Order 8C— SCROPHULARIACEiE. 531 



Plant rigid, 2 to 3f high. Lvs. never an inch long, always scattered. Ped. 1 t® 

 2' long. Fls. numerous, large. Aug. — Oct. 



5 G. maritima Raf. St. angular; lvs. linear, fleshy, short, rather obtuse; fls. 

 small; ped. scarcely as long as the truncate calyx; lobes of the cor. spreading, 2 

 upper /ringed.- — ® Salt marshes, along the Atlantic coast. Plant branched, 4 to 

 10' high. Lvs. 6 to 8" long, subtereto and quite fleshy. Fls. about C long, in- 

 clined to bo terminal. Caps, globular. Jl. — Sept. 



6 G. purpurea L. St. angular, branched; lvs. linear, acute, scabrous on the 

 margin; ped. shorter than the calyx which has a truncate tube with short seta- 

 ceously acute teeth. Cor. ample, smooth or pubescent. — ® "Wet grounds, N. Eng. 

 to Fla. and La. Plant of varying form according to situation, 1 to 2f high (2 to 

 4f South). Lvs. 1 to 2' long, often with smaller ones fascicled in the axils. Fls. 

 large, (1' long), purple, the ped. 1", rarely 2" long. Aug. (G. Plukcnetii Ell?) 



ft. fascicuiAta. Tall, with fascicles of smaller lvs. in the axils ; cor. pubes- 

 cent, lobes ciliate. — S. States, common (G. fasciculata Ell.). 



7 G. aspera Doug. Sparingly branched ; lvs. scabrous, long and narrowly linear, 

 the floral exceeding the calyx ; ped. twice longer than the calyx • ccd. teeth lan- 

 ceolate, acute, nearly as long as its lube ; cor. ample, smooth. (J) 111. to Iowa 

 (Cousens), &c. Closely allied to G. purpurea. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' 

 long, rigid, rough. Cor. deep purple, about 1' long, not always smooth. Ped. 

 3 to 5". Aug. 



8 G. linifolia Nutt. St. terete, virgate, inclined, subsimple, several from the 

 same base ; lvs. opposite, smooth, thick, long, lance-linear, and linear, erect, the upper 

 reduced to bracts ; ped. many times longer than the calyx which is truncate, with 

 scarcely any teeth. — N. Car. to Fla., in wet pine barrens. Sts. 2 to 3f high, terete. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' by 2 to 3". Cor. large, pubescent, its lower lip spotted. Aug. — Sept 



9 G. tenuifolia Vahl. Paniculate, much-branched; sts. angular; lvs. linear; 

 . ped. axillary, longer than the flowers, about equaling the lvs. ; caps, globular. — 



(lj A slender and delicate species, usually very branching, in fields and woods, U. 

 S. and Can. St. 6 to 12' high. Lvs. about an inch long, very narrow (1" in 

 width) entire, rough-edged, often coiled. Fls. opposite, axillary, on slender stalks, 

 an inch or less in length. Cor. purple, spotted within, border much spreading, 

 smooth and nearly equal. Cal. teeth short and acute. Aug. — Sept. 



10 G. setacea Walt Si. erect, sparingly branched, slender, 4-angles margined ; 

 lvs. remote, linear or setaceous, acuto at each end. the floral ones 2 or 3 times 

 shorter than tho very long pedimcles ; cal. teeth very short, acute; cor. lobes short, 

 spreading; caps, roundish ovoid, scarcely exceeding tho calyx. — (Jl S. and W. 

 States, dry grounds. Plant 12 to 18' high, the stem and few branches quite 

 slender and rough on the slightly winged angles. Lvs. 5 to 10" long, few and 

 far between. Ped. 1 to 1 £' long. Cor. (5 to G") glabrous, light purple or rose- 

 color. Jl., Aug. (G. Skinneriana, 2d edit.) — Scarcely blackens in drying. 



30. CASTILLE'JA, L. (Euchroma, Nutt.) Painted Cup. (Named 

 ,for one Castillcjo, a Spanish botanist.) Calyx tubular, 2 — 4-cleft ; cor. 

 galea (upper lip) linear, very long, earinate-concave, lower short, 3-lobed ; 

 sta. beneath the galea, didynamous ; anth. oblong-linear, with unequal 

 lobes, cohering in the form of an oblong disk, tbe exterior fixed by the 

 middle, interior pendulous. — Herbaceous or suffruticous. Lvs. alternate, 

 the floral often colored at the apex. Fls. subsessile, in terminal, leafy 

 bracts. 



1 C. cocefnea Spreng. Lvs. sessile, pinnatifld, with linear and divaricate seg- 

 ' ments ; bracts about 3-cleft and colored at the summit, longer than the corolla ; 

 cal. 2-cleft, nearly equaling the corolla, segments refuse and emarginate. — If Wet 

 meadows, Can. and U. S., rare in N. Eng., remarkable for its large, bright, scarlet 

 (or bright yellow!) bracts. Stem angular, simple, 8 — 12' high. Leaves with 

 about 2, long, linear segments on each side. Bracts crowded near the summit 

 of tho stem, each with a dull yellow flower iu its axil, less showy than itself, 

 ilay, Jn. 



