DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERMiA. Gcrardia. 



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peduncnlis axillaribus folio longioribus, calycibus 5- 

 partitis. 

 In Georgia. Bartram. v. s. in Herb. Banks. 



6. G. ramosissima ; foliis ]anceolatis serratis basi attenuatis fruticosa. 

 subpetiolatisj raceinis terminalibus, floribus oppositis 

 bracteatis. 



In great abundance in the pine-forests of the Rocky- 

 mountains. M. Lewis. Vi . June. v. s. in Herb. 

 Lewis. 



Fruter elegans 3-4-pedalis ramosissimus. Rajni teretes, 

 dense foliosi, tenuissime pubescentes. Folia semun- 

 cialia, opposita, lanceolata, acuta, interdum obtusa 

 cum mucrone, superne acute serrata, inferne quasi in 

 petiolum attenuata, integerrima, utrinque glabia. Ra- 

 cemi terminales, simplices, erecli, bracteati. Flores 

 oppositi, pedictUati, magnitudine at colore Digitalis 

 purpurei. £rac/e<« oppositae, sessiles, oblongae, acutae, 

 integerrimae, pediccr'llis vix breviores. Calyx pro- 

 funde 5-partitus, basi unibracteolatus : laciniis lanceo- 

 latis, acutis. Brudeolce lineares, calyce breviores. 

 Corollas: Tubus calyce quadruplo longior, superne ven- 

 tricosus. Limbus patens, subosqunlis^ 5-fidus : Za- 

 ciniis rotundatis. Filamcnta lubu duplo breviora, imo 

 coroUae inseria. Antherce oblongae, hirsutissimae. Sty- 

 lus Jongitudine tubi. Capsula 



** Flores Jiavi, 



'J . G. pubescens J caulibus subsimplicibus, foliis subsessilibus Jlava, 



lanceolatis integerrimis vel dentatis, inferioribus sub- 

 piimatifido-incisis, floribus axillaribus oppositis sub- 

 sessilibus. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 223. 



Icon. Pluk. mant. t. oSQ.f. 3. 



In dry shady and rocky woods : New England to Flori- 

 da. 1/ . July — Sept. v. v. Flowers large, and, as 

 all the following, yellow. It is seldom more than 

 two feet high. 



8. G. glabra ; caule paniculato, foliis petiolatis pinnatifidis : quercifolia, 

 laciniis lanceolatis acutis integris vel postice inciso- 

 dentatis, sumrais lanceolatis iniegris, floribus axillari- 

 bus oppositis pedicellatis. 



Rhinanthus virginicus. Willi, sp. pi. 3. p. IQl. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t.seg.f. 1. 



On the banks of rivers, in rich shady places : Pensylvania 

 to Carolina. 1/ , July, Aug. v. v. From three to 

 five feet high. This fine species has been generally 



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