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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



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2. Gratiola sphaerocarpa Ell. Round- 

 fruited Hedge Hyssop. (Fig. 3276.) 



Graliola sphaerocarpa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 14. 



1816. 



Annual, glabrous; stem ascending, or erect, 

 rather stout, simple, or branched, 6'-i2' high. 

 Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, sessile, den- 

 tate or denticulate, 3-5-nervcd, acute or obtusish 

 at the apex, narrowed at the base, i'-2'' long, 3"- 

 8" wide; peduncles stout, little or not at all lon- 

 ger than the calyx; bractlets about equalling the 

 calyx; calyx-lobes linear; calyx nearly one- 

 half as long as the corolla; flowers about 7" long; 

 corolla-tube yellow, the limb paler; anther-sacs 

 broad, transverse; sterile filaments wanting; cap- 

 sule globose, 3" in diameter. 



In wet places, southern New Jersey to Florida, 

 west to Illinois, Texas and Mexico. June-Sept. 



3. Gratiola aurea Muhl. Goldenpert. 

 Golden Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3277.) 

 Gratiola aurea Muhl. Cat. 2. 181.^. 



Annual, glandular-puberuleut,above, orgla- 

 brate; stems decumbent, creeping or ascend- 

 ing, simple or branched, 4'-! 2' long, some- 

 what 4-sided. Leaves lanceolate, yi'-i' long. 

 i"-i" wide, sparingly denticulate, scarcely 

 narrowed to the sessile and somewhat clasp- 

 ing base; peduncles filiform, in fruit equalling 

 or longer than the calyx; corolla bright yel- 

 low, W-l" long, 3 times as long as the calyx; 

 sterile filaments 2, capitate at the summit; an- 

 ther-sacs of the fertile stamens broad, trans- 

 verse; capsule globose-ovoid, shorter than or 

 equalling the calyx. 



In sandy wet places. Quebec and Ontario to 

 New Jersey and Florida. June-Sept. 



4. Gratiola viscosa 

 Hedge-Hyssop. 



Schwein. Viscid 

 (Fig. 3278.) 



Graliola viscosa Schwein.; LeConte, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. i: 106. 1823. 



Annual; stem weak, finely viscid-pubescent, 

 slender, commonly simple, 6'-iS' long. 

 Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 sharply serrate, acute at the apex, sessile, cor- 

 date-clasping at the base, yi'-i' long; pedun- 

 cles slender, shorter than or exceeding the 

 leaves; bractlets and calyx-segments foliaceous, 

 entire or dentate, one-third to one-half as long 

 as the yellow or purplish corolla; flowers $"- 

 f>" long; sterile filaments 2, capitate at the sum- 

 mit; anther-sacs of the fertile stamens trans- 

 verse, separated by the broad connective; cap- 

 sule subglobose, shorter than the calyx. 



In brooks and swamps, Kentucky to Georgia 

 and North Carolina, in and near the mountains. 

 May-Sept. 



