442 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
XCIH. VERBENACEAE. Verbena Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 632 (1836-40); Endlicher, |. c. 639 (Stilbineae}; 
Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. II, 1131 (1876); Baillon, Hist. Pl. XI, 
72 (1892), 
' Genera: 65+; tropical regions; a few in temperate N. 
and S. hemisphere; S. rather than N. 
Species: 750-800; 1-2, fossil in Tertiary. 
LEPTOSTACHYA Mrrcu. Act. Med. Cur. VIII, 212 (1748). 
Phryma LINN. Diss. Chen. 1092 (1751). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 1137; Durand, Jnd. Gen. Phan. 319; O. 
Kuntze, Rev. Gen. II, 508; Baillon, Hist. Pl. XI, 82. 
Living species: 1; Japan, E. Asia and N. America. 
Leptostachya leptostachya (LInN. ). 
Phryma leptostachya LINN. Spec. 838-(1753). 
Leptostachya carolinensis OK. Rev. Gen. II, 508 (1891). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 403; Britt., Fl. N. J. 194; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 140; Upham, Fl. Minn. 103; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 378, 574; Chap., Fl. 
S. St. 310; Forbes and Hems, FI. Sin. II, 251; Cov., Fl. Ark. 210; Gray, 
Syn. FI. IT, 1, 334. 
Japan to N. India, E. Siberia and Manchuria. 
North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound and 
Minn.; 8S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla.; W. to Neb., Ark. and 
Miss. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; not infrequent; woods and 
river banks or shores of lakes. 
Hers.: Ballard 890, St. Bonifacius; Ballard 771, Swan 
lake, Carver Co.; Taylor 821, Glenwood; Ballard 403, Jordan, 
Scott Co.; Ballard 540, Cleary’s lake, Scott Co.; Sheldon 1095, 
Springfield; Ballard 425, New Prague, Scott Co.; Sheldon 565, 
Waseca; Sheldon 890, Sleepy Eye; Taylor 665, Cobb river, Blue 
Earth Co.; Oestlund 129, Hennepin Co.; Sandberg 421, Cannon 
Falls; Kassube 177, Minneapolis; Herb. Moyer 174, 175, Chip- 
pewa river, near Montevideo. 
VERBENA Linn. Gen. 884 (1787). 
Glandularia GMEL. Syst. 920 (1807). 
Billardiera Morncn, Meth. 396 (1794). 
Shuttileworthia MEIssN. Gen. 290 (1836). 
Uwarowia BuNGE, Bull. Acad. Petr. VII, 278 (1840). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II, 1146; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 320; 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. X{, 96. 
Living species: 80+; 1, almost cosmopolitan, the rest 
in tropical and extratropical America, principally North; also 
1 in Mediterranean region and 1 in Australia. N. America, 15; 
S. Sts., 9; E. Sts., 7; Rocky Mts., 5; Canada, 4; California, 7-8; 
Pl. Wheel., 8; Pl. King, 2; W. Tex., 11. 
