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2. D. ViK(;iNiCA (L.) Britt. Smooth False Foxglove. Per- 

 ennial ; stem erect, )>ranched, smooth and glaucous, 3-0 ft. high ; 

 leaves petioled, the lower twice pinnatifid, the others incised and 

 cut, or the upper lanceolate and entire ; calyx shorter than the pedi- 

 cels, the lobes as long as the tube; corolla about 2 in. long, the 

 tube rather slender ; capsule oval, smooth, twice the length of the 

 calyx. June-September. In rich woods. 



X. GERARDIA. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; mostly blackening in drying ; 

 leaves opposite or rarely alternate, narrow and entire ; flow- 

 ers usually showy, in the axils of the upper leaves ; calyx 

 campanulate, 5-toothed ; corolla funnel-form or tubular-bell- 

 sliaped, o-lobed, the throat oblique ; stamens 4, included, 

 didynamous, the longer filaments and anthers woolly ; style 

 slender, flattened and dilated above ; capsule globose ; seeds 

 angled. Mostly flowering late in the season. 



1. G. LixiFoLiA Xutt. Flax-leaved Geijakdia. Perennial; 

 stem very slender, erect, branched, smooth, *2-8 ft. high ; leaves 

 erect, narrowly linear, the upper bract-like ; peduncles about as long 

 as the leaves ; calyx truncate, with minute teeth ; corolhi purple, 

 about 1 in. long, the lobes nearly equal, rounded, fringed : filaments 

 villous; capsule globose, longer than the calyx. August-September. 

 Dry pine barrens. 



•J. (i. iTUi'iKEA L. PiKi'LE (Jekakdia. Annual; stem erect, 

 slender, smooth or slightly rough, branclied above, 1— "> ft. high ; leaves 

 linear, spreading, rough ; pedicels stout, as long as the calyx ; corolla 

 purjde to white, about 1 in. long and wide, the lobes minutely 

 fringed, pubescent within ; capsule longer than the calyx. August- 

 September. On low ground. 



ll-K LENTIBULACEiE. r.LADDKlJWORT FA^IILY. 



Annual or perennial herbs growing in water or in muddy 

 places ; leaves in a rosulate basal tuft and entire, or floating 

 and dissected ; scapes erect ; flowers perfect, irregular, soli- 

 tary or racemed ; pedicels bracted ; calyx 2-lii)ped, 2 o-lobed 

 or parted ; corolla 2-lipi)ed, spurred at tlie base, upper lip 

 erect, entire or 2-lobed, lower lip spreading or reflexed, 3-lobed, 



