XEOPHYTON. 



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semi 5fid subeqiial segments simple, corolla 

 campanul. ventricose, limb 51obed obliqual,lobes 

 siibequal entire. Stamens 4 didyn, filaments 

 hairy as base, anthers hairy not crested, base 

 bifid biaristate. Capsule dehiscent above. 

 Roots perennial, leaves opposite, flowers 

 terminal bracteate yellow — This will include 

 nearly all our golden sp. except G. pedicularis 

 &/C. The name implies the golden flowers. 



361. AuREOLARiA viLLOsA Raf. Gcr. do 

 Muhl. Ger. flava L. &c. Easily known by its 

 pubescence often all over, leaves oblong, the 

 lower sinuate. Several var. 1. mrgata, 2 

 sinuata, 3 montana all leaves entire, 4 heter- 

 ophyla Mg. leaves very different and sinuate. 



362. AuREOLARiA LEviGATA Raf. Gcrardia 

 do Raf. annals Nat. 99, G. lanceolata Muhl. 

 Cat ? Q,uite smooth, leaves subsessile lanceo- 

 late acute entire, pale beneath, bracts ovate 

 lanceolate, flowers subsessile, teeth of calix 

 ovate obtuse — in the Mts. Alleghanies and 

 Cumberland from Pennsylv. to Kentucky, disc, 

 by me 1818 descr. 1820 in my annals, stem 1 

 or 2 feet high mostly simple faintly 4gone pur- 

 plish, bracts small, flowers large yellow estival. 

 Var. 1. ramosa, 2 alter nifolia some leaves and 

 most of the flowers alternate. 



363. AuREOLARiA RETICULATA Raf. Stem as- 

 surgent terete smooth simple, leaves sessile o- 

 blong and cuneate entire acute, rough above 

 and on margins, beneath smooth reticulate, 

 flowers racemose peduncled, bracts linear cun- 

 eate, teeth of calix ovate acute — Florida and 

 Alabama, pedal, stem dark purple, leaves bi- 

 uncial. 



364. AuEUEOLARiA cuNEiFOLiARaf. smooth, 

 stem simple terete, leaves sessile cuneate acute 



