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VALLISNERIA— VERNONIA. 
fruit cotr^pressed, rhoinboidal. 4 6 i. Mead- 
ows. Md. 
VALLISNE'RIA. 20— 2. {Hydrochuridcs.) [From 
Anthony Vallisneri.] 
sjyira'lis, (tape-grass, w. Au. 21.) leaves 
floating, linear, obtuse, serrulate at the sum- 
mit, tapering at the base, radical ; peduncle 
of the pistillate flower long , of staruinate 
Bhort, erect. Grows in still water, 
VERA'TRUM. 6—3. {Junci.) 
vir"ide, (Indian poke, white hellebore, g. 
J. y. 21.) racemes paniculate ; bracts of the 
branches oblong-laticeolate, partial ones 
longer than the sub-pubescent peduncles; 
leaves broad ovate, plaited. 3-5 f. Mead- 
ows and swamps. Abundant in the valleys 
of the Green Mountains. 
migyRtiJo'lirnn, (g y. J. 2i.) flowers dioe- 
cious ; panicle .simple , petals linear; leaves 
very long, linear-keeled. Mountains. 
parv-ifi/rvm, (g. Ju.) leaves oval, lanceo- 
late, flat, glabrous ; panicle .slender, spread- 
ing ; petals acute at each end, staminifer- 
ous. .S\ 
VERnAS"CUM. 5—1. {Solanra.) [Yxom bar- 
bascum, on account of its being; bearded.] 
thap"sys., (mullein, y. J. ^ .) leaves decnr- 
rent, downy both sides; stem generally 
simple, though sometimes branched above ; 
flowers in a cylindric spike. 3-6 f 
blaUa'rin, (moth mullein, sleek mullein, 
w-y. J. 2^.) leaves glabrous, tooth serrate ; 
lower ones oblong obovate ; upper ones 
heart-ovate, clasping : pedicels 1-flowered, 
m a terminal, panicled raceme. 'Vdir.al"{ja, 
leaves toothed ; flowers white. Var.hi'tea, 
leaves doubly serrate ; flowers yellow. 2-3 f 
lychui'ih, (y. i.^ .) stem angular; leaves 
oblong, cuneate, white downy beneath ; 
spikes la.x, lateral and terminal. 
phoefuicuvi, (2^.) a very handsome spe- 
cies. 
VERBE'iNA. 13—1. {Labiatm.) From herbc'na, 
a name of distinction for herbs used in sa- 
cred rites. The vervain in former times 
was neld sacred, and employed in celebra- 
ting sacrificial riles. j 
hasta'ta, (vervain, simpler's joy, p-w. Ju. 
Ll.) erect, tall, leaves lanceolate, acumin- 
ate, ga.sh-serrate ; lower ones sonjetimes 
gash-hastate ; spikes linear, panicled, sub- 
imbricate. Var. jn7ina/.i/i'da,ha.B the leaves 
gash-pinnatifid, coarsely toothed. Var. ob- 
longifo'lia, leaves lance oblong, deeply ser- 
rate, acute ; spikes filiform, panicled. 2-5 f. 
urticifo'lia, (nettle-leaf vervain, w. Ju. 
2^.) erect, sub-pube.scent ; leaves oval, 
acute, serrate, petioled; spikes filiform, 
•oose, axillary, teniiinal; flowers tetrand- 
rous. 2-3 f. 
spu'ria, (b. Au. @.) stem decumbent, 
branched, divaricate ; leaves laciniate, much 
divided ; spikes filiform ; bracts exceeding 
the calyx. 1-2 f. Sandy fields. 
anguatifo'lia, (b. J. IX) erect, mostly 
simple ; leaves lance-linear, attenuate at the j 
base, remotely toothed, with elevated veins; 
spikes filiform, solitary, axillary and termi- 
nal. 
stric"ta, (b. Ju. 2J!.) stems rigidly erect; 
leaves sessile, obovate serrate, sub tomen- 1 
tose, very hirsute ; spikes straignt, imbr 
cate, fascicled. Var. moV'lis, (p.) sLem sirn 
pie, terete, villose; leaves ovate, acutish 
unequally gash-toothed ; teeth acute, hir 
sute above, soft villose beneath ; spikei 
dense-flowered, terminal, somewhat in 
threes. Perhaps a distinct species. 3. 
paniaila'ta, (p. Ju. 21.) scabrous ; leaves 
lanceolate, coarsely serrate, undivided j 
spikes filiform, imbricate, corymb- panicle<?. 
4-6 f. S. 
bipinf'natiji.'da, (b. J. If.) hirsute; leaves 
3-cIeft, bipinnatifid ; divisions linear ; nuts 
deeply punctate. S. 
carolin"ia'na, (p. J. 2^.) scabrous; leaves 
oblong-obovate, obtuse, unequally serrate, 
tapering at base, sub-sessile ; spikes veiy 
long, filiform ; flowers distinct. 2 f. S. 
melin"dres, (common scarlet verbena,) 
stem prostrate. Introduced from S. Ameri 
ca. 
tiocedia'na, stem erect ; flowers crimson 
sabin"ii, stem pro.strate ; flowers lilac 
one variety has white flowers. Ex. 
srdphu'rea, stem prostrate; flowers yel 
low. Ex. 
VERBESI'NA. 17—2. (Corymbiferce.) 
siegchheck"ia, (y. Au. 2/.) stem winged, 
leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acumin- 
ate at each end, acutely serrate; corymba 
brachiate ; branches irregularly many-flow- 
ered at the summit; root creeping; stem 
erect, 4-6 f , 4 winged ; ray-florets 3-tooth- 
ed. Shady woods. Penn. to Car. Crown 
beard. 
virgin"ica, (w. Ju. li) stem narrow 
winged ; leaves alternate, broad, lanceo 
late, sub-serrate ; corymb compound ; in 
volucrum oblong, pubescent, imbricate; 
ray-florets 3 or 4 ; seeds four-angled. 3 6 f. 
sinua'ta, (w. Oc. 2^.) stem pubescent, 
striate ; leaves alternate, sessile, sinuate, 
attenuate at base; flovs ers corymbed ; in- 
volucrum imbricate ; ray-fioreis 3-5. 4-6 f 
S. 
VERNO'NIA. 17—1. (CorymbiJercB.) 
noveboracen' sis, (flat-top, p. Au. 2/.) leaves 
numerous, lanceolate, scabrous, serrulate ; 
corymbs fastigiale ; scales of the involucre 
filiform at the summit ; flowers in a large 
terminal corymb ; stem 4-6 f Branching 
towards tlie top. Wet grounds. Can. to 
Car. 
tomento'sa, (p. Au. 2X.) stem tomentose 
above ; leaves long, narrow, lanceolate, 
acutely serrate, slightly scabrous above 
hoary tomentose beneath ; corymb fastigi- 
ate ; scales of the in volucrum filiform at 
the apex. 3-5 f. 
angustifo'lin, (p. Ju. 2^.) stem simple, 
somewhat scabrous ; leaves numerou.s, long 
linear, nearly entire ; corymb sub-umbelled, 
scales of the in volucrum rigid, mueronato 
3 f. .S. 
altis"sima, (p. Au. 7X-) stem glabrous 
I leaves lanceolate, serrate, somewhat sca- 
brous ; invoiucrum small, hemispheric ; 
scales ovate, acute, ciliate, unawned, close- 
ly appressed. Var. margina'ta, (p.) leaves 
narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, vary entire 
1 corymb fastigiate ; invoiucrum hemisplierio 
