292 SCROPHULARIACEJE. (¥IGWORT FAMILY.) : 
* * Stems terete, succulent, creeping : leaves ovate or roundish, entire: exterior calyz- 
lobes cordate or ovate: peduncles 2-bracted at the apex. 
3. H. Monnieria, Kunth. Smooth; stems diffuse, creeping; leaves | 
fleshy, wedge-obovate, entire or obscurely erenate; corolla bell-shaped, with the 
rounded lobes nearly equal; peduncles as long as the flowers; exterior calyx- 
lobes ovate. (H. cuneifolia, Pursh.) — Ditches and muddy banks along the 
coast, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. June ~ Sept. Y — Stem 1° 
-2° long. Leaves 1' long. Corolla white or pale blue. - 
4. H. amplexicaulis, Pursh. Stem villous, ascending from a creeping 
base; leaves smoothish, ovate, cordate and clasping, obtuse; peduncles shorter 
than the flowers; exterior calyx-lobes cordate ; base of the ovary surrounded by 
a 12-toothed disk. (H. rotundifolia, Ell., not of Pursh.) — Pine-barren ponds, 
Florida to North Carolina, and westward. July- Sept. |— Flowering stems 
6/-8' high. Leaves j'long, crowded. Flowers blue. Plant odorous. 
8. GRATIOLA, L. Hxrpcr-Hyssor. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes nearly equal, narrow. Corolla bilabiate, with the 
upperlip entire or emarginate, the lower 3-cleft. Fertile stamens 2, included, 
the anterior ones sterile or wanting. Stigma 9-lipped. Capsule 4-valved, md 
seeded. — Low perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and solitary axillary white 
or yellow flowers. Calyx mostly 2-bracted. 
* Connective of the anthers dilated, the cells transverse : stems tender: flowers 
peduncled. 
+ Sterile stamens minute or none. 
1. G. Virginiana, L. Stem branching from the base, glandular-pubes- 
cent above; leaves lanceolate, acute, sparingly serrate, sessile, the lower ones nar- 
rowed at the base; peduncles slender, the upper ones longer than the leaves; 
corolla white, with the yellowish tube twice as long as the calyx ; capsule ovate, 
acute.— Muddy banks and ditches, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
April and May.— Stem 6/-12' high, Leaves 1’ long. Corolla 5-6" long, 
hairy within. 
2. G. Floridana, Nutt. Stem simple or branched, smooth ; leaves lance 
olate or oblong, obtuse, entire or nearly so, narrowed at the base, sessile, - 
lowest slightly petioled; peduncles filiform, longer than the leaves; lobes of the 
corolla emarginate, white; the slender yellowish tube three times as long as the 
calyx. — Muddy banks of the Chipola River, West Florida. April. — Stem 
l^high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla 8"long. Capsule globose. : 
3. G. sphserocarpa, Ell. Smooth; stem thick, ascending, branching 3f 
the base; leaves oblong or lance-oblong, serrate above, narrowed and enue 
towards the base, sessile, the lowest mostly obovate ; peduncles thick, shorter 
