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ably not specifically distinct from the northern smaller ally, A. 

 maritima (Raf.) Raf. 



Flowering from March to September, and soon ripening fruit; 

 in subtropical Florida flowering and fruiting throughout the year. 

 Corolla pink, with two yellow lines and many small purple-red spots 

 within throat anteriorly. 



Pennell (Florida)— 4702, 9550, 9561. 



3. Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell. 



Gerardia purpurea L., Sp. PI. 610. 1753. "Habitat in Virginia, Canada." 

 Linnean diagnosis includes long- and short-pediceled plants, so could 

 include any pink (= "purple") flowered species. The first citation ac- 

 companied by a figure, Plukenet's Digitalis virginiana rubra, foliis <fc 

 facie Antirrhini vulgaris, evidently the prevalent plant of the Atlantic 

 seaboard, is considered as the type. 



Agalinis palustri^ Raf., New Fl. Amer. 2: 62. 1837. "Near marshes. 

 . . . From New England to Carolina." Type not known to exist, 

 but characterization evidently of the common species of the Atlantic 

 seaboard. 



?Agali7iiscorymbosa'Raf.,].c.G3. 1837. "Carolina and Florida." Type 

 not known to exist; either the species now considered or a near ally. 



Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 40: 126. 1913. 



Moist sandy soil, edges of salt-marsh, of ponds or of rivers, de- 

 pressions in sand-dunes, or locally on barren soil, common and 

 locally abundant through the Coastal Plain, especially near the 

 coast, along rivers and sand-hills, locally absent or replaced by 

 derivitive species in the longleaf pine belt; southward in a modi- 

 fied form to extreme southern Florida; inland much less frequent, 

 although ascending river-valleys into the southern Appalachians. 

 Ranges from Massachusetts to Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska and 

 Texas. 



Flowering from mid-July to mid-September, and soon ripening 

 fruit. Corolla rose -pink, with two yellow lines and many small 

 diffused purple-red spots within throat anteriorly. 



Pennell (North Carohna)— 4914, 4927, 4932, 4948. (South Caro- 

 lina)— 4850, 4854, 4869, 4876. (Georgia)— 4735a, 4746, 4753,, 4758, 

 4767, 4769, 4784, 4811. (Florida)— 4703, 4799, 4806. (Mississ- 

 ippi)- — 4357. 



4. Agalinis virgata Raf. 



Agalinis virgata Raf., New Fl. Amer. 2: 62. 1837. "Glades of pine woods 

 in South New Jersey near Mullica Hill, etc." Type not known to exist. 



Moist sandy pine barrens, in the Coastal Plain south to South 

 Carolina. Ranges northward to Long Island. 



Flowering from September to mid -October, and soon ripening 

 fruit. Corolla pink, with two yellow lines and diffused purple-red 

 spots within throat anteriorly. 



Pennell (North Carolina)— 4902, 4921. (South Carolina)— 4877. 



