^^^ SCROPHULARINE.E. [Orthocarpus. 



TaiB. Gerardie^. Benth, 



14. GERARDIA, Z. 



1. G. purpurea (L.); foliis linearibus aciuiusculis planis margine scabris, floribus 

 breviter pedunculatis, calycibus subenerviis dentibus acutis tubo dimidio brevioribus, 

 corollis glabris ample campanulatis/basi breviter tubulosis. Benth. Syn. Gerard, in Hook, 

 Comp. to B. Mag. 1. p. 208. — Ph, Am, 2. p. 422. 



Hab. Lake Huron, Br Todd, to the Saskatchawan. Dnimmond, 



2, G. hngifoUa (Nutt. Tr. Am. Ph. Soc, 5. 180.); foliis anguste linearibus margine 

 scabris, floralibus floras superantibus, pedunculis calyce multo longioribus, caljxibus 

 subenerviis dentibus lanceolatis acutis tubo vix brevioribus, corollis glijbris ample cam- - 

 panulatis basi breviter tubulosis. Benth. L c. p. 208. — G. aspera. DougL Ms. 



Hab. Pastures of the Red River, East, not on the ''West;* side {Benth.) of the Rocky Mountains. 



DoM^rto.— Plant more scabrous than the preceding; leaves narrower, peduncles much longer, and flowers 

 larger. ■* 



Trie. Rhinanthe^, Benth. 



15. ORTHOCARPUS. Nutt. 



Cal. tubulosus v. campanulatus, 4-fidus. Cor. bilabiata, clausa ; lab. sup. minore com- 

 pressor marginibus inflexis; inf. concavo obsolete 3-dentato. Antherarmn loculi tenues, 

 mutici, inaequales. Caps, bilocularis, bivalvis, loculicide dehiscens. Semina marsinata. 



1. 0. bracteosus {Benth.) ; caule duro pubescente, foliis lanceolatis apice lineari-tri- 

 fidis, floribus spicatis, bracteis latis divaricato-trifidis rigidis, dentibus calycinis lanceo- 

 latis rigidis viridibus corollae (purpurascentis) tubo brevioribus. Benih. in Scroph. Ind. 

 in not. p. \Z. 



Hab. N.W. Coast. Columbia and Puget Sound, Douglas; Wallamet, Tolmie.— 1-2 feet high. 

 Corollas rather large, broad at the upper end, much exserted, pale-purple. 



2. O. strictus (Benth.) ; caule duro hispido, foliis lanceolatis integris trifidisve, floribus 

 distantibus longe spicatis, bracteis divaricato-trifidis laciniis longe lanceolatis corollas 

 superantibus, dentibus calycinis lanceolatis brevissimis viridibus, corollis (luteis) o-labris, 

 tubo longe exserto. (Tab. CLXXII.) Benth. I. c. p. 13. 



Hab. Plains of the Saskatchawan and mountain Prairies. Drummond. Red River ; and N.W. America, 

 at Puget's Sound, and Mount St Helen's. Douglas — A foot to a foot and a half high, simple, or slightly 

 branched, very leafy. Flowers yellow, resembling those of Melampyrura pratensc—Uay this not be the 

 original O. luteus of Nuttall ? from the Mandan country. 



Tab. CLXXII — Fig. 1, Flower ;^;3'. 2, Fruit enclosed in the calyx ; Jig. 3, Fruit burst open; 7?^. 4, 

 Seed : — inagnified. 



3. O. hispidus (Dougl.) ; subramosus, piloso-hispidus, foliis e basi lanceolata lono-e 

 subtrifidis laciniis lineari-subulatis, floribus distantibus, bracteis viridibus corollas super- 

 antibus, calycis dentibus lineari-setaceis viridibus coroIJae (flavescentis) tubo glabro brevi- 

 oribus. Benth. L c. p, 13. 



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