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downy; leaves ovate-oblong, nearly entire, downy; pedicels 
axillary, solitary, much longer than the flowers; segments of 
corolla acutish, entire; calyx downy, about equal in length to 
the corolla) (2. H. Native of America, in the vicinity of the 
river Columbia. Corollas small, purple and blue. 
Small-flowered Collinsia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. 
procumbent. 
7 C. sparsıFLÒRA (Fisch. et Meyer. cat. sem. hort. petrop. 
2d. 1836.) diffuse; leaves all opposite; flowers solitary ; pedi- 
cels a little longer than the calyx; capsule globose. ©. H 
Native of California, about the Russian colony, Ross. Smooth- 
ish, much branched. Stems and branches filiform. Leaves all, 
or only the upper ones opposite, on which account it is distin- 
guished from the other species. The flowers are solitary, rarely 
opposite, of a size intermediate between those of C. grandiflora 
and C. parviflora. Corolla pale violet: lateral segments of the 
lower lip deep purple. 
PI. 
Scattered-flowered Collinsia, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1836. 
Pl. diffuse. 
Cult. All the species being showy, they are well fitted for 
decorating flower borders, or to be grown in beds or large 
patches. The seeds only require to be sown where the plants 
are intended to remain in March or April. 
Trisz IV. GERARDIE'~ (this tribe contains plants agree- 
ing with Gerárdia in the characters indicated below.) D. Don, 
in edinb. phil. journ. vol. 19. p. 111. July, 1835. Benth, in 
bot. reg. under no. 1770. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla 
campanulate, funnel-shaped, or tubular; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. 
Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers approximate, 2-celled, often 
bearded ; cells diverging, distinct at apex, for the most part 
spurred at the base. Stigma clavate, undivided. Capsule 
bipartible ; dissepiment composed of 2 connate lamina; valves 
entire, or bifid ; placentas narrow, spongy. Seeds angular, with 
a thick favosely cellular, loose testa. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 
sub-foliaceous, almost the length of the seeds.  Radicle short, 
obtuse.— Herbs or under shrubs, for the most part natives of 
America. Leaves opposite, scabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
or disposed in terminal, spicate racemes, yellow or purple. 
LIV. GERA'RDIA (a name originally given by Plumier to a 
plant now hardly known, and intended by him to commemorate 
our old English botanist, John Gerarde, author of the Herbal, 
1597, folio, and a great cultivator of exotic plants, of which he 
published a catalogue in 1596.) Lin. gen. no. 747. Schreb. 
gen. no. 1004. Juss. gen. p. 119. ed. Usteri. p. 134. Benth, 
in Hook. comp. 1. p. 204. Virgulària, Ruiz. et Pav. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed, or 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, or ventricosely and 
tubularly-campanulate : limb 5-cleft, with roundish, half-spread- 
ing segments. Stamens didynamous, or rarely nearly equal, 
shorter than the corolla, sometimes all antheriferous, and some- 
times the 2 smaller or shorter ones sterile. Capsule acute, or 
obtuse, without a beak.—Herbs or under shrubs natives of 
America. Flowers solitary, axillary, sessile, or pedicellate ; 
pedicels generally bractless. — Corollas yeliow, or of a rosy 
purple colour. 
Sect. I. Cyrrocdpon (from xvproc, kyrios, a curve; and 
kwowy, kodon, a little bell.) Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 204. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla yellow; tube usually short and 
ineurved. Anthers mutic. Species natives of North America. 
1 G. senevrLirüLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 843.) 
procumbent; leaves ovate, obtuse, quite entire; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, sessile ; calycine segments entire. h. G. Na- 
SCROPHULARINE. LII. 
Cotunsia. LIV. Gerarpia. 
tive of New Spain, near Carpio, and on the borders of Lake 
St. Christopher, at the altitude of 1180 hexapods. Plant 
glabrous in every part. Leaves about 2 lines long. Corolla 
pale yellow, almost funnel-shaped ; tube 3 times as long as the 
calyx. Stamens and ovarium glabrous. 
Wild-Thyme-leaved Gerardia. Shrub procumbent. 
2 G. rnosrRA TA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) prostrate; leaves 
pinnatifid: segments linear, acutely mucronate: lower ones 
cut; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile ; calycine segments pin- 
natifidly cut. h. G. Native of New Spain, between Pachuca 
and Mount Ventosa, at the altitude of 1320 hexapods. Plant 
glabrous, tufted, 2-3 inches long. Leaves 3-4 lines long. 
Corolla an inch and a half long. 
Prostrate Gerardia. Shrub prostrate. 
3 G. vina rA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 344.) erect, pubes- 
cent ; leaves pinnatifid : segments linear, obtuse, entire, or cut; 
calycine segments oblong, entire, and toothed ; tube of corolla 
incurved ; stamens nearly equal; anthers erect, glabrous; cap- 
sule ovate, acute, b. G. Native of Mexico, between Guan- 
axuato and Santa Rosa, at the altitude of 1330 hexapods. 
Leaves 5-6 lines long, and 2-3 lines broad. Flowers pedicel- 
late. Corolla campanulate, yellow, glabrous. Filaments woolly. 
Tube of corolla longer than in G. macrophylla. 
Twiggy Gerardia. Pl. erect. 
4 G. xiacnoPny/LtA (Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 205.) 
pubescent; leaves deeply toothed, pinnatifid, or the lower ones 
are bipinnatifid: segments ovate, or oblong-lanceolate : upper 
leaves almost quite entire; flowers nearly sessile; calyx hairy, 
with ovate, subdentate segments; tube of corolla short, 1m- 
curved, villous inside; stamens didynamous; anthers rather 
pilose. 2%. H. Native of the United States; Ohio; Ken- 
tucky ; Arkansas. Seyméria macrophylla, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. 
p. 49. The form and colour of the corolla connect this species 
with the following. The shorter stamens have smaller anthers 
than the longer ones.—Habit nearly that of G. grandiflora. 
Capsule small, ventricose, with a compressed point, somewhat 
4-valved. 
Large-leaved Gerardia. Pl. 4 to 5 feet. 
Sect. II. Orornv'LrA (from ove wroc, ous otos, an ear 5 and 
$vAXov, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the auriculately lobed 
leaves.) Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 205. Calyx deeply 
5-cleft. Corollas purple, campanulate. Stamens didynamous; 
anthers of the longer ones fertile, of the shorter ones smaller, 
and bearded. 
5 G. AvnicULA A (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 48.) X.H. 
Native of the United States, chiefly in the Western ones. Sey- 
méria auriculàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 810. An erect herb. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, generally auriculately lobed at the 
base. Flowers almost sessile. 
Auricled Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
Sxcr. III. Pzpicuranroipzs (so called by reason of the plants 
having the habit of the species of Pediculdris.) Benth. ger. n 
Hook. comp. 1. p. 205. Calyx semi-5-cleft. Corolla yellow, 
tubularly campanulate. Stamens didynamous ; anthers nearly 
equal; cells twin, fertile, spurred at the base.—Herbs natives 
of North America. Leaves broadish, usually cut. Lobes of 
corolla often ciliated. 
6 G. rA vA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 423. Benth. 1. c 
but not of Lin.) downy; leaves ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, 
obtuse, quite entire, or sinuately lobed; calyx downy, with . 
oblong, obtuse segments, which are rather shorter than the 
tube. 2%.H. Native of the United States, common. Pluka- 
