FIGWORT FAMILY 203 



Dasystoma pectinata. Flowers yellow, tubular below, ex- 

 panded and 5-lobed above, IV2 in- long-, solitary in axils of 

 leaflike bracts, hairy outside. Calyx 5-parted, divisions 

 toothed. Stamens 4. Plants 2-4 ft. tall, branched, hairy and 

 sticky. Leaves 1-2 in. long, divided and toothed. Dry soil. 

 Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. to N. C, Texas, and Mo. 



Geraedia (Genus Gerardm) 



Eose-colored gerardias of different species, with slender, 

 almost invisible stems, bloom so profusely during late 

 summer and autumn in low pinelands and borders of 

 marshes that their flowers seem like hosts of butterflies. 

 The broadly funnel-shaped corollas, with spreading five- 

 lobed border, are usually spotted with magenta and yellow 

 in the throat, and the stems are often dark red or purple. 



This beautiful genus is named in honor of that cele- 

 brated flower-lover of the sixteenth century, John Gerarde, 

 whose labors, he wrote, were "imploied in descrying of 

 such a harmelesse treasure of herbes, trees and plants, as 

 the earth frankly without violence offereth unto our most 

 necessary uses/' 



Gerardia filifolia. Flowers pink or rose purple, 1 in. long, 

 solitary from upper leaf-axils, 5-lobed, upper lobes webby. 

 Flower-stalks longer than leaves. Calyx minutely 5-toothed, 

 short. Stamens 4. Stems 1-2 ft. tall, widely branched. 

 Leaves alternate, clustered, thread-like, 1 in. long or less. 

 Pinelands. Blooming in fall. Fla. to Ga. and Ala. 



Gerardia divaricata. Flowers I/2 in. long. Flower-stalks 

 longer than leaves. Leaves opposite, not clustered, thread- 

 like. Low pinelands. Blooming in fall. Fla. 



Gerardia linifolia. Flowers about 1 in. long. Root peren- 

 nial. Stems 1-3 ft. tall, smooth, sparingly branched. Leaves 

 opposite, narrow, fleshy, smooth, about 1 in. long. Low pine- 

 lands. Blooming in summer and fall. Fla. to Del. 



Gerardia aphylla. Flowers V2 in. long. Stem leaves re- 

 duced to minute scales. Low pinelands. Fla. to N. 0. 

 and La. 



