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Glabrous or nf arly so throughout. 



Leaves all except the uppermost pianatifid. D. vii^inica. 

 Plants glandular-pubescent; < orolla pubescent without. D. peJicularia. 



Dasystoma grandiflora {BenfJt.) Wood. Western False 

 Foxoflove. 



Gefardia grandiflora 'Q&nth. Comp. Bot. Ma;?. l:20fi. 1835. 

 Dasvsf omi druminondii Ben^L. inD. C. Prodr. 10:520. 1846. 

 Dasvstoma grandiflora Wood, Bot. 8z Flor. 231. 1873. 



Stem minutely downy, 2 — 4 feet high, branched; leaves 

 thin, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, incisely cut or pin- 

 natifid, the upper leaves small, sessile; peduncles about 

 the length of the calyx; corolla about 2 inches long, yel- 

 low, glabrous without. 



This species occurs in dry open woods and thickets, 

 blooming in July and August, and ranging from Wisconsin 

 and Minnesota to Tennessee and Texas. In Iowa this 

 species is found only in the eastern half of the state and is 

 rather infrequent. 



Specimens in our collection are from Muscatine, John- 

 son, Washington, Jefferson, Van Buren, and Appanoose 

 counties. The State University herbarium has a specimen 

 from Henry county. Messrs. Barnes, Roppert, and Miller 

 have reported the species from Scott county. 



Arthur, Coatr. Fl. la., p. 23; MacMillan, Met. Minn. Valley, p. 468; 

 Gray, Synop. Fl., Vol. 2, Ft. 1. p. 291; Fitzpatrick, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci- 

 ences, Vol. 5, p. 157; Manual Fl. Plantsof Iowa, p. 125; Barnes, Reppert, 

 and Miller, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sciences, Vol. 8, p. 244. 



Dasystoma flava L^ \Vo(h1. Downy False Foxglove. 



Gerardia flava L. Sp. PI. 610. 1753. 



Dasystoina pubescens Benth. in D. C. Prodr. 10:520. 1846. 



Dasystoma flava Wood, Bot. &- Fl. 230. 1873. 



Downy grayish; stem 2 — 4 feet high, usually simple; 

 leaves lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, entire or the 

 leaves sinuate toothed or pinnatifid, short-petioled or the 

 upper sessile. 



This species occurs in dry woods and thickets and ranges 

 from Massachusetts to Ontario and Wisconsin, south to 



