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black grey, young branches brownish green, 
hairy and rough. It grows in the sands of the 
sea-shore near Pensacola, on the banks of the 
Mississippi, along the woods of Atakapas, on the 
red soil of the Red river, in the pine barrens, and 
on the high hills of Mobile. 
111. Lantana annua. L? Rob. p. 385. Blossoms in 
summer; vulgar name Caille eau in Louisiana, from 
a belief that it coagulates water A common plant, 
many creeping stems quadrangular, hairy ; leaves 
opposite, ovate, acuminate, toothed, undulated, 
sinuated, the umbels become gradually thick 
spikes with bracteas, the calyx is hairy and striat¬ 
ed, stamina sessile. Is it really this specie ? or 
even a Lantana ? a variety is odoriferous. 
112. Verbena urticifolia. L. Rob. p. 385. 
Order vi.—Labiata. 
113. Justicia ? Chelionida . Raf. Foliis oppositis ses- 
silibus, lanceolatis, acutis, levis, subtus pallidis ; 
floribus axillaribus pedunculatis subgeminatis la¬ 
bium superiore corolla dentatum. Raf.—Ame- 
thystea, Rob. p. 386. This plant cannot be an 
Amethystea since the description of the corolla 
does not agree ; it is probably a Justicia . The 
roots are creeping, stems less than a foot, angular 
and geniculated : the flowers are only three lines 
in diameter, the calyx is five parted, with long 
narrow divisions ; the corolla is white ; but the 
inside of the lower lip is violet, with white veins 
