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6. H. rotundif olia, Pursh. Stem smoothish, creeping ; leaves round- 

 obovate, i-hispiug (V- 1' loug) ; peduncle longer than the tiower; exterior 

 calyx lubes ovate. — Tennessee [UaUiwjer). 



8. CONOBEA, Aublet. 



Calyx .5-parted. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-lobed, the 

 lower one 3-parted. iStanieus 4, all fertile ; anthers approximate in pairs, the 

 cells parallel. Style 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid or globular, many-seeded. — 

 Low herbs, with opposite leaves, and small axillary flowers. 



1. C. multiflda, Beuth. Annual, much branched, jjubescent, 3' -8' 

 high; leaves piunately divided into linear toothed lobes; corolla pale purple, 

 barely longer than the calyx ; capsule ovoid. — Upper Georgia, and westward. 

 July. 



9. GRATIOLA, L. Hedge Hyssop. 



Calyx 5-parted, the lobes nearly equal, narrow. Corolla bilabiate, with 

 the upper lip entire or emargiuate, the lower 3-cleft. Fertile stamens 2, in- 

 cluded, the anterior ones sterile or wanting. Stigma 2-lipped. Capsule 

 4-valved, many-seeded. — Low perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and soli- 

 tary axillary wiiite or yellww tiovvers. Calyx mostly 2-bracted. 



* Cuunectlce of the anthers dilated, the cells transverse : stems tender : Jiowers 



peduncled. 

 ■1- Sterile stamens minute or none. 



\. G. Virginiana, L. Stem brandling, glandular-pubescent above; 

 leaves lanceolate, sparingly serrate, sessile ; peduncles sleuder, 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. April- May. 



— Stem 6'- 12' high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla 5"- 6" long, hairy within. 



2. G. Floridana, Xutt. Stem simple or branched, smooth ; leaves 

 lanceolate or oldong, entire or nearly so, sessile, the lowest slightly petioled ; 

 peduncles filiform, longer than the leaves; lobes of the corolla emarginate, 

 Avhite ; the slender yellowish tube three times as long as the calyx ; capsule 

 globose. — Muddy banks, Florida to Tennessee. April. — Stem 1° hio-h. 

 Leaves 1' long. Corolla 8" long. 



3. G. sphserocarpa, I''ll. Smooth ; stem thick, ascending, branching at 

 the base ; leaves ol)long, serrate above, sessile ; peduncles thick, shorter than 

 the leaves ; corolla white, the tube twice as long as the calyx ; capsule globose. 



— Springs and branches, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. March - 

 May. — Stem 4'- 12' high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla 4' long. 



-1- -I- Sterile stamens manifest. 



4. G. macrantha, n. sp. Glabrous ; stem ascending from a creeping 

 base, branching, 5'- 10' high, few-flowered : leaves membranaceous, obovate- 

 oblong, or oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, .sessile or .short-petioled, l'-l|'long, 

 mostly shorter than the filiform peduncles ; calyx lobes linear, obtu.se, shorter 

 than the spatulate bracts; corolla white, 6"- 9" long; sterile .stamens con- 

 spicuous. — Cool springs near Quincy, Middle Florida. May - June. 



