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where above short, prostrate, basal branches the slender, 

 erect flowering-stems bear many small, irregular, blue or 

 purple flowers, about one-fourth of an inch long. 



L. canadensis, which is so abundant in many other states 

 that acres are colored by the small flowers, is common 

 through the greater part of Florida, but in the peninsula 

 its place is often taken by L. floridana, whose flowering- 

 stalks stand out from the stem, instead of being erect and 

 pressed against it as are those of L. canadensis. 



Linaria canadensis. Flowers blue and white or purple and 

 white, small, in terminal raceme. Corolla unequally 5-lobed, 

 spurred at base, stamens 4. Stems 6-24 in. tall. Leaves 

 alternate, narrow, 1 in. long or less, those of basal branches 

 broad and short. Sandy soil. Blooming in winter and spring. 

 Fla. to Texas and northward. 



Linaria floridana. Similar to above species. Different in 

 its minutely hairy stems, longer and spreading flower-stalks, 

 and shorter spur on the corolla. Sandy soil. Fla and Ala. 



Pentstemon. Beaed-Tongue (Genus Pentstemon) 



A fifth stamen is present in the flowers of this genus, 

 but it is sterile, and instead of bearing an anther is, in 

 many species, so noticeably bearded that it has given rise 

 to the common name of beard-tongue. The flowers of our 

 wild pentstemons are similar to those of the cultivated 

 species, though smaller in size. The pretty P. muUifiorus, 

 with panicles sometimes a foot long and half as wide, is 

 common in many places in southern Florida. 



Pentstemon multifloms. Flowers white, not quite 1 in. 

 long, in terminal panicle. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed, some- 

 what 2-lipped. Fertile stamens 4,^ sterile stamen sparingly 

 bearded. Plants 2-4 ft. tall. Leaves oblong, 2-6 in. long, 

 slightly toothed near apex, clasping at base. Pinelands. 

 Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. 



Pentstemon anstralis. Flowers purple. Sterile filament 

 densely bearded. Panicle narrow. Plants 1-3 ft. tall. Lower 



