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p 2—10 mm. e sepals papi 2-2.5 mm. long: corolla deep-blue; 
imb 6.5-8 mm. wide eapsule 4—5 mm. wide. [H. minor (Michx.) Britton. is 
d. soil, Coastal Plain, and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ark., Ill 
Va.—Spr. 
4, H. minima Beck. Plant more or less diffusely pir ser b yis. 1-10 
em. long: iim blades pea o ides is ovate, a saa ong: sepals becom- 
ing 3-3.5 mm. long: corolla lilac or bluish; limb 7 wide: capsule 3—4 
mm. wide. —Dry hi illsides, various nd N of meu "Plain, Tenn. o Tex. 
and Mo.—Spr. 
H. procumbens (Walt.) ME Plant with Do often PUE 
stems and branches 0.5-4 dm. long, sparingly pubescent or nearly glabro 
leaf- era oval to suborbicular, 5-18 mm. long: sepals broadly pias to ce 
1-1.5 mm. long: corolla white, ners within: ca m. wide, spar- 
ingly pie ca “TH. + otundifolia Michx. 1 Sandy xs p in damp pine- 
lands. Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and S. C.—Spr.-fal 
6. H. lanceolata (Poir.) Britton. Plant 1-3 dm. tall: ea. of Eod stem- 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute; sepals linear, 4—8 long 
recurved at the tip, xd — as long as the i nuum CORE "lac or 
bluish ; tube 5-6 ni. TP ue 3 mm. pu E —Woods, Coastal Plain and 
urpurea L. Plant 0.5-4 dm. tall: blades of the stem-leaves subor- 
bic ular to ovate or elliptic-ovate e to lanceolate and relatively small in 
H. purpurea. pubescens), 2.5—4.5 em. long: se pals subulate or linear-lanceolate, 
2-3.5 mm. Mia out as long as "the hypanthium: corolla lilae, light- -purple or 
white; tube 6-7 mm. long: capsule 2.5-3 mm. thick.—Moist soil, various prov- 
inces, Pus Coastal Plain, Ga. io Ark., Ia., and Md.—Spr.-f all. 
8. H. montana UD Small Similar to H. purpurea in habit, but 
typieally smaller: blades of the stem-leaves ovate, 0.5-1.5 em. long: sepals 
lanceolate to elliptic- prr e at maturity, about 2 mm. long, about as long 
om 
as the hypanthium: corolla purple; tube 9-11 mm. long: X e 3-3. 
thick.—Cliffs, Roan Mt. and vicinity, in the Blue Ridge of N. C. and Tenn. 
—Sum. 
H. canadensis Willd. Plant 0.5-2 dm. tall, with the leaves mainly ess 
mate on a caudex: blades of the stem-leaves elliptic or spatulate, mainly 1-3 e 
long: sepals elliptic to sar aes -lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, longer than the ae 
thium: corolla blue; tube 7-9 mm. long: capsule 2—2.5 mm. thick. [H. ciliolata 
Torr. ]—Woods or rocky soil, RO provinces, Tenn. to Ark., Ont., and : 
Spr.-sum. 
10. H. longifolia cen Plant 1-4 dm. tall, often tufted; blades of the stem- 
1- 
leaves linear to linear-lanceolate or TER -elliptie, 3 c . loi ng: sepals — 
subulate to buche subulate, 1.5—2 E pr longer than the hyp 
thium: eorolla pinkish or bluish; tube abou . long: capsule 2-2. 5 e 
ng 
Nous E and rocky banks, uia P Ga. to Miss, Mo., 
11. H. tenuifolia Nutt. Plant 1-4 dm. an, | blades of the stem- 
e or whitish; tube 4-5 ong: capsule 1.5-2 m . thi ck.—Dry soil ane 
usd iE Blue Ridge b Fond E iN Plateau, Ga. to Ala., Ohio, and Va. 
Spr.- 
