DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. IS 



Hoot perennial. Stem herbaceous, a little succulentj slightly fui - 

 rowed generally erect. Leaves sessilcj rather acute, obscureiy 3 nerv- 

 ed. Flowers axillary, solitary, on peduncles half the leui>th of the 

 leaves, Bracteas Hnear-lanceolate, persistent, expanding, shorter 

 than the calyx. Cor«//a one leaved, tube sli2;htly incurved and an* 

 gled, border 4 cleft, set^ments unequal in breadth, rounded, slightly 

 emarginate, purplish white, with deeper veins and streaks, pubescent 

 without, bearded within. Filaments 2, inserted into the base of the 

 corolla, not half its length. Anthers oblong, somewhat reniform, 2 cell- 

 ed, white. Rudimetsof 2sterile/Zftw^nf.s very short Germ superior, 

 ovate, compressed, furrowed. Style filiform, equalling the stamens, 

 pei'sistent. Stigma compressed, bilabiate. Capsule ovate, slightly 

 compressed, somewliat angular, 2 celled, 2 valved. Seed numerous, at- 

 tached to a central receptacle, oblong, roughened with elevated dots. 

 . Grows in wet places, ditches^ &c. very abundantly. 



Flowers March-^April. VirAnian Gratiola. 



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2. AuREA. Muhl, Cat. 



G. glabra ; caiile pro- I Plant glabrous ; stem 

 cumbente, tereti ; foliis procumbent, terete ; 

 ovato-lanceolatis, semi- leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 amplexicaulibus, acute | half enibracins; the stem, 

 serratis, punctatisj calycis acutely serrate, dotted ; 

 foholis aequalibus. E. | leaves of the calyx equaU 



G. officinalis? Mich. 1. p. 6. Pursh, 1. p. 12. 



Root pcrenuial? creeping. Stem 1 — 2 feet long, terete, slightly 



furroweff, jointed, taking root at the joints, with the summits assur- 



|:ent. Leaves ratlier' thick, obscurely 3 nerved. Flowers axillary, 



solitary, pnerally alternate, on peduncles shorter than the Ieu\e3. 



Bracteal leaves as long as the.calvx. Corolla bright yellow. 



Grows in the wet pine barrens in Georgia, and the southern pnrtof 

 Carolina, abundantly. 



Flowers April—June. Fellow -Jlowered Gratiola. 



3. PiLosA. Mich. 



G. pilosissima; caule [ Plant very hahy ; stem 

 erecto ; fuliis ovalibus, se- | erect ; leaves oval, half 

 mi-amplexi«:aulibus, ser- | embracing the stem, ser- 

 ratis, riigosis ; calycis fo- | rate, rugose; leaves of the 

 liolis insequalibus. E. | calyx unequal. 



Mich. l.p. r. Pursh, 1 p. 13. 



G. Peruviana, Walt. p. 62. 



Moot perennial. Stem 1—2 feet high, round below, sqi!J>-c towarcli 

 the summit, clothed with transparent, jointed, hair. Leaves half em- 



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