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FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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7. Agalinis maritima Raf. Sea-side or Salt- 

 marsh Agalims. Fig. 3824. 



Gerardia maritima Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 361. 1808. 

 A. maritima Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2 : 62. 1836. 



Annual, smooth and glabrous, fleshy; stem erect, 

 usually branched, 4-16' high, the branches ascend- 

 ing. Leaves linear, thick, i'-i' long, i" wide or less, 

 obtuse, spreading, the upermost very small and subu- 

 late, scarcely longer than the pedicels; pedicels in 

 flower shorter than or equalling the calyx, about 

 twice as long in fruit ; calyx-teeth broad, short, ob- 

 tuse; corolla rose purple, 5 "-9" long, glabrous, the 

 limb about as broad ; anther-sacs mucronulate at the 

 base ; capsule globose-oblong, 2"-3" high. 



In salt marshes, Maine to Florida. July-Aug. The 

 southern plant lias larger flowers than the northern. 

 Flowers before the upland species. 



8. Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl.) Raf. Slender Agalinis. Fig. 3825. 



Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 79. 1794. 



A. tenuifolia Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2 : 64. 1836. 



Annual, glabrous ; stem very slender, panicu- 

 lately branched, 6'-24' high, the branches spread- 

 ing or ascending. Leaves very narrowly linear, 

 flat, acute, \'-\\' long, i"-i" wide, spreading; 

 pedicels mostly equalling or longer than the flow- 

 ers; calyx campanulate, its teeth very short, 

 pointed; corolla light purple, spotted, rarely 

 white, 6"-9" long, vertically compressed when 

 fully expanded, minutely puberulent, or glabrous ; 

 anther-sacs mucronate at the base; capsule glo- 

 bose or slightly obovoid, 2"-2i" in diameter, 

 longer than the calyx. 



In dry woods and thickets, Quebec to Georgia, 

 west to western Ontario, Kansas and Texas. Aug.- 

 Oct. 



9. Agalinis Besseyana Britton. Bessey's 

 Agalinis. Fig. 3826. 



Gerardia tenuifolia var. macrophylla Benth. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. i : 209. 1835. Not G. macrophylla Benth. 



Gerardia Besseyana Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 295. 

 1894. 



Annual; stem glabrous, rather stout, strict, 

 branched, i-2 high, the branches ascending or 

 nearly erect. Leaves linear, i'-2' long, i"-2" 

 wide, scabrous, acute, ascending ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, longer than the flowers ; calyx campanulate, 

 its teeth triangular-subulate, one-third to one- 

 half the length of the tube; corolla purple, 5"-6" 

 long; capsule globose, 2"-3" in diameter, exceed- 

 ing the calyx. 



On dry hills and prairies, Ontario to South Da- 

 kota, Colorado, Louisiana and Kansas. Recorded 

 east to Connecticut. July-Sept. 



