VERBENACEAE. Vo. III. 
1. Lippia cuneifolia (Torr.) Steud. Wedge- 
leaved Fog-fruit. Fig. 3560. 
Zapania cuneifolia Torr, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2: 234. 
1827, 
Lippia cuneifolia Steud.; Torr. in Marcy’s Rep. 293. 
bl. 17. 1853. 
Pale, minutely puberulent with forked hairs or 
glabrous, diffusely branched from the woody base; 
branches terete, slender, rigid, procumbent, some- 
what zigzag, with short erect branchlets at the 
nodes. Leaves linear-cuneate, sessile, obscurely 
veined, rigid, 1’-14’ long, 2-3” wide, with 2-8 
sharp teeth above the middle or rarely entire, 
acutish at the apex; peduncles shorter than or 
somewhat exceeding the leaves; head at first 
globose, becoming cylindric and 6”-8” long; 
bracts cuneate, abruptly acuminate from the trun- 
cate or retuse summit; calyx flattened, 2-cleft, the 
lobes 2-toothed or emarginate; corolla-tube longer 
than the calyx; fruit oblong. 
On plains, South Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado 
to' Texas, Mexico and Arizona. May—Aug. 
2. Lippia lanceolata Michx. Fog-fruit. 
Fig. 3561. 
L. lanceolata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15. 1803. 
Green, glabrous, or very sparingly pubes- 
cent with forked hairs; stems slender, weak, 
procumbent or ascending, sometimes rooting 
at the nodes, simple, or little branched, 1°-2° 
long. Leaves thin, oblong, ovate, or oblong- 
lanceolate, pinnately veined, short-petioled, 
acute or subacute at the apex, sharply serrate 
to below the middle, narrowed to the some- 
what cuneate base, 1-3’ long, 3’-15’ wide; 
peduncles slender, some or all of them longer 
than the leaves; heads at first globose, becom- 
ing cylindric and about 3’ long in fruit; bracts 
acute; calyx flattened, 2-cleft; corolla pale 
blue, scarcely longer than the calyx; fruit 
globose. 
In moist soil, Ontario to Minnesota, New Jer- 
sey, Illinois, Kansas, Florida, Texas and north- 
ern Mexico. Also in California. Frog-fruit. 
June-Aug. 
3. Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. Spatu- 
late-leaved Fog-fruit. Fig. 3562. 
Verbena nodiflora L. Sp. Pl. 20, 1753. 
Lippia nodiflora Michx Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 15. 1803. 
Minutely and rather densely puberulent with 
short appressed hairs, creeping, or some of the 
branches ascending, 1°-3° long. Leaves thickish, 
spatulate, cblanceolate, or obovate, 6’—23’ long, 
3-12” wide, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed 
into a long or short cuneate entire base, sharply 
serrate above the middle; peduncles slender, 1’-6’ 
long, much longer than the leaves; heads at length 
cylindric and 5’-12” long, 3-4” thick; calyx flat- 
tened, 2-cleft; corolla purple to white. 
In wet or moist soil, South Carolina to southern 
Missouri, Florida and Texas. Also in California, 
Central America, the West Indies, and apparently 
the same species in the warmer regions of the Old 
World. May-Sept. ‘ 
