170. 
Myosotis 
Myosotis verna Nutt. Scorpion-grass 
(species not in Britton and Brown) Forget-me-not 
Ivy Neck. One station: abandoned grassy field on Scaffold 
Peninsula. Associate species: Trifolium hybridum, Trifolium 
pratense, Oenothera fruticosa, Hypericum perforatum, Eupatorium 
serotinum, etc. Higman 1085. 
Hackelia 
Hackelia virginiana (L.) Johnst. Stickseed 
Beggar's-lice 
Java Farm. Infrequent; principal station in small stream valley 
on Rhode River shore, slightly below pier. Hectare 3519. Canopy 
of Robinia pseudoacacia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ulmus americana. 
Associate species: Lonicera japonica (dominant species of ground layer), 
Verbesina occidentalis. Rich collecting area. Higman 674. 
VERBENACEAE 
Verbena ~ 
1. Spikes panicles at apices of stems and branches; 
corolla limb 2 to 4.5 mm. broad. 
2. Spikes very slender (also interrupted in all 
species collected); fruiting calyces remote. 
3. Leaves obtuse to subacute, pinnatifid or 
deeply incised; calyx glandular. 
Expected (V. officinalis). 
3. Leaves acuminate, regularly serrate; calyx 
not glandular. (Also, corolla white to 
bluish, with limb 2 mm. broad). 
4, Leaves narrowly ovate, 3 to 13 cm. long, 
serrate-dentate, harshly scabrous above; 
fruiting calyx 2.5 to 3 mm. long, its 
lanceolate lobes converging into an acute 
beak above the schizocarp (pericarp which 
splits into nutlets); nutlets 1 to 1.3 
mm. long, reticulate above.......sesssseeeee- Ve. SCabra 
