538 Ohder 88.— VBRBENACE-ffl. 



8 V. strigdsa Hook. Ereet, rigid, strigous-pubeseent, hoary, branched ; Ivs. oh- 

 hng, 3-paried to the base, incisehj hied and toothed, sessile ; fls. in loose, strict 

 spikes; cor. large; Jiracts as hng as the calyx; carp. 4, 7Wt separating. — N. Or- 

 leans (Hale). St. hollow, 2 to 3f high, acutely 4-angled. L£ lobes, all acute, 

 very veiny. Cor. purple ? 4 to 5" long. 



9 V. Aubletia L. Weak, assurgent, rather hairy; Ivs. ovate-oblong, 3-parted, 

 pinnatifld or incisely lobed and toothed, acute at base and petiolate ; spikes soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; bracts half as long as the cylindrical caiyx ; corollas showy, 

 eorymbed, segm. emarginate. — (J Va. to 111. (Lapham), La. and Fla. in dry soils, 

 also in gardens where its beautifiil flowers present every variety of color. Apr., 

 May. 



10 V. chamsedrifolia Smith. Ascending, hispid ; Ivs. oblong, acute, serrate, 

 Ipwer somewhat lobed, upper subenfcire ; spike long-pedunoled ; bracts a third as 

 hng as the long-cylindric calyx ; cor. showy, eorymbed ; segm. emarginate. — % 

 Many of the pretty garden Verbenas are varieties of this species from Buenos 

 Ayres. 



11 V. sororia Don ? Prostrate, somewhat hairy ; hs. multifid, with narrow, 

 ciliaie segments ; spikes pedunculate, short ; bracts half as long as the slender 

 calyx ; cor. small, lobes emarginate. — Garden Verbenas, with much smaller flow- 

 ers, usually pure white, f Asia. 



2. LIP'PIA, L. FoG-PRuiT. (To Augustus Lippi, a French physi- 

 cian.) Calyx 2-partccl, compressed, erect, membranous, shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla ; corolla funnel-shaped, limb sublabiato, upper 

 lip entire or emarg. lower 3-lobed; stam. .didynamous, included ; drupe 

 dry, thin, enclosed in the calyx, 2-sceded. — Shrubs or prostrate herbs, 

 with opposite Ivs. Hds. of fls. on axillary peduncles. (Zapania, Juss.) 

 Ij. nodifldra Mx. Glabrous, procumbent ; st. 4-angled, geniculate, simple, Ivs. 



lanceolate, varying to oblanoeolate, obtuse or acute, cuneate at base, petiolate, 

 shorter than tlie peduncles. — If On river banks, Penn. to Ind., lU. and La. Sts. 

 If or more long. Lvs. with conspicuous veins, 1 to 2' long, ^ to J as wide, pe- 

 tioles 3 to 6". Ped. 2 to 3'. Hds. ovoid or roundish, at length cyMndric-ohlong. 

 Fls.' small, purplish white. Jl., Aug. (Z. nodiflora and lanceolata Ph. &e.) 



3. PHRY^MA, L. Lop-seed. Calyx cylindric, bilabiate, upper lip 

 longer, 3-cleft, lower lip 2-toothed ; corolla bilabiate, upper lip emargi- 



,nate, much smaller than the 8-lobed lower one ; stamens included ; 

 fruit dry, oblong, striate, 1-cellcd, 1-seeded. — 11 Herbs with opposite 

 lvs. Fls. opposite, spicate, deflexed in fruit. 



P. leptOBtdohya L. Rooky woods. Can. and TJ. S. Stem 2 — 3f high. Leaves 

 large (3—6' long), thin and coarsely toothed, on short stalks. Fla. small, oppo- 

 site, light purple, in very long and slender spikes, of which one is terminal, the 

 rest opposite and axillary, each often with a pair of bracts below. After flower- 

 ing tlie calyx closes upon tho fruit and becomes reflexed baekwards dose to the 

 stem. Jl. 



4. CALLICAR'PA, L. French Mulberry. (Gr. KaXXoq, beautiful, 

 Kapnog, fruit ; for its abundant purple berries.) Calyx 4-toothed, bell- 

 jhapcd ; corolla short-bell-shaped, limb of 4 obtuse segments ; stamens 

 4, unequal, cxserted ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed; drupe juicy, enclosing 4 

 nutlets. — Shrubs with opposite lvs. and axillary, subumbellate fls. 



C. Ameriodna L. Branches and Ivs. beneath downy ; lvs. ovate, acuminate at 

 each end, crenate-dentate, smooth above; clusters cymous compound, shorter 

 than the petioles ; fruit forming dense verticils. — Light soils. S. States common 

 Shrub much branched, 3 to 5f high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 2 to 3' discolored beneath. 

 PiS. small, purple. Berries abundant, as largo as in Elder, sweetish. May — Jl. 



5. LANTA^NA, L. (An ancient name for the Viburnum ; from the 

 resemblance.) Calyx membranous, minute, obsoletely 4-toothed ; cor. 



