210 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



Blue. % June— July. Upper districts Car. & Ga. 12-15 in. 



4 S CocciNEA. Stem erect much branched. Leaves cordate, serrate, to" 

 mentose, on rather long petioles. Flowers 6 in a whorl; upper hp of the 

 corolla erect, emarginate, connectivum, bearing the anther only at one ex- 

 tremity. Scarlet-sage. 



Red. % Through the summer. On the sea-coast. 1-2 ft. 



5 S AzUREA. Stfm much branched. Leaves linear, glabrous. Flowers 

 in distant whorls. Calyx pubescent, 3-cleft. 



Blue. % Through the Sumnjer. Middle and upper Car. &, Ga. 1-6 ft 



6 S Obovata. Stem erect, slightly angled. Leaves very large, obovatei 

 dentate, pubescent. Flowers 6 in a whorl. 



Blue 11- June— July. Middle Ga. 1-2 ft. 



Genus XXII HYPTIS. 



Calyx 5-toothed, tubular. Corolla ringent, the upper lip 

 2-cleft, the lower S-paited, the middle segment forming a 

 small sack. Stamens 4, inserted into the tube. 



1 H Radiata. Stem erect, square, pubescent. Leaves sessile, pubescent, 

 tapering at the base, dentate. Flowers in axillary heads, on long peduncles. 

 Involucre about 12 leaved. Calyx pubescent, 5-tooihed, teeth Unear. 



White, tinged with purple. % July— Sept. Damp soils, common. 3-4 ft. 



Order LXXXI. VERBENACEiE. 



Calyx tubular, persistent inferior. Corolla hypogynous, 

 usually with an irregular limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 sometimes only 2. Ovary 2-4 celled. Ovules erect, or pen- 

 dulous, solitary or twin. Style 1. Fruit a drupe or berry. 

 Albumen none. Generally herbaceous plants, with exstipu- 

 late leaves. 



Genus I VERBENA. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla funnel form, with the tube curved, 

 and the limb unequally 5-cleft. Stamens 4, didynamous. 

 Seeds 4. Flowers in paniculate spikes. 



1 V Aubletia. Stem creeping, assurgent, angled, pubescent. Leaves op- 

 posite, oval-lanceolate, 3-lobed, dentate. Flowers in terminal spikes. Calyx 

 angled, with unequal setaceous segments. Corolla pubescent at the summit, 

 the border expanding. 



Purple. '2|. Through the Summer. Pine barrens common. 

 2. V. Spurta. Stem decumbent, divaricately branched. Leaves sessilet 

 deeply laciniate, somewhat pinnatifid ; segments serrate. Flowers in fiUform 

 spikes, loose. Bracts longer than the calyx. 



Purple. <v) August— Oct. Middle Ga. 1-2 ft. 



3 V Hastata. »S'iem erect, pubescent, ieoijes lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, the lower ones frcquendy lobed, or hastate. Flowers in short, Hneai' 

 spikes, paniculate. Bracts ovate, shorter than the calyx. 

 Purple. % July. Aug. Middle Car. Ga. 2-4 ft. 

 4, V. Paniculata. Stem erect, scabrous, almost hispid. Leaves long 

 lanceolate, coarsely serrate, undivided. Flowers in numerous spikes, form- 

 ing a corymbose panicle. 



Purple. % July — Aug. Mountains. 4-6 ft. 



