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out-toothed lobes ; small purplish flowers in very slender panicled 

 spikes. (D 



V. urticaefdlia, Linn. White V. -Stem 4°-6° high; leaves oval or 

 oblong-ovate, coarsely serrate, petioled ; spikes of small white flowers 

 slender and loose. % Throughout. 



*+ ++ 11 Spikes thick, or at least densely flowered, with the fruits over- 

 lapping. 



V. angustii61ia, Miohx. Stems 6'-18' high ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 sessile, roughish, slightly toothed; spikes few, thickish, crowded with 

 purple flowers. Mass. to Minn., and S. 



V. atrfcta, Vent. Barrens, W. and S.; whitish-hairy, l°-2° high; 

 leaves obovate or oblong, serrate, sessile ; spikes thick and dense ; 

 flowers blue, larger than in the others. 



V. hastata, Linn. Blub V. Stem 4°-6° high ; leaves lance-oblong, 



some of the larger with short side lobes at base, cut-serrate, petioled ; 



spikes densely flowered, corymbed or panicled ; flowers blue. Common 



along roadsides. „. ,. ... 



+- -i- Stems spreading on the ground. 



V. bractedsa, Michx. From Mich, and Minn., S.; hairy; leaves 

 wedge-shaped or lance-oblong, cut-pinnatifid or 3-cleft, short-petioled ; 

 small purple flowers in solitary loose spikes, the lower ones leafy-bracted. 



* * Verbenas of the garden sort, with creeping or spreading stems, and 

 dense spikes of larger or showy flowers ; anthers of the longer stamens 

 with a gland-like tip. % (J) 



+- Leaves generally sessile. 



V. teucroldes, Gill. & Hook. Erect or spreading, with ovate oblong 

 and incised leaves, and a lengthened spike of white or pale rosy flowers, 

 sweet-scented, especially at nightfall. Brazil and S. 



V. chamasdrifblia, Juss. The original Scarlet V., with oblong-lance- 

 olate, coarsely serrate leaves, nearly all sessile, and most intense red or 

 scarlet flowers, in a flat cluster. Brazil. 



+- +- Leaves petiolate. 



** Leaf-divisions or lobes wedge-form or broad. 



V. Aubl&tia, Linn. Wild from Ind., W. and S.; has cut-pinnatifid 

 leaves, and a long-peduncled spike of purple flowers, minutely bearded 

 in the throat. This and the several other species variously mixed, make 

 up the garden Verbenas. . 



V. ph log i flora, Cham. (V. Tweediana). More upright; the leaves 

 decidedly petioled ; the flowers inclined to form an oblong spike, and 

 crimson, varying to rose,. but not to scarlet. Brazil. 



V. incJsa, Hook. Like V. phlogifl6ra, save in the pinnatifid-in- 

 cised leaves, the petioled ones with a heart-shaped base ; flowers in a 

 flat cluster, rose-color or purple. Brazil. 



V. venbsa, Gill. & Hook. Stems simple and ascending ; leaves oblong 

 and sub-cuneate, more or less clasping, incised-serrate, wrinkled and 

 rough above, revolute ; flowers lilac, in terminal more or less peduncled 

 spikes. Brazil. ^ ^ Leaf-divisions linear. 



V. erinoldes, Lam. (V. MULTfFiDA). Dwarf and much creeping, rough- 

 hairy, with leaves pinnatifid into linear divisions, and originally with 

 violet-purple flowers ; and 



/. tenera, Speng, (V. polchella), with equally finely cut leaves, and 

 rather larger, originally rose-violet flowers, are part parents of the 

 smaller races. Both of Brazil. 



