Genus 29 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



1 Agalinis linifolia (Xutt.) Britton 

 Agalinis. Fig. 3818. 



Gerardia linifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 47. 1818 



Flax-leaved 



Perennial, glabrous and smooth; stem branched, 2-3 

 high. Leaves narrowly linear, rather thick, I '-2' long, 

 l"-li" wide, erect the upper much smaller and subulate; 

 pedicels erect, in flower equalling or a little longer than 

 the calyx, longer in fruit ; calyx campanulate, truncate, its 

 teeth minute; corolla purple, about 1' long, narrower than 

 that of the two following species, villous within, the lobes 

 ciliate; filaments and anthers densely villous; anther-sacs 

 mucronate at the base ; capsule globose, 2"-3" in diameter, 

 but little longer than the calyx. 



In moist pine barrens, Delaware to Florida. Aug. -Sept. 



2. Agalinis aspera (Dougl.) Britton. Rough 

 Purple Agalinis. Fig 3819. 



G aspera Dougl.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 517. 1846. 



Annual, i-2 high, hispidulous-scabrous with rough 

 stiff short whitish hairs, branched, the branches nearly 

 erect. Leaves narrowly linear, l'-li' long, less than 1" 

 wide, erect or ascending; pedicels equalling or becom- 

 ing a little longer than the turbinate calyx; calyx-teeth 

 triangular-ovate or triangular-lanceolate, acute, one- 

 fourth to one-third as long as the tube; corolla deep 

 purple, about 1' long, nearly or quite glabrous within, 

 very pubescent without, the lobes ciliate; filaments vil- 

 lous; anthers all alike, obtuse at the base; capsule ob- 

 long, 3"-4" high, considerably longer than the calyx. 



On dry plains and prairies, Indiana to North Dakota. 

 Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. Recorded from Colorado. 

 Aug.-Oct. 



3. Agalinis heterophylla (Nutt.) Small. 

 Prairie Agalinis. Fig. 3820. 



Gerardia heterophylla Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5: 

 180. 1837. 



Gerardia crustata Greene, Leaflets 2 : 108. 1910. 



Annual, more or less scabrous ; stems 6'-2 tall, 

 branching above, the branches ascending. Leaves 

 linear, or narrowly linear-lanceolate below, -2' long, 

 rarely 2" broad, acute, erect or erect-ascending, de- 

 cidedly scabrous along the margins ; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx, enlarged upward ; calyx campanulate, 

 3"-4" long, its teeth lanceolate or subulate-lanceolate, 

 about as long as the tube; corolla rose-purple, about 

 J' long ; capsules globose-oblong or globose-ovoid, 

 2i"-3" long. 



On prairies and in wet woods, Missouri and Arkansas 

 to Texas. Aug.-Oct. 



