444 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
HERB.: Taylor 776, Glenwood; Ballard 726, Benton, 
Carver Co.; Taylor 515, Mud lake, Waseca Co.; Sheldon 48, 
Elysian; Taylor 648, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 776, Sleepy Eye; 
Holzinger 158, Winona Co.; Kassube 173, Minneapolis; Oestlund 
125, Minneapolis; Leonard 33, Minneapolis; Herrick 215, Min- 
neapulis; Sandberg 418, Goodhue Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1734, Min- 
neapolis; Herb. Moyer 171, Chippewa river, near Montevideo. 
Verbena angustifolia Micux. Fl. N. Am. II, 18 (1803). 
V. rugosa WILLD. Enum. 633 (1809). 
V. simplec Lenm. Pugill. I, 37 (1828). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 402; Britt , Fl. N. J. 194; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 103; Chap., Fl. S. St. 307; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 379; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
210; Gray, Syn. FI. IT, 1, 336. 
North America: Q. and Ont. to Mass., N. J. and Fla. ; 
W. to Minn. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: N. EH. district; rare; dry soil or shaded 
banks. 
HerRsB.: Ballard 212, Jordan, Scott Co. 
Verbena urticaefolia Linn. Spec. 29 (1753). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 402; Britt.. Fl. N. J. 194; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 139; Upham, Fl. Minn. 103; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 307; Mac., Fl. Can. 
I, 378; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 608; Cov., Fl. Ark. 211; Gray, Syn. 
Fl. II, 1, 385; Coult., Fl. Tex. 327. 
North America: N. B., Q., Ont. to Owen Sound; S. 
to N. Eng. and Fla.; W. to Ark., Tex. and California; S. in 
Mexico and C. America. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; common; banks of streams 
or lakes, woods and thickets. 
Hers.: Sheldon 840, Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1575, Lake 
Benton; Sheldon 1091, Springfield; Ballard 530, Cleary’s lake, 
Scott Co.; Ballard 667, Waconia; Taylor 809, Glenwood; Kas- 
sube 174, Minneapolis; Herrick 216, Minneapolis; Ozstlund 126, 
Minneapolis; Sandberg 419, Goodhue Co.; Herb. Sheld. 1650, 
Minneapolis; Herb. Moyer 172, Montevideo. 
XCIV. LABIATAE. Mint Family. 
Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 607 (1836-40); Lindl. Veg. King. 659 (1846)— 
Lamiaceae; Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. II, 1160 (1876); Baillon, Hist. 
Pl. XI, 1 (1892). 
Genera: 150+; cosmopolitan; 129 (Baillon). 
Species: 3000+; particularly abundant in the Orient; 
2-8 fossil in Recent rocks. 
