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ing 8-10 mm. long: corolla about 10 mm. long: capsules 5-6 mm. long. — 

 Everglades. 



2. M. procumbens (Mill.) Small. Stem and branches 0.5-2 dm. long, pro- 

 cumbent: leaf -blades oval to elliptic or ovate, 1-1.5 cm. long, sharply serrate: 

 calyx-lobes becoming 6-8 mm, long: corolla 8-10 mm. long: capsules 4-5 mm. 

 long. — Hammocks. 



8. GRATIOLA L. Rather succulent herbs. Leaf-blades entire or shal- 

 lowly toothed. Plowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, often unequal, sometimes 

 toothed, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 2. 

 Staminodia mostly scale-like or wanting. Capsule globular or broadly ovoid. 



1. G. ramosa Walt. Stems viscid-puberulent, 1-3 dm. tall: leaf -blades lanceo- 

 late to linear-lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm. long, sharply few-toothed: calyx-lobes linear- 

 subulate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long: corolla whitish, 10-12 

 mm, long: capsules depressed, 1.5-2 mm. long. — Everglades, — Hedge-hyssop, 



9. SOPHEONANTHE Benth, Rigid herbs. Leaf-blades narrow, entire. 

 Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, unequal, bristly-pubescent. Corolla 2-lipped, 

 salverform. Stamens 2. Capsule conic to narrowly ovoid. 



1, S. hispida Benth. Stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, hispidulous: leaf -blades firm, 

 linear, 1-1.5 cm. long, revolute: calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate to almost linear, 

 5-6 mm. long: corolla 10-12 mm. long: capsules about 5 mm. long.- — Pinelands. 



10. CAPRAHIA L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaves cauline: blades 

 toothed. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow. Corolla campanulate: 

 lobes 5, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Stamens 4 or 5. 



1. C. biflora L. Stems 3-15 dm, tall, sometimes pubescent: leaf -blades ob- 

 lanceolate, euneate or oblong, 1-6 cm. long, shari:)ly-Ferrate, at least above: 

 calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate to linear-subulate, 4.5-7 mm. long: corolla white 

 or pink, about 10 mm. long: capsules oval or oval-ovoid, about as long as the 

 calyx. — Pinelands, hammocks and waste places. — F. K, (Ber., Bah., Citba, 

 Ant.) 



11. SCOPAE.IA L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaf-blades mostly toothed. 

 Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, nearly equal. Corolla rotate: lobes very 

 broad, longer than the tube. Stamens mostly 4, about equal, the filaments 

 adnate to the base of the corolla-tube. 



1, S, dulcis L. Stems 2-10 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf -blades ovate, elliptic- 

 oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long: calyx-lobes oblong to oblong-ovate, 

 about 1.5 mm. long, strongly 3-ribbed: corolla-lobes mainly ovate: anthers 

 about as long as the filaments: capsules about 2 mm. long. — Pinelands and 

 cultivated grounds.— (Ba7i., Cuba, Ant.) 



12. AFZELIA J. F. Gmel. Herbs. Leaf -blades 1-2-pinnately parted or 

 dissected. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, as long as the tube or somewhat 

 longer. Corolla mainly yellow, rotate-campanulate : lobes nearly equal, about 

 as long as the tube. Stamens 4, exserted: filaments adnate to about the 

 middle of the corolla-tube: anthers longer than the filaments. Capsules ovoid, 



1, A. pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, Stems 2-5 dm, tall, viscid-pubescent: leaf- 

 blades pinnately parted or pinnatifid at least below: calyx-lobes linear, 2-3 

 mm. long, obtuse: corolla-lobes oval to suljorbieular, much shorter than the 

 tube: capsules .5-6 mm. long. — Pinelands. 



