Vol. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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4. MonnierarotundifoliaMichx. Round-leaved Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3274.) 



Monniera rolundifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 



22. 1803. 

 Hcrpeslis rolundifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 418. 



1S14. 



Perennial by stolons, succulent; stems 

 creeping and spreading, branched or simple, 

 villous-pubescent, i°-2° long. Leaves obo- 

 vate or orbicular, palmately veined, entire, 

 or slightly undulate, narrowed to a sessile or 

 clasping base, '/z'-i' broad, glabrous, not 

 punctate; peduncles stout, shorter than the 

 leaves, solitary or 2 together in the axils, 

 longer than the flowers; flowers blue, 3"-4" 

 long; upper calyx-segment oval; corolla 2- 

 lipped, longer than the calyx; stamens ap- 

 proximate in pairs; stigma 2-lobed; disk ob- 

 solete; capsule oblong, obtuse, J%" high, 

 at length 4-valved, shorter than the calyx. 



On muddy shores, Illinois to Nebraska, south 

 to Tennessee and Texas. Also in California (?) 

 June-Sept. 



14. GRATIOLA L. Sp. PI. 17. 1753. 



Erect or diff"use glabrous glandular-pubescent or hirsute herbs, with opposite entire or 

 dentate leaves, and yellow or whitish peduncled flowers solitary in the' axils. Peduncles 

 2-bracteolate at the summit in the following species. Calyx 5-parted, the segments narrow, 

 slightly unequal. Corolla irregular, its tube cylindric, its limb more or less 2-lipped; upper 

 lip entire, emarginate, or 2-cleft; lower lip 3-lobed. Perfect stamens 2, the anterior pair 

 wanting, or represented by rudiments; filaments filiform; anther-sacs distinct, transverse 

 and separated by a broad connective, or parallel and contiguous. Style filiform; stigma di- 

 lated, slightly 2-lobed. Capsule loculicidally and septicidally dehiscent, ovoid or globose, 

 4-valved. Seeds numerous, longitudinally and transversely striate. [Latin, grace or favor, 

 from its reputed healing properties.] 



About 25 species, of wide geographic distribution in temperate and warm regions. Besides the 

 following, some 7 others occur in southern and western North America. 



Plants glabrous or glandular; anther-sacs transverse, separated. 

 Sterile filaments minute or none. 



Glandular-puberulent; flowers 4"-5" long; capsule ovoid. 

 Glabrous; flowers 7" long; capsule globose. 

 Sterile filaments 2, slender, capitate at the summit. 

 Leaves lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, sharply serrate. 

 Plant hirsute; anther-sacs parallel, contiguous. 



1. G. Virginiana. 



2. G. spliaerocarpa. 



G. aurea. 

 G. viscosa. 



5. G. pilosa. 



I. Gratiola Virginiana L. Clammy 

 Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3275.) 



Graliola Virginiana L. Sp. PI. 17. 1753. 



Annual; stem erect, at length widely branch- 

 ed, glandular-puberulent, at least above, 3'-i2' 

 high. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, ses- 

 sile, narrowed to both ends, denticulate, i'-2' 

 long, 2"-5" wide, glabrous or nearly so; pedun- 

 cles slender, glandular, shorter than or equalling 

 the leaves; flowers 4"-5" long; bractlctsaslong 

 as the calyx, or longer; calyx about one-half as 

 long as the yellowish coroUa-tube; limb of the 

 corolla short, white; sterile filaments minute or 

 none; anther-sacs transverse, separated by a 

 broad connective; capsule broadly ovoid, 1" 

 high, as long as the caly.x. 



In wet places, Quebec to British Columbia, south 

 to Florida, Texas and California. Ascends to 3000 

 ft. in Virginia. ilay-Oct. 



