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leafy at the base ; segments of the calyx longer than the tube 

 of the corolla, ciliatc^. Mich. Fl. I J. p. 152. P ursh FL 

 IL p. 447. Elliott Sk.\.^.^Q>l» R o em^ ^ S chulU 

 V. p. 55, 



Root perennial. Stem 2 feet hip;h, somewhat angular. Radical 

 leaves obovate ; stem leaves oblong or lanceolate, unequally 

 repand-serrulate. Raceme secuiid. with a small denticulate 

 leaf at the base of each nearly sessile flower. Calyx: with the 

 sinuses reflexed ; segments linear-lanceolate, distinctly ciliate. 

 Corolla bright blue, nearly an inch long; segments of the up- 

 per lip linear-oblong, pubescent beneath ; those of the lower 

 lip obovate. Stamens a little longer t''an the tube of the co- 

 rolla ; Jilaments flattened; anthers blue, a little incurved, and 

 villous at the extremity. Style shorter than the stamens; 

 stigma compressed, concave at the summit. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania and Maryland. Muhlenberg. Sep- 

 tember. 



6. L. siphilitica L. : stem erect, rather hairy ; leavcB 

 ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrate; raceme leafy; calyx 

 hairv, with the sinuses reflexed. W il I d. Spec. I. p. 945. 

 Mi'ch. FLW.^. \o\. Pursh FLll.^.Ul. Elliott 

 Sk. L p. 25»''.. Roem.^Schult.\.'^.5\, 



Root perennial. Stem simple, angular, a foot and a half or 2 

 feet high, hairy on the angles. Leaves closely sessile, acute 

 or acuminate, with scattered appressed hairs on the upper 

 surface, very unequally repand-serrate, or rather toothed. 

 Raceme 8 — 12 inches long, with the leaves at the base of the 

 flowers, gradually diminishing in size upwards. Flowers on 

 short pedicels. Calyx shorter than the tube of the corolla ; 

 segments lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate. Corolla large, bright 

 blue. 



Hab. In low boggy meadows, and on the banks of rivers ; com" 

 mon. September. 



There is a variety of this species with white flowers. 



7. L. inflala L. : stem hairy, branched ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate; racemes leafy, somewhat paniculate; capsules 

 inllated. W i tl d. Spec. I. p. 946. M ich, FL II. p. 152. 

 P u r s h FL II. p. 44^. B i g. Bast. p. 55. Veg, Mai. 

 JV/e^/. I.p. 177. t. 19. Bart. Med. Bot\.\.,\Q,. fValt. 

 Car. p. 218. B o e m. <^ S c hu 1 1. V. p. 53. 



Root annual. Stem a foot or more in height, erect, often very 

 hairy, with paniculate branches. Leaves more or less ovate, 

 stsbile, unequally crenate. i'7ower« on peduncles one-fourth 

 of an inch long. Segments of the calyx subulate, smooth. 

 Corolla small, pale blue. Ca/isulc ovate, smootn, nerved and 

 reticulate. 

 Had. In fields and pastures. August. Indian tobacco 



Plant acrid, resembling tobacco in taste. 

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