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Floivers on axillary peduncles, which are at first shorter, h\\^ 

 Afterwards longer, than the leaves, alternate, (rarely oppo- 

 site,) pubescent. Bracts as long as the calyx. Corolla bright 

 yellow, pubescent. Filaments inserted into the tube of the 

 corolla ; the st,erile ones inferior, hardly apparent. Capsule 

 ovate, rather shorter than the calyx. Seeds minute, rough. 

 Hab. In wet sandy situations. In woods and on the borders of 

 ponds on Long-Island. Common throughout the sandy swamps 

 of New- Jersey. Near Boston. Bi g e I oiv. Litchfield, Con- 

 necticut. Brace. August — September. Golden-fiert. 

 It is remarkable that the sterile filaments in this species 

 should have been overlooked by Pursh, Big el oiv ^ and 

 •Michaux, who all remark that they are wanting. 



2. G. xirginica L. : stem pubescent, assurgent, terete; 

 leaves smooth, lanceolate, sparingl)' dentate-serrate, attenu- 

 ate and coanate at the base ; leaves of the calyx equal; ste- 

 rile filaments wanting. Torrey Cat.pl. K. York, p. 89, 

 (sub G. neglect.) '■'■ G. virginiana Herb. Lin.'''' Smith. 

 Willd. Spec. I. p. 104. Pursh Ft. ]. p. 12. Walt. 

 Car. p. 62. Roem. ^ Schnlt. I. p. 30. (excl. sjn. 

 Vahl.) G. foliis lanceolatis, &LC, O r o n. xirg. p. 3. G. 

 rirginica Herb. Muhlenberg. 



Root fibrous, perennial. Stem about 6 inches high, branched at 

 the base, terete. Leaves broad-lanceolate, smooth, rather 

 obtuse, a little connate. Peduncles varying in length, some 

 shorter, others longer than the leaves; the upper ones oppo- 

 site. Segments of the cahjx lanceolate, obtuse, a little more 

 than one-third the length of the corolla. Tube of the corolla 

 curved, yellow; throat hairy; segments all emarginate, white; 

 the upper one longer. Filaments shorter than the tube. Stig- 

 ma oblique, compressed. Capsule ovate, rather acute, about 

 as long as the calyx. 



Hab. In inundated meadows. July — August. Allied to G. 

 s/ihxrocarfia F 1 1. 



This species appears to differ from the G. virginica of 

 Flliott, and was named G. neglecta by me in the Catalogue 

 of N. York Plants. Having, however, sent specimens to Sir 

 J. E. Smith for examination, this excellent botanist obligingly 

 compared them with the Linn^an Herbarium, and informs 

 me it is " precisely the authentic G. virginiana from Ka I m." 

 The southern plant differs from ours in having sterile fila- 

 ments^ a smooth stem, See. 



3. G.megalocarpa Ell.: leaves lanceolate, serrate, pu- 

 bescent; peduncles opposite, longer than the leaves ; leaves 

 of the calyx linear, as long as the globose capsule. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 16. G. acuminata Pursh Fl. \. p. 12. (excl. 

 syn.) 



Flowers pale yellow. Capsule larger than in any other Gra- 

 tiola. P/i. 



