396 UVULARIA, VIBURNUM. 
mon on dry dead limbs of evergreens, from which it often hangs in long’ 
green locks. 
6—1. UVULARIA. 11. 14. 
perfolia'ta, (bell-wort. O. y. M.7J..) leaves perfoliate, oval obtuse, (lance-linear 
or oval-oblong in the young state :) corolla bell-liliaceous, scabrous or gra- 
nular within : anthers cuspidate. 8 — 12 i. 
sessili/o'lia, (O. y. M. 'll.) stem smooth ; leaves sessile, oval-lanceolate, glau- 
cous beneath ; petals flat, smooth within : capsules stiped. 6 — 12 i. S. 
10—1. VACCINIUM. 18. 51. 
resino' sum, (black whortleberry. O. p. M. Ij.) leaves slender, petioled, oblong- 
oval, mostly obtuse, entire, bedewed with resinous specks beneath : racemes 
lateral, 1-sided : pedicels short, somewhat bracted : corolla ovate-conic, 5- 
cornered. Berries black. One variety has a yellowish-green, and another 
has a reddish-yellow corolla. 1 — 4 f. S. 
6—3. VERATRUM. 10. 13. 
v Wide, (indian poke, white hellebore. O. J. y. 9J_.) racemes paniculate ; bracts 
of the branches oblong-lanceolate, partial ones longer than the sub-pubescent 
peduncles : leaves broad-ovate, plaited. 3 — 4 f. S. 
5—1. VERBASCUM. 28. 41. 
thapsus, (mullein. O. y. J. (J.) leaves decurrent, downy both sides : stem 
generally simple, though sometimes branched above : flowers in cylindric- 
spike. 3 — 6 f. S. • 
blatta'ria, (moth mullein, sleek mullein, w-y. J. b?.) leaves glabrous, tooth- 
serrate ; lower ones oblong-obovate : upper ones heart-ovate, clasping : pe- 
dicels 1-flowered, in a terminal panicle-raceme. Var .alba, leaves toothed : 
flowers white. Var. lutea, leaves doubly serrate: flowers yellow. 2 — 3 f. 
S. 
13—1. VERBENA. 42. 39. 
hasta'ta , (vervain, simpler’s joy. O. p-w. Ju. 2j..) 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. oblongifolia, leaves lance-oblong, deeply-scrrate, 
acute: spikes filiform, panicled. 2 — 5 f. S. 
urticifu'lia, (nettle-leaf vervain. O. w. Ju. %.) erect, subpubescent ■ leaves oval, 
acute, serrate, petioled : spikes filiform, loose, axillary, terminal : flowers 
tetrandrous. 2 — 3f. S. 
2—1. VERONICA. 43. 35. 
ojficina'lis, (speedwell, b. M. 7|) spikes lateral, peduncled : leaves opposite, ob- 
ovate, hairy : stem procumbent, rough-haired. 9 — 12 i. S. 
angal"lis , (brook pimpernel. O. b. J. 'll-.) racemes opposite, long, loose : leaves 
lanceolate, serrate : stem erect. 12 — 18 i. S. 
beccabun" gla, (brook-lime. b. J. 7J..) racemes opposite : leaves oval, obtuse, 
sub-serrate, glabrous ; stem procumbent, rooting at the base. Probably a 
variety of the last. 9 — 18 i. S. 
5—3. VIBURNUM. 43. 58. 
pyrifo'Hum , (w. J. Tj.) smooth ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crcnate-serrate : 
petiole naked : cymes sub-pedunculate ; fruit oblong-ovate. 5—10 f. 
lento! go, (sheep-berry. O. w. J. Jj.) glabrous; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, 
hook-serrate ; petioles margined, undulate : cymes sessile. The branches 
when full grown often form a fystigiatc top. Berries black, oval, and pleas- 
ant-tasted : somewhat mucilaginous. 8 — 15 f. S. 
accrifo'lium, (maple guelder-rose, dockmackie. O. w. J. T?.) leaves heart-ovate 
or 3-lobcd, acuminate, sharp-serrate, pubescent beneath : cymes long-pe- 
duncled. Stem very flexible ; leaves broad and sub-membranaceous. 4 — 
6 f. S. Leaves applied to inflamed tumours by the Indians. 
