SCROPHULARINEZ. LIV. Gerarpia. 
short acute teeth; corolla amply campanulate, downy, furnished 
with long cilia on the edges, 4 times as long as the calyx. &.? 
G. Native of Mexico, Tate. This species chiefly differs from 
G. purpürea, by the narrow leaves and long peduncles. Cap- 
sule globose, longer than the calyx. (Benth.) 
Long-peduncled Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
91 G. riuirdtia (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 48.) leaves filiform, 
for the most part alternate, subfasciculate, and are, as well as 
the stem, scabrous, ex Benth, smooth, ex Nutt. ; racemes pani- 
cled ; floriferous peduncles much longer than the leaves; calyx 
truncate, with short acute teeth; corolla ample, ventricosely 
campanulate. 2/.? F. Native of West Florida, Nuttall; Jack- 
sonville, Louisiana, and Texas, Drummond. Intermediate be- 
tween G. pedunculdris and G. tenuif olia, y ; and is distinguished 
from the first in the slender stem and filiform leaves, which are 
often fascicled ; and from the last in the large flowers and long 
peduncles. (Benth.) 
Thread-leaved Gerardia. | Pl, 1 to 2 feet. 
52 V. srRIcTIFOÓLIA (Benth. l. c. p. 209.) leaves linear, stiff, 
very acute, and are, as well as the stem, much branched, and 
rather scabrous; racemes subpanicled; peduncles longer than 
the leaves; calyx truncate, with setaceous teeth; corolla cam- 
panulate, about 4 times longer than the calyx. &.?F. Na- 
tive of Texas. Habit and foliage almost of G. heterophylla, 
with the corolla of G. tenuifolia, but larger ; the peduncles are 
nearly as long as those of G. filifólia. The anthers are very 
woolly, as in G. tenuif olia. 
Strict-leaved Gerardia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
33 G. rENUIFÓLIA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 79. Benth. l. c. p. 
209.) stem angular, smoothish ; leaves linear, more or less sca- 
brous from pili above; racemes panicled ; peduncles at length a 
little longer than the leaves; calyx truncate, with very short 
acute teeth; corolla campanulate, smoothish, about % times 
longer than the calyx; capsule nearly globose, not exceeding 
the calyx. ©.H. Native of the United States, common in 
dry sandy forests. G. erécta, Walt. fl. carol. 170.— Plukn. 
alm. p. 34. t. 12. f. 4. The following varieties may perhaps be 
Species, especially the last; but the characters are very slight. 
They all differ from G. pedunculàris, by the glabrous, hardly 
ciliated corolla; from G. setàcea, by the short capsule, and 
habit; and from G. longifolia, by the truncate calyx with 
minute teeth. They have all the same slender branching habit; 
the stems always marked with decurrent lines from the base 
of the leaves ; the anthers with long, white, woolly hairs. 
(Benth.) 
Var. D, parviflora (Nutt. in amer. phil. trans. n. s. 5. p. 179.) 
flowers smaller; tube of calyx equal in length to the corolla; 
teeth acuminated ; fruit larger. ©. H. Native in the prairies 
of the Arkansas, above the Verdigris river. Apparently a dis- 
tinct species. The stem is less branched, and inclined to grow 
taller than the species, whose flowers are larger, with a much 
smaller calyx. 
Fine-leaved Gerardia. 
1 foot. 
34 G. sera‘cra (Walt. fl. car. p. 170.) branches slender, and 
are, as well as the setaceous leaves, rather scabrous ; flowers 
few, on long peduncles ; teeth of calyx short, setaceous ; capsule 
ovate, longer than the calyx. ©.?F. Native from Pennsyl- 
vania to Carolina, in sandy forests. Allied to G. tenuiflia. 
_ Far. b, parvif lia (Benth. l. c. p. 210.) leaves distant, 3-6 
lines long; flowers racemose. &.? F. Native of Jackson- 
ville. This has some resemblance to G. aphilla, but the leaves 
are never reduced to scales. It does not dry so black as other 
Species of the genus. 
