300 SCROPHTJLARIACEiE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
than the calyx. 0 (CaprJiria multifida, Pursh.) — Sandy river-banks, 
Ohio and southward. July - Sept. 
9. HER PC ST IS, Gaertn. Herpestis. 
Calyx 5-parted; the upper division broadest, the innermost fre¬ 
quently very narrow. Upper lip of the corolla notched or 2-lobed, 
the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, all fertile. Style concave-dilated 
or 2-lobed at the apex. Seeds numerous. — Herbs with opposite 
leaves and solitary axillary flowers. (Name from epTryoryc, a 
creeping thing , the species being chiefly procumbent.) 
1. H. amplexicaillis, Pursh. Stems creeping at the base, 
hairy; leaves clasping, ovate, obtuse, entire; calyx longer than the 
peduncle, shorter than the corolla, the upper division heart-shaped. 
1J. — Wet places, New Jersey and southward. Aug. — Corolla blue, 
ephemeral. 
10. GRATIOLA, L. Hedge-Hyssop. 
Calyx 5-parted, the divisions narrow and nearly equal. ipp^ r 
lip of the corolla entire or 2-cleft, the lower 3-cleft. Fertile sta¬ 
mens 2, included, posterior; the anterior pair mere sterile fila¬ 
ments, or wanting. Style dilated or 2-lipped at the apex. P°d 
4-valved, many-seeded. —Low, mostly branched and diffuse herbs, 
with opposite sessile leaves, and axillary 1-flowered peduncles, 
usually with 2 bractlets at the base of the calyx. (Name from 
gratia, grace or favor, on account of its supposed excellent medi¬ 
cinal properties.) 
* Sterile filaments none or minute : annual ? 
1. O. Virgiiiiana, L. (Common Hedge-Hyssop.) Smooth 
or nearly so; leaves lanceolate, sparingly serrate, narrowed at t ic 
base ; peduncles longer than the leaves; tube of the corolla whitish, 
twice the length of the calyx; pod ovate-globose, acutish. —' Vet 
places, common. July, Aug. —Plant 4'-6' high: corolla scarcely 
long, whitish, the tube pale yellow, often tinged with purple* 
* * Sterile filaments manifest, minutely capitate: perennial . 
2. O. aurea, Muhl. (Golden Hedge-Hyssop.) Smooth; 
branches 4-angled, ascending; leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly on 
tire, 1 -3-nerved; peduncles scarcely equalling the leaves; coro 
golden-yellow (4 f long); pod ovate. — Sandy wet places, Massachu 
setts to New Jersey, and southward. June - Sept. — Stems creeping 
at the base. Leaves 4' long: flowers handsome. 
