I 36 GERARDIA PEDICULARIA. FERN-LEAVED FALSE FOXGLOVE. 



These lines of the- poet were particularly appropriate to the 

 locality, near Philadelphia, where we gathered the specimen of 

 False Foxirlove which served as the origrinal for our illustration. 

 It was in a piece of rather open wood, where the "grand old 

 oaks " of the red, scarlet, and white species waved their branches 

 above, while, somewhat lower down, on ground that was a little 

 more moist, grew the cinnamon fern and numerous sedges, 

 which latter might have been taken for the " wavy grass 

 below." The Fern-leaved False Foxglove generally grows in 

 situations like the one just described in Pennsylvania, in which 

 State it finds itself very much at home, being, perhaps, the most 

 common of the perennial species. Dr. Gray, in his " Manual 

 of Botany," speaks of it as being " common in dry copses." In 

 New Jersey it seems to be found in more open places, and, ac- 

 cording to Chapman, it appears to occur in similar locations in 

 dry, sandy soil. 



Gerardias in general seem to be confined to the Atlantic 

 States, although some of the annual species are found beyond 

 the Mississippi. Our False Foxglove, however, keeps to the 

 east of this river, where it is found, we believe, in all the States 

 of the Union from Canada to Florida. 



The \\2ivi\e. pedicularia was suggested by the great resemblance 

 of the root-leaves to the Pcdicularis. Our plant has had no 

 common name given to it that we know of, and we have, there- 

 fore, ventured to call it the " Fern-leaved False Foxglove." 



It blooms in August, and from its branching character keeps 

 a long while in flower. 



Explanation of the Plate. — i. Part of the panicle. — 2. Stamen, showing the awned 

 anther cells. — 3. Seed-vessel and leafy calyx divisions. — 4. Root, with granular-tipped 

 rootlets. 



