92 * DIDYNA5I1A GYMiS 05 PERMIT. 



tluilato-ovatis, acutis | bracteas spathulate o- 

 acuminatisqiie. | vate, acute and acu- 



minate. 



Mulil. Cat. p. 56. 



S. Versicolor? Nutt. 2. p. 38, 



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Stem 2 — 3 feet high,pubescent. Leaves strictly cordate, acute, but not 

 at all acuminate, somewhat rugose, pubescent or rather hairy on both sur- 

 faces, on petioles I — ^3 inches long. Bracteas longer than the pe- 

 duncle and calyx, abruptly attenuated at base, the lower ones acuminate, 

 the upper simply acute. Calyx villous, tinged with purple. The upper 

 lip of the corolla, bright bluish purple, the lower lip paler, almost white. 



I liave described this species from excellent specimens sent me by my 

 friend Mr. Collins of Philadelphia. 



Grows in Carolina. Muhl. 

 Flowers July — August. 



7. Lateriflora. 



S. ramosissima, [ Branches very nu- 

 glabriuscula ; foliis I merous, nearly gla- 

 longissime petiolatis, | brous ; leaves on ve- 

 ovatis^ dentatis^ cau- r ry long petioles, o- 

 linis sirbcordatis ; ra- i vate, toothed, those 

 cemis lateraiibus folio- j on the stem slightly 



cordate : racemes la- 



sis. 



I 



teral, leafy. 



"7?^ 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 172. IVIich. 2. p. 11. Pursh 2. p. 412. 



Stem about 2 feet liigh, square^ glabrous, except at the angles, not far- 

 towed as irt all of the preceding species. Leaves ovate, very obtuse at 

 base, acuminate, with the serratures very acute, the lower ones on mode- 

 rately long petiolesjthe upper sessile. Brajiches very numerous,all termina- 

 ting in leafy racemes and bearing also axillary racemes. CaJf/3[^ nearly 

 glabrous, smooth, the operculum or crest somewhat conical. Floicers ve- 

 ry small, blue. 



This is the species which has laterly acquired so much celebrity in the 

 cure of Hydrophobia, but whose virtues I fear are more than doubtful. 



Growls ill the upper and mountainous districts cf GsltoUna aliH Georgii^- 

 Flowers J One — September. 



