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Marshy banks of piue barren streams, Georgia, Florida, and westward. Sept.- 

 Oct. — Stem 3° -5° high. Earliest leaves 6' -8' long; those of the stem 2'- 

 4' long. Corolla. 9"- 12" long. — The plant turns black in drying. 



20. OTOPHYLLA, Beuth. 



Calyx deeply 5-clef t ; the lobes leafy, unequal. Tube of the corolla dilated 

 upward, sparse-hairy witiiin, the lobes broad and entire. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, included : anthers oblong, awnless ; those of the shorter stamens much 

 smaller. Style elongated, dilated and flattened at the apex, entire. Capsule 

 sub-globose, loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. 



1. O. Michauxii, Benth. Hairy; stem erect, simple ; leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, entire, sessile ; the upper ones mostly 2-eared at the base ; flowers 

 opposite, in a leafy spike. — Low ground, Tennessee, North Carolina, and 

 northward. August. (T) ? — Stem rigid, 2° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. Co- 

 rolla 9"- 12" long, purple. 



21. DASYSTOMA, Eaf. False Foxglove. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft, the lobes often toothed. Corolla tubular-bell- 

 shaped, woolly within, S-lobed, the lobes rounded. Stamens 4, didynamous : 

 anthers oblong; the cells parallel and awned at the base. Style filiform, 

 thickened and slightly 2-lobed at the apex. Capsule ovate, acute, loculicidally 

 2-valved, many-seeded. — Tall herbs, with opposite ovate or oblong mostly 

 pinnately divided or lobed leaves, and large yellow flowers in a leafy raceme. 

 Filaments woolly. 



1. D. pubescens, Benth. Pubescent; leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, or 

 the lowest pinnatifid ; calyx longer than the pedicel, with oblong obtuse lobes. 

 (Gerardia flava, L.) — Dry woods in the upper districts. July -Sept. 2/ — 

 Stem 2° -4° high, mostly simple. Leaves narrowed into a short petiole. Co- 

 rolla 1 V long. 



2. D. quercifolia, Benth. Smooth and glaucous; stem simple or 

 branched ; lowest leaves twice-pinnatifid ; the others pinnatifid, or the upper- 

 most lanceolate and entire; calyx shorter than the pedicel, with lanceolate or 

 subulate acute lobes. (Gerardia, Pursh.) — Eich woods and river banks. 

 July -Sept. 'i^ —Stem 3° -6° high. Lobes of the leaves toothed. Corolla 

 2' long. 



3. D. Drummondii, Benth. Closely pubescent; stem branching; 

 lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid, the upper ones dentate or serrate; 

 calyx mostly longer than the pedicel, the broadly lanceolate lobes as long as 

 the top-shaped tube. — Mountains of Georgia, Tennessee, and westward. — 

 Stem 2''-.3'' high. Corolla \V long. 



4. D. laevigata, Kaf. Smooth, or nearly so, slender, sparingly branched ; 

 lowest leaves mostly pinnately lobed and toothed, the others lanceolate, en- 

 tire ; calyx longer than the pedicel, the lobes shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped (1' long). — Mountains of Georgia, and northward. 



5. D. patula, Chapm. Stem tall (3° - 4°) and slender, widely branched ; 

 lower leaves pinnately lobed and toothed, the upper ones oblong, entire; ped- 



