84 



DIAYNAMIA GYxAINOSPERMIA. 



DRACOCEPHALUM. Gen. Pl. 984. 



tibus 



Calyx 5-fidiis, den- 



snbagqualibus. 



5 



Corollce faux inflata 

 labium superius con 

 cavum. 



1. VlRGINIANtJM. 



D. spicis elongatis 

 confertifloris; . brac- 



teetli 



Calyx 5-cleft with 



nearly 



equal. 



Throat of the corolla 

 inflated, the upper lip 



? 



I 



concave. 



Spikes 



long 



with 



the flowers crowded 



teis parvulisjSubulatis; j bracteas small^ subu- 

 cal} cis dentibus bre- 



vibns 



? 



subagqualibus ; 



foliis liiieari-lanceola 



tis, acute serratis. 



^ 



late 

 lyx 



teeth of the ca 

 shorty nearly c- 



qiial; leaves linear lan- 

 ceolate^ acutely serra- 

 ted* 



Sp. pL 3, p. 149. Mich. 2. p. 10. Pursh 2, p. 411. 



^oot perennial and in all the species creeping. Stem glabrous, square^^ 

 2 — 'ZittX high, pubescent near the summit. Leases opposite, sessile, 2 — 3 

 inches long, narrow, very acutely serrate towai'dsthesummh, serratures al- 



Spikes terminal. Flowers generally opposite. Brae 



acumina 



teas subulate, slightly acuminate, scarcely half as long as the calyx, and 

 with the calyx very pubescent. Corolla inflated at the throat, bright pur* 

 pie, hiindsome, two or three times as long as the calyx, longer than the 

 stamens. 



Grows in mountain meadows. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pursh. 

 Flowers July — September. 



-^ 



i 



2. Variegatum. Venterat 



D. spicis brevibus 



tetragonis 

 ovatis, 



bracteis 

 acumiaatisj 



Spikes 



short 



}. 



square ; bracteas o- 

 vate, acuminate, as 



calycem aequantibus 5 | long as the calyx; teeth 



of the calyx a little 

 unequal; leaves ciose- 



calycis dentibus pau 

 lo inaequalibus ; fohis 



arete 



sessilibus 



y 



ob 



ly fc;essile 



? 



oblong Ian 



