148 VALERIANA—VERONICA. 
frondo'sum, whortleberry; 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. 
startlin' 1 eum, (J. h>. 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"idca , (bilberry, w-r. M. Tq.) evergreen ; low, leaves punctate beneath, 
obovate, emarginate, revolute, sub-serrulate; racemes terminal, nodding. 
VALERIANA. 3—1. ( Dipsacece .) [From Valerias, who first described it.] 
diop'cia , (r. J. 7j_.) glabrous, radical leaves sub-spatulate, ovate, entire, very 
long, petioled ; cauline ones few, pinnatifid ; divisions lanceolate, entire. 
phi, cauline leaves pinnate, radical ones undivided; stem smooth. The Va¬ 
lerian of medicine. Ex. 
VALLISNERIA. 20—2. (Hydro char ides .) [From Anthony Vallisneri.] 
spira'lis, (tape-grass, w. Au. A.) leaves floating, linear, obtuse, serrulate at the 
summit, tapering at the base, radical; peduncle of the pistillate flower long; 
of staminate short, erect. Grows in still water. 
VERATRUM. 6—3. ( Junci .] 
vir"ide, (Indian poke, white hellebore, g. J. y. Of.) 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. ( Solanece .) [From barbascum, on account of its being bearded.] 
thaj)"sus, (mullein, y. J. tf.) 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. Tj .) 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. ( Labiates .) [From herbe'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. 2}..) erect, tall; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate, gash serrate flower ones sometimes gash-hastate ; spikes linear, 
panicled, sub-imbricate. Var. pinnatifida, has the leaves gash-pinnatifid, 
coarsely toothed. Var. oblongifolia ; leaves lance-oblong, deeply serrate, 
acute; spikes filiform, panicled. 2-5 f. 
urticifo'lia, (nettle-leaf vervain, w. Ju. %.) erect, sub-pubescent; leaves oval, 
acute, serrate, petioled; spikes filiform, loose, axillary, terminal; flowers 
tetrandrous. 2-3 f. 
VERBESINA. 17—2. (Cor yvibiferae .) 
siegesbeck"ia , (y. Au. %.) stem winged ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 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 Gar. Crown-beard. 
VERNONIA. 17—1. ( Corymbiferai .) 
noveboracen'sis, (flat-top, p. Au. %..) 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 the top. 
Wet grounds. Can. to Car. 
VERONICA. 2—1. {Pedicular es.) 
vfficina'lis, (speedwell, b. M. 2].) spikes lateral, peduncled; leaves opposite, 
obovate, hairy; stem procumbent, rough-haired. 9-12 i. 
anagal 'liss, (brook pimpernel, b. J. 2.J..) racemes opposite, long, loose; leaves 
lanceolate, serrate; stem erect. 12-18 i. 
beccabun"ga, (brook-lime, b. J. 2]..) racemes opposite ; leaves oval-obtuse, sub- 
