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pale blue ; mature capsule ovoid, inflated. — Dry sterile soil in the upper districts, 

 and uortlnvai-d. Auy. aud Sept. (Ij or (2) — Stem 1° - 1^° high. Corolla 2"- 

 3" long. 



9. L. spicata, Lam. Closely pubescent; stem slender, simple; lowest 

 leaves ohovatc or oblong, obtuse, denticulate ; the upper ones small, lanceolate, 

 scattered ; flowers small, in a long and dense raceme, on short pedicels ; corolla 

 pale blue. (L. Claytoniana, Mic/ix.) — Dry soil in the middle and upi)cr dis- 

 tricts, Mississippi, and nortiiward. Aug. and Sept. (2) '? — Stem 1°- 2° high. 

 Corolla 4" -5" long. 



10. L. Nuttallii, R. & S. Stem very slender, mostly simple, rougbish ; 

 leaves small, entire ; the lowest clustered, spatulato or obovate ; the others dis- 

 tant, linear; flowers small, scattered in a long and slender raceme, on filiform 

 pedicels which are longer than the bracts. (L. Kalmii, Ell.) — Low pine bar- 

 rens, Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 1°-1^° high. Corolla 

 3" -4" long, pale blue. 



11. L. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray. Smooth; stem slender, creeping at the 

 base, sparingly branched above; leaves .small (6" long), subulate, scattered, the 

 lowest scale-like ; racemes loosely many-flowered, the filiform pedicels and slen- 

 der calyx-lobes spreading ; corolla (3" - 5" long) bright blue. — Margins of pine- 

 barren ponds, Florida and Georgia. July - Sept. — Stem 2° high. 



12. L. paludosa, Nutt. Smooth; stem mostly simple, nearly leafless; 

 radical leaves fleshy, spatulate-lanceolatc or linear, obtuse, crenulate ; the others 

 small, linear and remote ; racemes slender, loose ; bracts minute ; corolha small, 

 white or pale blue. — Pine-barren swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. May -Aug. y. — Stem 2° -4° high. Lowest leaves 3'- 9' long. Co- 

 rolla ^' long. 



Order 74. GOODENIACE^E. (Goodexia Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with watery juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and 

 irregular flowers. — Calyx tubular, 3 - 5-lobed or entire, more or less ad- 

 herent to the 1 - 4-celled ovary. Corolla irregular, unequally 5-lobed, 

 induplicate in the bud ; the tube split on one side, or 5-parted. Stamens 

 5, free from the corolla, the filaments and anthers rarely united. Style 

 commonly single : stigma thick, surrounded with a cup-shaped mostly 

 ciliate membrane. Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Embryo straight, in 

 the axis of fleshy albumen. 



1. SC^VOLA, L. 



Calvx ."j-toothed. Corolla villous witliin, 5-Iobed, with the lobes nearly equal 

 and winged ; the tube split on one side. Filaments and anthers free. Drupe 

 1 -4-celled, the cells 1-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Peduu- 

 cles axillary, dichotomous. Flowers blue or white. 



