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South Carolina, and northward. July -August. % — Stem l°-li° high. 

 Corolla 3" - 4" long. 



13. L. Canbyi, Gray. Stem simple, or branching above (\°-2° high) ; 

 leaves numerous, linear, glandular-denticulate ; racemes long, loosely flowered ; 

 bracts longer than the pedicels ; calyx tube top-shaped, half the length of the 

 denticulate lobes, in fruit oblong, covering the capsule ; corolla deep blue, 

 more or less bearded in the throat. — Wet places, South Carolina ( (Jruy). 



August. 



++ ++ Leaves ovate, toothed or serrate. 



14. L. Cliffortiana, L. Annual; stem branching (1°-1|° high); 

 leaves ovate, petioled, dentate, the upper ones narrower and sessile; racemes 

 loosely many-flowered, tiie pedicels longer than thebracts and flowers; calyx 

 tube obconical, enclosing the lower half of the ovoid capsule, the lobes subu- 

 late. — Southern States ( Graij). Introduced. 



Var. Xalapensis, Gray. Stem weaker; leaves tliiuner; tube of the 

 calyx enclosing only the base of the capsule ; seeds smooth. — Manatee, South 

 Florida {Garber), East Florida {Miss Reynolds). 



15. L. Feayana, Gray. Annual, smooth (4' -8' high) ; stem simple or 

 branched , leaves few, the lowest orbicular, crenate, petioled, the others nar- 

 rower, nearly sessile; racemes loosely 4- 10-flowered ; calyx tube obconical, 

 in fruit enclosing the lower half of the capsule, the lobes subulate; seeds 

 rough. — Damp places. East Florida. 



16. L. Gattingeri, Gray. Smooth; stem weak, branching ; leaves thin, 

 sessile, oljloug-uvate, obtuse, serrate, the lowest obovate ; racemes peduucled, 

 very slender, many-flowered ; calyx tube ovoid, longer than its pedicel, shorter 

 than the linear-subulate entire lobes; corolla (4" -5" long) deep blue. — Bar- 

 rens of Tennessee. April. — Stem 10' -20' higli. Leaves 2' or less long. 



17. L, inflata, L. Pubescent or hairy ; stem leafy, branching from the 

 base ; leaves oblong, obtuse, toothed, sessile ; racemes leafy below ; corolla 

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

 upper districts. August -Sept. (T) or (2) — Stem 1°-1^'^ high. Corolla 

 2" -3" long. 



Order 77. GOODENIACE^E. (Goodexia Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, witli water}' jtiice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and 

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

 adherent to the 1 - 4-ceIled ovary. Corolla irreg-ular, unequally 5-lobed, 

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

 mens 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. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla villous witliin, .5-lobed, with the lobes nearly equal 

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



