G3G VEHBENACE^E. 



CONOBEA, Aublet. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla obscurely L'-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the 

 lower one •') -parted. Stamens 1, all fertile; anthers approximate in pairs, the 

 cells parallel. Style 2-lobecL Capsule ovoid or globular, many-seeded. — 

 Low herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary flowers. 



C. multifida, Benth. Annual, much branched, pubescent [&-$' high) ; 

 leaves pinnately divided into Linear toothed lobes ; corolla pale purple, barely 

 longer than the calyx; capsule ovoid. (Capraria, Michx.) — Valley of the 

 Coosa River, Georgia, and westward. July. 



DASYSTOMA, Raf. 



D. Drummondii, Benth. Closely pubescent; stem branching; lower 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, the upper ones dentate or serrate ; calyx 

 mostly longer than the pedicel, the broadly lanceolate lobes as long as the 

 top-shaped tube. (Gerardia grandiflora, Benth.) — Mountains of Georgia, 

 Tennessee, and westward. — Stem '2°-o° high. Corolla 1|' long. 



D. laevigata, Raf. Smooth, or nearly so, slender, sparingly branched; 

 lowest leaves mostly pinnately lobed and toothed, the others lanceolate, 

 entire ; calyx longer than the pedicel, the lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped (V long). — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. 



D. patula, Chapm. Stem tall (3°-4°) and slender, widely branched; 

 lower leaves pinnately lobed and toothed, the upper ones oblong, entire; 

 pedicels long (V - \V), spreading or recurved ; calyx-lobes rather longer than 

 the tube, entire; corolla (1£' long) tubular-funnel-shaped. — Mountains of 

 Georgia and Tennessee. August. 



SEYMERIA, Pursh. 



S- macrophylla, Nutt. Tall and stout (4° -5° high), more or less 

 pubescent, branching ; leaves large (G' - 8' long), deeply pinnatifid, the ovate 

 or lanceolate lobes toothed or pinnatifid, the floral ones entire ; racemes 

 short, dense ; tube of the corolla longer than the lobes of the calyx, woolly 

 within. — Mountains of Georgia 1 ? Tennessee, and northward. 



Order VERBENACE^E. 



VERBENA, L. 



V. Stricta, Vent. Softly pubescent ; stem mostly simple ; leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong, serrate ; spikes thick, densely flowered ; flowers rather large, 

 blue. — Barrens of Tennessee, and northward. — Stem l°-2° high. 



V. Bonariensi8, L. Pubescent and scabrous ; stem much branched 



I high) ; leaves lanceolate, serrate, auriculate-clasping ; panicle dense, 

 cymose, the spikes short ; tube of the purple corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx. — Roadsides mar Charleston (Cvrtisi). Introduced. 



