VEMBENACEAE., 271 



11. EOHIUM L. 

 1. Echium vulgare L. Viper's Buy loss, Blue-weed. M. p. 776. Fields 

 and waste places. Early summer. 



Family 6. VERBENACEAE J. St. Hil. Vervain Family. 



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



Corolla-limb 4-lobed, 2-fipped; nutlets 2. 2. IAppia. , 



1. VEEBENA L. Vervain. 



Spikes filiform or slender; bracts shorter than the .flowers: 

 Spikes filiform; fruit scattered; corolla usually white. 



Leaves incised or pinnatifid; diffuse annual; fruit short. 



1., V. officinalis. 

 Leaves serrate (rarely incised) j erect perennial; fruit oblong. 



2. V. urticifolia. ' 

 Spikes slender; fruits densely imbricated; corolla blue. 



Plants glabrous or sparingly rough-pubescent ; corolla 8-10 mm. long. 

 . Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, petioled. 3. V. hastata. 



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



4. V. angustifolia. 

 Plants densely soft-pubescent ; corolla 8-10 mm. long. 



5. V. strieta. 

 Spikes thick, dense ; bracts longer than the flowers. 6. V. bracteos'a. 



1. . Verbena officinalis L. Vervain. M. p. 777. Waste and cultivated 

 ground. Summer. 

 Philadelphia — Navy Yard, Mart. (B. C), Germantown (Me.), Green- 

 wich Point (Te.). Montgomery— Shannonville (Cr.). Lancaster— York 

 Furnace (Mac.), Peach Bottom (Pr.). Dauphin— (P.). 



Camden— Kaighn 's Point. Salem— Woodstown (Wa.). Atlantic— 

 Pleasant Mills, E. A. Bau (B. C), May's Landing (9fe.) (Wn.). Mercer 

 — Roadsides, frequent (C«). 

 New Castle — Streets of Wilmington. Scarce. 



2. Verbena urticifolia L. M. p. 777. Fields and waste places. Summer. 



3. Verbena hastata L. Blue Vervain. M. p. 778. Waste grounds and 



meadows. Summer. 



4. Verbena angustifolia Michx., M. p. 778. Dry or sandy ground. Sum- 



mer. 



Bucks— Three-mile Run (Fr.), Pineville, Wrightstown (Ws.). Mont- 

 gomery — Whitemarsh (Me.). Delaware — -. Near Media (Fu.), Marple 

 (Mac.), Lansdowne (Pe.). Chester— Westtown (Le.). Lancaster— York 

 Furnace (Cr.) (Mac), Fites' Eddy (W. Tr;). Northampton— (P.). 

 Dauphin— Paxtang (Mar.), Steelton (Wn.). 



Burlington— New Lisbon (Te.). Camden— Gloucester, Sicklerville, Dr. 

 J. B. Brinton (B. C.),. Winslow Junction (Ke.). Gloucester— Near 

 Mickleton (He.), Swedesboro (Li.). Atlantic— Hammonton (Cr.), Abse- 

 con (Wn.). Somerset — Peapack (C). Bunterdon — Sergeantville Rose- 

 mont (C). 



New Castle — Centerville, Commons; Wilmington. 



5. Verbena stricta Vent. M. p. 778. Dry soil. Summer. 



Lancaster— (P.). 



New Castle— Jason Davis, Newcastle Hd. 



