1 i $ Botany of Illinois and Missouri. 



Hab. Alluvions of the Mississippi, opposite to St. Louis 

 — July. 



Verbena hastata. Lin. 

 Hab. Road sides in prairies — June. 



Verbena urticifolia. Lin. 

 Hab. In similar situations — July. 



Verbena angustifolia. Mich. 



Hab. Prairies near St. Louis, also in the mine district — 

 June. 



Verbena stricta. Vent. 



Hab, Barrens near St. Louis — July. 



Obs. My specimens agree with the descriptions of this 

 species, except that the leaves are oval or ovate, and not obo- 

 vate. 



Verbena lanceolata. 



V. erecta, hirsuta; foliis lanceolatis, acutiusculis, basi at- 

 tenuatis, subsessilibus, inciso-serratis ; spica terminale, stricta, 

 imbricata ; bracteis lanceolatis, calyce superantibus. 



Stem simple, two to three feet high, stifly erect, hairy. 

 Leaves three to four inches long, about an inch in breadth, 

 crowded together, somewhat acute, coriaceous, much atten- 

 uated at base, subsessile. Spike simple, terminal, dense 

 flowered, imbricate. Flowers small, blue. Bracts narrow- 

 lanceolate, acute, longer than the calyx. Resembles V. 

 Stricta in habit. 



Hab. Near St. Louis — July. 



Verbena Aubletia. Jacq. 

 Hab. Rocky banks of the Mississippi at St. Louis — May. 



Verbena bracteosa. Mich. ? 



V. decumbens hirsutus; foliis laciniatis, inferioribus pe- 

 tiolatis ; bracteis linearibus, longissimis, patentibus. 



Obs. I am somewhat in doubt concerning this plant. 

 Its general resemblance to V. aubletia, induced me to think 

 that it was V. pennatifida of Nuttall, {Jour Amer. Acad. vol. 

 II. p. 123 ;) but the teeth of the calyx, are not setaceous as 

 in that species. The flowers are small, closely aggregated 

 together in a terminal spike and almost concealed by the long 

 hirsute bracts. 



Hab. Beaten grounds near St. Louis — June. 



Bignonia radicans. Lin. 

 Hab. Low banks of the Mississippi, two miles above St. 

 Louis, twining about trees — June. 



