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Chelone obliqua L. Syst. Ed. 11, No. 4. 1767. 



C ketone purpurea U\\\. Diet. No. 2. 1768. 



Chelone glabra var. purpurea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:24. ]8C3. 

 Chelone glabra var. purpurea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:427. 1814. 

 Chelone glabra var. lanceolata Nutt Gen. 2:51. 1818. 

 Chelone latifolia Muhl. Cat. ex Elliott's Sk. Bot. S. C. and Ga. 2:127. 

 1824. 



Stem slender, 1 — 4 feet high; leaves broadly lanceolate 

 or oblong, incisely serrate; flowers rose-purple; bracts cil- 

 iolate. 



This species ranges from Virginia to Iowa, south to 

 Florida. It occurs in wet woods and thickets and in Iowa 

 the flowers appear during the month of August, but occa- 

 sionally may be found in July or September. The occur- 

 rence of the species within our limits is infrequent, and is 

 to be found only in the eastern portion of the state. 



Specimens in our herbarium are from Muscatine and 

 Jefferson counties. The State University herbarium has 

 a specimen from Des Moines county. 



Shimek, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist., fi. U. I., Vol. 3, p. 198; Fitzpatrick, 

 Proc. Iowa Acad. Sciences, Vol. 5, p. 156; Manual Fl. Plants of Iowa, p. 

 122; Barnes, Reppert, and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sciences, 

 Vol. 8, p. 243. 



C0LLINSIAA7///(///,Journ. Acad. Phil. 1:190. i;/. 9. 1817. 



Low delicate annuals or biennials, with opposite leaves, 

 and axillary or terminal umbellate flowers. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Corolla 2 lipped, the upper lip 2-cleft, the lower lip 3-lobed; 

 tube saccate. Stamens 4, and a rudimentary gland-like 

 fifth. 



CoLLiNsiA verna Nuft. Joum. Acad. Phil. 1 :190. pL !K 1817 



Stem — 18 inches high, branched, glabrous or puberu- 

 lent; leaves clasping, ovate or ovate lanceolate; peduncles 

 slender; whorls of 2-6 flowers; corolla blue and white, 

 twice the length of the narrow calyx-teeth. 



This species known as Blue-eyed Mary or Innocence 

 ranges from New York to Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa, 

 south to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indian Territory. 