Setaceous-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 foot. 
35 G. apny’tta (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 47.) branches elon- 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl. 3 to 
LV. Sopusia. 559 
gated, filiform, nearly naked, scabrous; leaves short, remote, 
linear, or all minute and scale-formed ; flowers pedunculate; calyx 
truncate, with very short acute teeth; capsule globose, exceed- 
ing the calyx. ©.F. Native from North Carolina to Florida, 
Nuttall ; Jacksonville, Drummond. 
Var. B, filicaális (Benth. 1. c. p. 210.) branches very slender, 
few-flowered ; flowers small. 
Var. y, grandiflora (Benth. l. c.) branches stiff; flowers 
racemose, rather large. 
Leafless Gerardia. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
Sect. V. Dareeria (an anagram of Gerárdia.) Benth. ger. 
in Hook. comp. 1. p. 210. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla purple ; 
segments emarginately bifid. Stamens didynamous ; anthers all 
equally 2-celled, fertile. An Indian herb, with pinnate leaves, 
and linear segments. Perhaps a proper genus. 
36 G. parvirLora (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3888. scroph. 
ind. p. 48.) stems tall, acutely tetragonal ; racemes numerous, 
disposed in an ample panicle ; flowers on short pedicels ; corolla 
hardly 2 lines long ; capsule ovate-globose, retuse, a little com- 
pressed; valves recurved at maturity, entire.—Native of the 
Himalaya Mountains. Leaves subpinnatifid. Teeth of calyx 
short, acute. 
Small-flowered Gerardia. Pl. tall. 
Cult. All the species of Gerardia are elegant when in blos- 
som, but are difficult to cultivate. The hardy species require 
to be planted in a bed of peat soil, as they will not grow in pots ; 
and they are only to be increased by seeds, and then with much 
difficulty. The tender species may be grown in pots, in peat 
earth, should any of them hereafter be introduced to our gar- 
dens. 
LV. SOPU'BIA ( Sopubi swa is the Nawaricé name of the 
first species.)  Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 88. 
Gerárdia, sect. VI. Sopübia, Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. 
. 210. 
j Lin. svsr. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed. Corolla campanulate, tubular at the base; limb 
spreading, 5-lobed, nearly equal; lobes rounded, entire. Sta- 
mens 4, exserted, nearly equal in length, somewhat didynamous, 
glabrous. Cells of anthers free, spurred at the base; the one 
fertile, erect ; and the other sterile, small, and diverging, tubu- 
lar. Stigma undivided. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves 
usually bifid. Dissepiment complete, continuous, parallel, pla- 
centiferous on both sides. Seeds numerous.—African and In- 
dian perennial herbs. Leaves narrow, generally cut. Pedun- 
cles 1-flowered, solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves, oppo- 
site or alternate, therefore racemose, bibracteate. Corollas pur- 
ple or yellow. 
1 S. rr’rma (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. p. 88.) stiff, 
branched ; leaves pinnate, with linear scabrous segments ; teeth 
of calyx ovate, with ciliately membranous edges, much shorter 
than the tube. 4%. F. Native of the Himalaya range of moun- 
tains, Common; Upper Nipaul, at Suembu; Ceylon, Macrae ; 
Madagascar, Lyall. Gerárdia scàbra, Wall. cat. no. 3889. 
Benth. scroph. ind. p. 49. but not of Lin. Gerardia Sopübia, 
Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 210. Manülea Sopübia, Hamilt. 
mss. Leaves pinnate, simple or trifid. Flowers purple, ex 
D. Don, l. c.; yellow? Benth. l. c. 
Trifid-leaved Sopubia. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
2 S. srRYCTA; rough, stiff, a little branched; leaves lan- 
ceolate-linear, toothed or cut; teeth of calyx lanceolate, 
acute, naked, much shorter than the tube. 2. S. Native 
of Martaban and Prome, Wall. Gerárdia stricta, Benth. in 
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