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parted, the others half pinnatifid; spike short and dense; calyx split in front, 

 otherwise nearly entire, oblique; upper lip of the corolla hooded, incurved, i- 

 tooth^d under the apex. 



: urea and low ground*, common.- May— July. Plant 5 to 12 inches hi,-h, 

 often several ntom< from one root. Leaves 3 to Cinches long, by 1 to 2 wide, ehietly 

 ralical. GtroBa yellowish and purple, in. a short-terminal spike.. Capsule coa>- 

 pn-s-'od, somewhat sword-shaped. 



2. P. lanceolata, Michx. Tall Lousewori. 



Stem •upright, tall, nearly simple, mostly smooth; leaves sub-opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate, double-cut-toothed; tpUcti somewhat crowded; calyx bifid, with round- 

 hth-ovate segments; upper lip of tlte corolla truncate at the apex, the loiwr erect so 

 aa bo nearly close the throat. 



Low grouuds. Aug., Sept. SUm 1 to 3 feat high. Flowm large, straw-cckw 

 GMyx-lobes leafy, crested. Cipsule ovate, scaroely longer than the calyx. 



23, MELAMPYKUM, Tourn. Cow-wheat. 



€k. "oukxc, black, and purcs, wheat ; from the color of the ^ seeds, as th;'y appear 

 mixed With grain. 



Calyx tubular, 4-clofLor 4-toothed. Corolla ringent 

 or personate; upper lip arched, .compressed, with the margins 

 folded back, the hirer Up somewhat longer, biconvex, 3- 

 lobed at the apex. Stamens 4, under the upper lip. Cap- 

 sule compressed, ovate, oblique or rfatcate, 2-celled, 1 to 4- 

 eeeded. — Erect branching annuals, with opposite leaves, and 

 solitary axillary , or leafy-spiked flowers. 



M. pratense, L. Yar. Aaieriganum. Benth. Cow-wl&ct. 



Lomsr leaves lanceolate or linear lanceolate ; fiorol koccj lanoeolate* toothed at 

 tlio base; flouxn remoU, ono-aided, axillary. 



Dry woods; common. June, July. Stem 6 to 12 Inches high, branched ahova 

 Lect9*s opposite, 1 to 1^ by l A to % inch, the upper oue*s bro^ilfr; with tetar-eouij 

 teeth at the bt»se. F'uHoert slender, yellowish, th» •orolla twitx> the length of the 

 mifx. 



OrdJEB 72. YEBBENACEJE,— Vervain Family. 



Stri4 or ihmbt, *eith oppnett Uar€*, toon or Us$%Upp»dcr irrtyuterr eoroikts, mod 

 Ady»ii»*OM* si-imtru, the 1 io 4 oelLed fruit, dry or di'upaoeous u-rualty Hpmrtitiag 

 w.itft rVj*- inio as many leaded ituhJutcent nutlets. Caxtx tubular i k> &-fcookh«d t 

 inferior, persistent. Ooeoujl tub alar, Irregularly I to 3-cl*fj, dectluous. S*sj>4 

 Tth Little or no alUiaun 



1., VERBENA, Linn. Veryai*. 



Tb* Latin name. for any aacred herb; derivation obs»QM 



Calyx tubular, 5-ioothed, with one of the teeth oft*e 

 shorter than the others. Corolla tubular, often curved, 

 salver-form, the border somewhat unequally 5-eleft. Sta- 

 men 4 (rwely but 2), included, the upper pair Bometiiaott 



