17. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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3. Gratiola aurea Muhl. Goldenpert. 

 Golden Hedge-Hyssop. Fig. 3787. 



Gratiola aurea Muhl. Cat. 2. 1813. 



Perennial, glandular-puberulent above, or gla- 

 brate; stems decumbent, creeping or ascending, 

 simple or branched, 4,'-i2 long, somewhat 4-sided. 

 Leaves lanceolate to linear-oblong, i'-i' long, 

 i "-3" wide, sparingly denticulate, scarcely nar- 

 rowed to the sessile and somewhat clasping 

 base; peduncles filiform, in fruit equalling or 

 longer than the calyx; corolla bright yellow, 

 6" -7" long, 3 times as long as the calyx; sterile 

 filaments 2, capitate at the summit; anther-sacs 

 of the fertile stamens broad, transverse ; capsule 

 globose-ovoid, shorter than or equalling the calyx. 



In sandy wet places, Quebec and Ontario to New 

 Jersey and Virginia. Recorded from Florida. June- 

 Sept. 



4. Gratiola viscosa Schwein. Viscid 

 Hedge-Hyssop. Fig. 3788. 



Gratiola viscosa Schwein. ; LeConte, Ann. Lye. N. 

 Y. i : 1 06. 1823. 



Annual; stem weak, finely viscid-pubescent, 

 slender, commonly simple, 6'-i8' long. Leaves 

 ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrate, acute at the apex, sessile, cordate-clasp- 

 ing at the base, i'-i' long; peduncles slender, 

 shorter than or exceeding the leaves; bractlets 

 and calyx-segments foliaceous, entire or dentate, 

 one-third to one-half as long as the yellow or 

 purplish corolla ; flowers s"-6" long ; sterile fila- 

 ments 2, capitate at the summit ; anther-sacs of 

 the fertile stamens transverse, separated by the 

 broad connective; capsule subglobose, shorter 

 than the calyx. 



In brooks and swamps, Delaware to Kentucky, 

 Georgia and Tennessee. May-Sept. 



1 8. SOPHRONANTHE Benth. ; Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 445 1836. 



Annual or perennial rigid caulescent herbs, with rough-pubescent foliage. Leaves oppo- 

 site ; blades entire or toothed, sessile. Flowers solitary in the axils, short-peduncled or nearly 

 sessile. Calyx sessile in 2 bractlets ; sepals 5, nearly distinct. Corolla white or purplish, 

 2-lipped. Stamens 2, included. Staminodia filiform, capitate at the apex. Anther-sacs par- 

 allel, contiguous. Capsule somewhat elongated, acuminate. [Greek, referring to the included 

 anthers.] 



Two known species of eastern North America. Type species : Sophronanthe hispida Benth. 



