192 GAMOPETALOUS EXOGENS ' 



in 1827, when it was rather abundant; but it has been rarely seen, 

 since. 



2 2. PERENNIALS: flowers yellow; anthers awn-pointed at base; leaves all, or tJte 

 lower one f, pinnatifid, more or less petiolate. 



4. G. 11 siva, L. Finely pubescent; stem mostly simple, "Father 



tall ; leaves lance-oblong, the lower ones sinuate-dentate, w pin- 



natifid. 



YELLOW GERARDIA. 



Stem 2 to 3 or 4 feet high, sub-terete, clothed with a short cinereous 'pubescence. 

 Leaves 2 to 5 or 6 inches long, roughish-pubescent, upper ones lanceolate, sub- 

 sessile and nearly entire, the lower ones lance-oblong, often somewhat pinnatifid, 

 narrowed at base to a distinct petiole. Flmvers opposite, subsessile, op$oximated 

 in a terminal leafy spike 4 to 6 or 8 inches in length. 

 Hub. Hilly woodlands : common. Fl. July. Fr. SeptenK 



5. G. quercif vliSly Pursh. Smooth and glaucous; stem usual- 

 ly tall and branching ; leaves oblong-ovate, thfe lower ones deeply 

 pinnatifid. 



G. glauca. Eddy. $FL Cestr. ecL 2. p. 806. 

 OAK-LEAVED GERAUDIA. 



Stem 3 to 4 or 5 feet high, obtusely 4-angled, often purplish, but bluish-glaucous 

 withal. Leaves 2 to 6 or 7 inches long, conspicuously veined ; lower ones sometimes 

 bipinnatifid; upper ones lanceolate, toothed, or entire; all narrowed at base to a 

 distinct slender petiole. Flmvers on subclavate peduncles % to near ]/ 2 an inch 

 long. 

 Hab. Rich, rocky woodlands: not common. Fl. Aug. Fr. Octo. 



6. O. pedicul&ria, L. Pubescent; stem bushy-branched; 

 leaves lance-oblong, all pinnatifid, or doubly incised- serrate. 

 PEDICULARIS-LIKE GERARDIA. . 



Stem 1 to 3 feet high, subferete, paniculately branching, glandular and viscid- 

 pubescent at summit. Leartv 1 to 3 or4 inches long, subsessile; segments crcnatt- ly 

 incised-serrate. P&ltincles \ to % of an inch long, subclavate, glandular-villous; 

 calyx-segments foliaceous, crenately incised, longer than the tube. 

 Hab. Woodlands, on slaty hills: frequent. FL Aug. Fr. Octo. 



Obs. This, and the preceding species, are handsome enough to 

 claim a place in our flower-gardens, and borders. 



b. Corolla ringent,the upper lip erect, arched, including the. stamens. 

 f Anther-cells unequal, and separated. 



276. CASTIUJETJA, Mmi*. 



[Dedicated to a Spanish Botanist, at Cadiz, named flistillrjo.} 

 Calyx ovoid-tubular, the border compressed, bifid, or 4-cleft. Co- 

 rolla-tube included in , the calyx; upper Up long, linear, laterally 

 compressed; lower lip short, 3-lobed. Stamens didynamous ; anther- 

 cells oblong-linear, the outer one fixed by the middle, the inner one 

 pendulous. Capsule compressed, elliptic-ovate, many-seeded. Seeds 

 pyriform; seed-coat loosely reticulated. Leaves mostly alternate, 

 deeply incised, or entire, the floral ones (bracts) often colored at 

 summit; flowers in a terminal leafy epike. 



