GOODEXIACEJ3. (GOODEXIA FAMILY.) 277 



South Carolina, and northward. July -August. ^ Stem 1-1 high. 

 Corolla 3" -4" long. 



13. L. Canbyi, Gray. Stem simple, or branching above (l-2 high) ; 

 leaves numerous, linear, glandular-denticulate ; racemes long, loosely flowered ; 

 bracts longer than the pedicels; calyx tube top-shaped, half the length of the 

 denticulate lobes, in fruit oblong, covering the capsule; corolla deep blue, 

 more or less bearded in the throat. Wet places, South Carolina ( (jruj). 



A ugust. 



*-< ++ Leaves ovate, toothed or serrate. 



14. L. Cliflbrtiana, L. Annual; stem branching (1-1^ high); 

 leaves ovate, petioled, dentate, the upper ones narrower and sessile; racemes 

 li/oselv many-flowered, tlie pedicels longer than the bracts and flowers ; calyx 

 tube obconical, enclosing the lower half of the ovoid capsule, the lobes subu- 

 late. Southern States ( Gray). Introduced. 



Var. Xalapensis, Gray. Stem weaker; leaves thinner; tube of the 

 calyx enclosing only the base of the capsule ; seeds smooth. Manatee, South 

 Florida ( Garber), East Florida (Miss Reynolds). 



15. L/. Feayana, Gray. Annual, smooth (4' 8' high); stem simple or 

 branched , leaves few, the lowest orbicular, crenate, petioled, the others nar- 

 rower, nearly sessile; racemes loosely 4- 10-flowered ; calyx tube obconical, 

 in fruit enclosing the lower half of the capsule, the lobes subulate; seeds 

 rough. Damp places, East Florida. 



16. L. Gattingeri, Gray. Smooth, stem weak, branching ; leaves thin, 

 sessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse, serrate, the lowest obovate ; racemes peduncled, 

 very slender, many-flowered ; calyx tube ovoid, longer than its pedicel, shorter 

 than the linear-subulate entire lobes; corolla (4" -5" long) deep blue. Bar- 

 rens of Tennessee. April. Stem 10' -20' high. Leaves 2' or less long. 



17. L. inflata, L Pubescent or hairy ; stem leafy, branching from the 

 base ; leaves oblong, obtuse, toothed, sessile ; racemes leafy below ; corolla 

 small, pale blue ; mature capsule ovoid, inflated. Dry sterile soil in the 

 upper districts. August -Sept. (T) or Stem 1-1| high. Corolla 

 2" -3" long. 



ORDER 77. GOODENIACEJE. (GOODENIA FAMILY.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with watery juice, alternate exstipulate leaves, and 

 irregular flowers. --Calyx tubular, 3-5-lobed or entire, more or less 

 adherent to the 1 - 4-celled ovary. Corolla irregular, unequally 5-lobed, 

 induplicate in the bud; the tube split ou one side, or 5-parted. Sta- 

 mens 5, free from the corolla, the filaments and anthers rarely united. 

 Style commonly single : stigma thick, surrounded with a cup-shaped 

 mostly ciliate membrane. Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Embryo 

 straight, in the axis of fleshy albumen. 



1. SCJEVOLA, L. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla villous within, 5-lobed, with the lobes nearly equal 

 and winged; the tube split on one side. Filaments and anthers free. Drupe 



