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G. purpurea, L., var. paiiperciila. Gray.* Purple Gerardia. 



Lower Canada to Saskatchewan, and southward from coast of New England to 

 Penn., N. Illinois and Wisconsin. Oray's Synoijtical Flora of N . A. ; apparently the 

 prevailing form of this species in Minnesota. 



O. aspera, Dougl. Purple Gerardia. 



Common through the west half of the state, abundant in the Red river valley ; ex- 

 tending east to lake Pepin, Miss Manning. 



G. temiifolia, Vahl. Slender Gerardia. 



Common, or frequent, through the south half of the state ; also found in the Red 

 river valley, Scott, and at Devil's lake, Dakota, Geyer; extending northeast to the up- 

 per Mississippi river. Garrison. 



G. teniiilblia, Vahl., var. asperula, Grjy.f Slender Gerardia. 

 Collected by T. J. Hale, near the St. Croix river, and in Fillmore county. 



G. Skiiiiieriana, Wood. (G. setacea, Gray's Manual.) Gerardia. 

 Lapham. Upper Mississippi river, Garrison. Rare. South. 



G. quercifolia, Pursh. Smooth False Foxglove. 

 Lapham. Rare. South. 



G. graiidiflora, Bentb. False Foxglove. 



Nicollet county, Aiton; Saint Paul, Mi?s Cathcart. South. 



G. pedicularia, L. Lousewort Foxglove. 



Lapliam. Minneapolis, Bo?jerte; White Bear lake, Ramsey county, Kelley; lake 

 Pepin, Miss Manning. Southeast. 



G. auriculata, Miehx. Gerardia. 



Bluf Earth county, Leiberg; Nicollet county, Alton; New Ulm, Juni; frequent in 

 Martin county, and in Emmet county, Iowa, Cratty. South. 



CASTILLEIA, Mutis. Painted-Cup. 



C cocciiiea, Spreng. Scarlet Painted- Cup. Indian Pink. "Bloody War- 

 rior." 

 Common, often abundant, throughout the wooded portion of the state; less so in the 

 prairie region ; rare from Blue Earth county westward, Leiberg. Neaily all yellow, at 

 least in some years, upon districts ten to twenty miles in extent, as was observed in 

 Washington and Ramsey counties; elsewhere scarlet, with occasional yellow speci- 

 mens intermixed. 



C. pallida, Kunlb, var. septentrioiialis, Gray. Pale Painted- Cup. 



Lapham. Fergus Falls, Leonard; Red river valley, Scott. [North of lake Superior, 

 Agassiz.] Rare. North. 



C. sessiliflora, Pursb. Pale Painted-Cup. 



Frequent thioughout the prairie portion of the state; extending northeast to the 

 upper Mississippi river. 



*Gehardia pubi'urea.'L, var. paupekcula. Gray. A span to a foot high, 

 smoother : stem m<re simple or with stricter branches : pedicels mainly opposite : 

 flowers decidedly smaller : corolla usually only half inch long, lighter rose-purple ; 

 calyx-teeth deltoid-subulate from a broad base, leaving comparatively narrower 

 sinuses, sometimes over half the length of the tube. Gray's Synoptical Flora of N. A. 



tGERARDiA TENUiFOLiA, Vahl., var. ASPKKULA, Gray. Distinguished by Professor 

 Gray, from the typical G. tenuifolia, as follows : Leaves all nearly filiform, the upper 

 side hispidulo-scabrous or asperulous (in the manner of G. aspera) : inflorescence more 

 paniculate and with the pedicels all ascending : corolla small, the expanded limb only 

 half an inch in diameter.— Dry and bare hills and bluffs. Missouri to Minnesota. Wis- 

 consin and Michigan. Botanical Gazette, vol. iv, p. 153 : May, 1879. 



