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VALERIANA-VERONICA. 
frondo' sum, whortleherr J] leaves ovate-oblong, sprinkled with resinous dots, 
glaucous beneath; racemes lateral, loose, bracted; pedicels long, filiform; 
corolla ovate, campanulate ; berries large, bluish, sweet, ripening later than 
the other species. 
pennsylva'nica, low blue-berry ; branches green, angular ; leaves sessile, shi-, 
ning ; shrub 12-18 i. high, much branched ; flowers pale red, 6 to 8 in a fas- 
cicle ; berries large, blue, somewhat glaucous. Dry hills. N, Y, to Geo. 
stamin"eum, (J. Vi- squaw whortleberry.) very branching: leaves glaucous be- 
neath ] corolla campanulate, spreading; anthers exserted. 2-3 f. Berries 
large, greenish white. Dry woods. Car. to Flor. 
vitis"idea, (bilberry, w-r. M. T^.) evergreen; low, leaves punctate beneath, 
obovate, emarginate, revolute, sub-serrulate ; racemes terminal, nodding. 
VALERIANA. 3 — 1. (Dipsacem.) [From Fa?erias, who first described it.] 
di(B^cia, (r. J. % ) glabrous, radical leaves sub-spatulate, ovate, entire, very 
long, petioled ; cauline ones few, pinnatifid ; divisions lanceolate, entire. 
phu, cauline leaves pinnate, radical ones undivided; stem smooth. The Va- 
lerian of medicine. Ex. 
VALLISNERIA. 20—2. {Hydrocharides.) [From Anthony Vallisneri.] 
spira'lis, (tape-grass, w. Au. '2]..) leaves floating, linear, obtuse, serrulate at the 
summit, tapering at the base, radical ; peduncleof the pistillate flower long j 
of staminate short, erect. Grows in still water. 
VERATRUM. 6—3. {Junci.} 
vir^'ide, (Indian poke, white hellebore, g. J. y. %.) racemes paniculate ; bracts 
of the branches oblong-lanceolate, partial ones longer than the sub-pubes- 
cent peduncles ; leaves broad-ovate, plaited. 3-5 f. Meadows and swamps. 
Abundant in the valleys of the Green Mountains. 
VERBASCUM. 5 — 1. {SoIanecB.) [From 6ar6cscMOT, on account of its being bearded.] 
thafsus, (mullein, y. J. (^.) leaves decurrent, downy both sides ; stem gener- 
ally simple, though sometimes branched above ; flowers in acylindric spike 
3-6 f. 
blatta^ria, (moth mullein, sleek mullein, w-y. J. %..) leaves glabrous, tooth ser- 
rate; lower ones oblong-obovate ; upper ones heart-ovate, clasping; pedicels 
1-flowered, in a terminal, panicled raceme. Var. alba, leaves toothed; 
flowers white. Var. lutea, leaves doubly serrate ; flowers yellow. 2-3 f. 
VERBENA. 13 — 1. {Labiatm.) [From herhe'na^ a name of distinction for herbs used in sa- 
cred rites. The vervain in former times was held sacred, and employed in celebrating sa- 
crificial rites.] 
hasta'ta, (vervain, simpler's joy, p-w. Ju. %.') erect, tall ; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate, gash-serrate ; lower ones sometimes gash-hastate ; spikes linear, 
panicled, sub-imbricate. Var. pinnatifida, has the leaves gash-pinnatifid, 
coarsely toothed. Var. ohlongifolia, leaves lance-oblong, deeply serrate, 
acute ; spikes filiform, panicled. 2-5 f. 
urticifo lia, (nettle-leaf vervain, w. Ju. 91.) erect, sub-pubescent ; leaves oval, 
acute, serrate, petioled; spikes filiform, loose, axillary, terminal; flowers 
tetrandrous. 2-3 f. 
VERBESINA. 17—2. (.Corymbifercb.) 
siegesbeck'Ha, (y. Au. %.) stem winged ; leaves opposite, ovate-lancerlate, acu- 
minate at each end, acutely serrate; corymbs brachiate ; branches irregu- 
larly many-flowered at the summit; root creeping ; stem erect, 4-6 f., 4- wing- 
ed ; ray-florets 3-toothed. Shady woods. Penn. to Car. Crown-beard. 
VERNONIA. 17—1. (^CorymbifercR.) 
noveboracen'sis, (flat-top, p. Au. %.) leaves numerous, lanceolate, scabrous, 
serrulate ; corymbs fastigiate; scales of the involucre filiform at the summit; 
flowers in a large terminal corymb; stem 4-6 f. Branching towards the top. 
Wet grounds. Can. to Car. 
VERONICA. 2—1. (Pedicular es.) 
officina'lis, (speedwell, b. M. 1| .) spikes lateral, peduncled ; leaves opposite, 
obovate, hairy; stem procumbent, roug'h-haired. 9-12 i. 
anagar'liss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. % ) racemes opposite, long, loose; leaves 
lanceolate, serrate; stem erect. 12-18 i. 
beccabun"ga, (brook-lime, b. J. 11-.) racemes opposite ; leaves oval-obtuse, sub- 
