and was highly esteemed in old times, but is rarely if ever 

 used now. 



Verbena urticaefolia L. (having leaves like Urtica, the Nettle). 

 White Vervain. 



Frequent. Fields, roadsides and waste ground. July — 

 Aug. 



Verbena angustifolia Michx. (narrow-leaved). 



Rare or local. Sandy fields: Waterford (Graves), New 

 Haven (Harger), Orange (Fames, Andrews & Bissell), 

 Stratford (I. Holden & Baker), Southington (Andrews & 

 Bissell), Kent (E. H. Austin, Fames & C. C. Godfrey), Salis- 

 bury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June — ^July. 



Verbena hastata L. (spear-shaped). 



Verbena hastata L., var. pinnatiUda Britton. 

 Blue Vervain. 



Frequent. Roadsides, fields and waste places. July — 

 Aug. A hybrid of this with Verbena urticaefolia has been 

 collected at Oxford (Harger). 



Flowers sometimes rose color. The root and leaves are 

 medicinal and are occasionally used in domestic practice. 



Verbena stricta Vent, (upright; straight). 

 Hoary Vervain. 



Rare. Fields and waste places: Old Lyme (Graves), 

 Naugatuck (Mrs. C. H. Lyman), Bridgeport (Fames). June 

 — Aug. Adventive from the West. 



Verbena bracteosa Michx. (having bracts) . 



Rare or local. Waste ground: Hebron (Graves), Nauga- 

 tuck (Mrs. C. H. Lyman), Bridgeport (Fames), Winchester 

 (M. L. Fernald & .Weatherby). June — Aug. Adventive 

 from the West. 



Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton. 

 Verbena Aubletia Jacq. 

 Verbena Drummondi of authors. 

 Verbena. 



Rare. Escaped from old gardens: Southington (Bis- 



