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1. Nodiflora. 
Z. foliis obovatis, 
cuneiformibus,supejne 
serratis ; spicis capi- 
tato-conicis, solitariis, 
elongato-pedunculatis; 
caule herbaceo re- 
pente. 
Leaves obovale, 
cuneate, serrate near 
the summit; spikes 
solitary, on long pe- 
duncles, forming coni- 
cal heads; stem her- 
baceous, creeping. 
Pursh 2. p. 417. 
Verbena nodiflora. Sp. pi. 1. p. 117* 
Anon, repens. Walt. p. 160. 
Lippia nodiflora. Mich. 2. p. 15. 
Stem procumbent, branching, creeping, somewhat scabrous. Leaves 
opposite, glabrous, attenuated at base to a very short petiole. Flowers 
closely imbricated in small oval or cylindric heads, on axillary peduncles, 
4 — 6 inches long. Bractea broad, ovate, with a short point scarious and 
purple along the margin. Calyx two leaved, compressed, persistent, much 
smaller than the bractea, white and hairy along the back. Corolla white, 
small, the tube as long as the bracteas, border 2 lipped, the upper small, 
emarginate, reflexed, the inferior 3-cleft. Stamens very short in the tube 
of the corolla. Style very short. Stigma capitate. The fruit 
somewhat compressed, divisible, covered with a persistent bractea and ca- 
lyx. Seeds 2. 
I have described this plant as it appears to me. It will be perceived 
that my description, in some respects, and especially in the calyx, doe? 
not agree with the commonly received character. 
Grows in almost all soils, prefering those that are damp, 
Flowers through the whole summer. 
2. Lanceolata, 
Z. foliis ligeari-lan- 
eeolatis argute serra- 
tis; spicis capitato-co- 
nicis, solitariis, elonga- 
to pedunculatis ; caule 
herbaceo, repente. 
Pursh 2. p. 418. 
Uppia lanceqlata^ Mick 2. p. 15, 
Leaves linear lan- 
ceolate, acutely ser- 
rate ; spikes solitary, 
on long peduncles, 
forming conical heads; 
stem herbaceogs, 
creeping. 
