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5. STACHYTARPHA, K 



Calyx 4-5-2-cleiitate. Corolla 5-lobed : tube often incurved. Stamens included, fertile 

 2 : anther-ccUs diverging. Stigma capitate. Irvit 2-coccous : nutlets linear, 1-seeded. — 

 Herbs or shrubs ; flowers spicule, in the West Indian species sunk in furrows of the 

 rhachis. 



5. S. cayennensis, T. Shrubby ; leaves ovate, blunt or bluntish, serrate, contracted 

 into the petiole ; spikes slender : furrows as broad as the rhachis : bracts liuear-acuminate, 



^^etaceous above; calyx i-dentate. — Calyx 2'" long; corolla-limb 2'" diam., rhachis at 

 length 1'" diam. — Hae. Jamaica I, Macf., March ; Antigua !, WuUschl., Dominica 1, Imr. ; 

 Trinidad!, Sch. ; [Mexico! to Brazil!]. 



, 6. S. jamaicensis, V. Annual, snffrutescent, glabrescent; leaves oval, coarsely ser- 

 rate, tapering into the petiole ; spikes elongated, cylindrical ; furrows narrower than the 

 thickened rhachis: bracts lanceolate-subulate ; calyx i-dentate. — S^. ^ 107./. 1. Desc. 

 n. 6. t. 693.— Verbena, L. S. indica, T.— 2'-!' high ; spikes often 1' long, rhachis 2'" 

 diam. below; calyx 2"'-3"' long ; corolla blue: limb 4'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas I, 5!«ffj»i. ,■ 

 Jamaica), Kst., March; S. Kitts!, Ms., Antigua!, Wulhchl., S. Vincent I, Guild.; Tri- 

 nidad !, Lochh., Sch. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil ! ; naturalized in trop. Africa! and Asia !]. 



7. S. Btrigosa, V, Annual, suffruticose, pilose ; leaves oval, serrate, contracted into 

 the petiole ; spikes elongated, cylindrical : furrows narrower than the thickened rhachis : 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate ; calyx 4-dentate. — 1'-2' high ; spikes of the preceding, often 

 incurved above, but corolla smaller, diameter of the limb 3"'-2"'. — Hab. Antigua!, 

 WuUschl.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [S. Thomas; Mexico!]. 



8. S. mutabilis, V. Suffruticose, scabrous-pubescent; leaves ovate, serrate, con- 

 tracted into the petiole, scabrous above, pubescent beneath ; spikes elongated, erect : fur- 

 rows at length narrower than the thickened rhachis : bracts lanceolate-subulate, spreading 



'above the middle; calyx 4-dentate, hispid ; corolla large, red. — Jacq.Ic.Rar.t.Wil. — 

 Verbena, Jacq.- — Stout ; calyx 5"'-6"' long ; corolla crimson, at length rosy : limb 6"'-8"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Fd., in the mountains of S. .Andrews, probably introduced; Tri- 

 nidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba and Mexico ! to Guiana !]. 



' 6. LIPPIA, L. 



Calyx 2-4-dentate. Corolla 2-lipped : limb spreading. Stamens included, didynamous : 

 anther-ccUs parallel. Stigma obliquely capitate. Fruit 2-coccous, or the two one-seeded 

 nutlets cohering, — Herbs or shrubs; flowers capitate or spicate. 



In Zapania, the section of the genus comprising our species, the primary leaf-veins run 

 alternately with the serratiires (as in Rhinanthus) : the network in Lantana is similar. 



* Annual, diffuse herbs ; peduncles short. 



9. Ii. betnlifolia, Kih. Annual, diffuse-procumbent, eglandular ; down scattered, 

 appressed, affixed at the middle ; leaves rhomboid-ovate, coarsely serrate ; peduncles axillary, 

 fascicled or single, about as long as the conical-oblong, blunt head, usually exceeded by the 

 petiole; bracts wedge-shaped, abruptly cuspidate: awn little exceeding the small, rosy 

 corolla ; calyx minute, 2-dentate, about half as long as the corolla. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 10. 

 t. 38./. 1.— Leaves li"-l", heads 4"', corolla 4"' long.— Hab. Ti-inidad!, Pd., Cr., a weed, 

 in canefields; [Guiana!, New Granada !, Brazil!]. 



** liadicant, herbaceous, or sujruticose plants ; peduncles long. 



10. Ii. nodiflora, Rich. Annual, radicant, herbaceous (or suffruteseent) ; down of the 

 stem appressed, affixed at the middle ; leaves spathulate, serrate above, glabrescent : veins 

 obsolete; heads ovoid, at length oblong ; peduncles axillary, single, usually exceeding the 

 leaf: bracts ovate-roundish, cuneate at the base, mucronate (or rounded), little exceeded by 

 the white corolla ; calyx bifid on the zipper, bipartite 'on the lower side, little shorter than 

 the corolla-tube. — Sibth. Fl. Grtec. t. 553 : the European form with rounded bracts. — 

 Verbena, L. Zapania, Lam. — Leaves usually 1", flowering heads 3"'-4"', corolla l^"' long. 



