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io. Agalinis parvifolia ( Chapm. ) Small. 

 Ten-lobed Agalinis. Fig. 3827. 



Gerardia parvifolia Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 300. i860. 



Gerardia decemloba Greene, Pittonia 4: 51. 1899. 



Annual, pale green, usually roughish; stems 8'-2$ 

 tall, simple or branched above, striate-angled, the 

 branches mostly ascending. Leaves few, remote, 

 linear-spatulate, to narrowly linear, more or less 

 revolute, 2i"-io" long or rarely slightly longer, 

 scabrous-pubescent above; pedicel exceeding the ca- 

 lyx; calyx campanulate or turbinate-campanulate, l" 

 1 h" high, the lobes minute, triangular: corolla light 

 rose-colored, about I' long, or less, the lobes obcor- 

 date or deeply emarginate ; capsules globose-ovoid, 

 or oval, li"-2 ' long, apiculate. 



In dry sandy soil or on banks, Massachusetts to Flor- 

 ida and Louisiana. Aug. -Oct. 



11. Agalinis Skinneriana (Wood) Britton. 



Gerardia Skinneriana Wood, Classbook 40S. 1847. 



?G. tenuifolia asperula A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 4: 153. 1879. 



Annual, roughish ; stem strict, striate, branched, 

 or sometimes simple, 6'-i8' high, very slender, the 

 branches erect or ascending. Leaves setaceous, as- 

 cending or commonly erect and appressed, i' 1' long, 

 i" wide or less, the uppermost minute ; pedicels 

 longer than the calyx, scarcely longer than the flow- 

 ers, 2-4 times the length of the capsule ; calyx-teeth 

 minute ; corolla light purple, s"-6" long and about 

 as broad, glabrous without, its lobes ciliolate ; capsule 

 oblong, 2"-3" high, considerably longer than the 

 calyx. 



In dry sandy woods and thickets, Indiana to Minne- 

 sota and Kansas. Recorded from Ontario. Aug.-Oct. 



Gerardia viridis Small, differing by more widely 

 spreading pedicels and narrow calyx-teeth often one- 

 half as long as the tube, inhabits the western Gulf 

 States and is recorded as extending northward into Mis- 

 souri. 



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12. Agalinis setacea ( Walt. ) Rat. Thread- 

 leaved Agalinis. Fig. 3829. 



Gerardia setacea Walt. Fl. Car. 170. 17S8. 



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



G. Holmiana Greene, Pittonia 4: 52. 1899. 



Annual, smooth or slightly scabrous; stems t-2 

 tall, loosely branching, the branches mostly ascend- 

 ing. Leaves rather numerous, mostly opposite, linear- 

 filiform or setaceous-filiform, i'-ii' long, scabrous 

 or nearly smooth; pedicels very slender, i'-ij' long; 

 calyx campanulate, l4"-2" long, the lobes broadly 

 triangular, about i as long as the tube : corolla rose 

 purple. s"-8" long or rarely larger ; capsules subglo- 

 bose or globose-oval, 2"-2i" in diameter. 



In dry soil or pine barrens. New Jersey to Florida and 

 Texas. Aug.-Oct. 



