GENUS 8. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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i. Chelone glabra L. Snake-head. 

 Turtle-head. Fig. 3752. 



Chelone glabra L. Sp. PI. 611. 1753. 



Stem slender, erect, obtusely 4-sided, 

 simple or sometimes branched, strict, i-3 

 high, the branches erect. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sharply ser- 

 rate with low appressed teeth, acuminate 

 at the apex, narrowed at the base, short- 

 petioled, 3 '-6' long, i'-ii' wide, the prin- 

 cipal veins about 10 on each side of the 

 midvein ; flowers white or faintly pink, 

 about i' long; bracts glabrous, not ciliolate ; 

 calyx-segments ovate-oblong, obtuse; cap- 

 sule ovoid, obtuse, about high, twice as 

 long as the calyx. 



In swamps and along streams, Newfound- 

 land to Florida, Manitoba, Alabama and Kan- 

 sas. Ascends to 3000 ft. in the Adirondacks. 

 Shell-flower. Cod-head. Bitter-herb. Balmony. 

 Salt-rheum weed. Turtle-bloom. Fish-mouth. 

 Lower leaves sometimes broadly oval. July- 

 Sept. 



2. Chelone obliqua L. Red Turtle-head. 

 Fig. 3753- 



Chelone obliqua L. Syst. Ed. n, no. 4. 1767. 



Stem slender, ascending, i-2 high, usually branch- 

 ed, the branches spreading or ascending. Leaves ob- 

 long, or broadly lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, 

 mostly narrowed at the base, petioled, sharply ser- 

 rate with somewhat spreading teeth, or laciniate, 2 f -6' 

 long, 4'-2$' wide ; petioles 2"-6" long ; principal veins 

 about 10 on each side; flowers red or rose^purple, 

 about i' long; bracts and calyx-segments ciliolate 

 and usually puberulent; capsule similar to that of 

 the preceding species. 



In wet thickets and along streams, Virginia to Illinois, 

 south to Florida. July-Sept. 



3. Chelone Lyoni Pursh. Lyon's Turtle-head. 

 Fig- 3754- 



Chelone Lyoni Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 737. 1814. 



Stem slender, erect or nearly so, simple or branched. 

 i-3 high. Leaves ovate, acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded, truncate or subcordate at the base; 3'-"' 

 long, i'-4' wide, usually slender-petioled, sharply ser- 

 rate with divergent teeth, the principal veins 8-10 on 

 each side; flowers red or rose-purple, about i' long; 

 bracts and calyx-segments ciliolate and puberulent. 



In swamps and wet thickets, mountains of Virginia, 

 North Carolina and Tennessee to Georgia. July-Sept. 



