SCROPHULARINEZ. LIV. GERARDIA. 50H, 
almalth. t. 389. f. 1. 
glabrous, yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Gerardia. 
14 to 2 feet. 
7 G. quzncrrOLIA (Pursh, l. c.) quite glabrous ; lower leaves 
large, bipinnatifid: superior ones oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid, 
or quite entire; calyx a little inflated, with lanceolate, acute 
segments, which are shorter than the tube. 2t. H. Native of 
the United States, common. G. flava, Lin. spec. 848, but not 
of Pursh. Rhinánthus Virgínicus, Gron. virg. 192. Lin. spec. 
p. 841. Corolla rather larger than that of the preceding. 
Calyx larger. The leaves vary much, but are always more 
divided than in G. fldva, ex Benth. 
Oak-leaved Gerardia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 
4 feet. 
8 G. cranpirtora (Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 206.) 
downy; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrated at top, pinna- 
tifid at the base; calyxes longer than the pedicels; calycine 
segments obtuse, entire, or toothed; corolla 4 times as long as 
the calyx. X. H. Native of Mexico, in the province of 
Texas. Corolla 20 lines long. : Capsule coriaceous, large, 
pointed. 
Great-flowered Gerardia. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
9 G. rEpicULA' RIA (Lin. spec. p. 849.) smoothish, or pubes- 
cent; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, pinnatifid, with toothed 
segments; calyxes shorter than the pedicels, with toothed seg- 
ments; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx. t. H. Native 
of the United States, common. Corolla 15 lines long. Capsule 
coriaceous, pointed. Plant drying black like Pediculàris. 
Pedicularis-like Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
10 G, pectina‘’ta (Torrey, mss. ex Benth. ger. in Hook. 
comp. 1. p. 206.) hairy; leaves pectinately pinnatifid ; lobes a 
little toothed ; pedicels very short; calyx very hairy, deeply 5- 
cleft, with toothed segments; corolla 3 times as long as the 
calyx. 2%. H. Native of Carolina and Georgia, in sandy 
forests, Nuttall; Rocky Mountains, Torrey. G. pedicularia, p, 
pectinàta, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 48. Corolla as in G. pedicu- 
lària, from which it differs in being more hairy, the leaves 
usually smaller, and more divided, and in the pedicels being 
much shorter. 
Pectinate-leaved Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
11 G. pexsırtòra (Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 206.) 
scabrous and hispid; leaves pinnatifid, with narrow-linear, stiff, 
ciliately scabrous segments; flowers secund, spicate; calycine 
segments lanceolate, very acute; tube of corolla attenuated at 
the base, and dilated at top; capsule obtuse. 4%. H. Native 
of Mexico, in the province of Texas. Corolla an inch long. 
Filaments hairy.  Anthers like those of the next section Euge- 
rárdia, but more pointed, and slightly pilose at the base. 
Dense-flowered Gerardia. Pl. ? 
Corolla about an inch and a half long, 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1796. Pl. 
Pl. 3 to 
Secr. IV. EvcEnA'nD1A (from eu, well or good, and Gerárdia ; 
this section contains what are considered the genuine species of 
the genus.) Benth. l. c. Calyx 5-toothed, rarely half 5-cleft. 
Corolla purple, campanulate, or tubularly campanulate, rarely 
ventricosely tubular. Anthers nearly equal; cells twin, fertile, 
mutic.—Herbs or under shrubs natives of Anierica. Leaves 
linear, rarely lanceolate, quite entire, or the lower ones are a 
little cut. 
12 G. nrerra'nis (Benth. l. c.) glabrous; leaves linear, 
smoothish ; flowers nearly sessile; teeth of calyx short, truncate, 
mutic, with very villous edges; corolla amply campanulate, 
villous, 4-5 times longer than the calyx. Y%.G. Native of 
South America, at Maldonado. Flowers disposed in terminal 
interrupted spikes; the floral leaves being very small. Calyx 
of Sopübia. Corolla above an inch long, very open. 
Fingered Gerardia. Pl. ? 
13 G. riema (Gill. mss. ex Benth. l. c.) glabrous and scab- 
rous; leaves linear, very acute; flowers racemosely spicate ; 
calyx longer than the pedicels, truncate: teeth short, acute; 
corolla amply and tubularly campanulate, villous, 4-5 times 
longer than the calyx. %.G. Native of South America, in the 
province of San Louis, Gillies. Flowers the same size, but 
more hairy than in G. linarioides. 
Stiff Gerardia. PI? 
14 G. BRACHYPHYLLA (Cham. 
et Schlecht, in Linnea, 3. p. 
15.) shrubby, glabrous, smooth ; 
leaves small, narrow-lanceo- 
late, mucronulate; flowers pe- 
dicellate; teeth of calyx short, 
acute, shorter than the ovoid 
calyx. h.S. Native of Tro- 
pical Brazil. Esterhàzya alpés- 
tris, Spix. et Mart. reise in bras. 
l. p. 397.  Virgulària alpés- 
tris, Mart. nov. gen. 3. p. 10. t. 
205. Leaves rather fleshy, 4 
lines long.  Pedicels shorter 
than the leaves. Corollas like 
those of G. linarioides, but 
rather smaller. Filaments with 
a few hairs at the base. Valves 
of capsule at length split. 
(fig. 52.) 
Short-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 foot. 
15 G. tanceoza‘ra (Benth. l. c. p. 207.) glabrous, smooth ; 
leaves oblong-linear, mucronate, narrowed at the base; flowers 
on short pedicels; calycine teeth short, acute; corolla amply 
and tubularly campanulate, villous, 4 times as long as the calyx. 
Mathews. Virgularia lanceolata, Ruiz. et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 
161. "Virg. revolüta, Ruiz. et Pav. l. c. Closely allied to the ; 
preceding, of which it may be a variety. It differs chiefly in 
the leaves being rather broader, especially near the apex, and 
longer. The anthers and filaments are perfectly glabrous. 
Lanceolate-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
16 G. tryarioipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linuza, 3. p. 13. 
Benth. |. c.) glabrous, rather scabrous ; leaves linear, acute, 1- 
nerved; flowers racemose ; calyx shorter than the peduncles : 
teeth ovate, truncate, or lanceolate acuminated, much ‘shorter 
than the tube; corolla amply and tubularly campanulate, downy, 
4-5 times as long as the calyx. 2t. G. Native of South 
America; at Banda Oriental, Tweedie ; southern provinces of 
Brazil, Sello. Differs chiefly from the preceding by its narrower 
leaves. 
Toad-flax-like Gerardia. Pl. 11 to 2 feet. 
17 G. GENISTIFÒLIA (Cham. et Schlecht. l. c. p. 15. Benth. 
l.c.) glabrous and rather scabrous; leaves lanceolate, acute, 
sub-trinerved ; flowers racemose ; calyxes shorter than the 
peduncles : teeth ovate, truncate, or lanceolate, acute, much 
shorter than the tube; corolla ample, tubularly campanulate, 
downy, 4-5 times as long as the calyx. Y%.F. Native along 
with the preceding, Tweedie and Sello. Plant woody at the 
base. Corolla almost 13 inch long. Leaves and branches 3 in 
a whorl. Largest cauline leaves 23 inches long. 
Genisla-like Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
18 G. ancustirot1a (Mart. bras, 3. p. 12. t. 206. Benth. 
l c.) quite glabrous ; stem erect, virgately branched; leaves 
Native of Peru, between Huariaco and Huanuco, / 
