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Dale blue ; mature capsule ovoid, inflated. Dry sterile soil in the upper districts, 

 and northward. Aug. and Sept. (J) or (g) Stem 1 - 1 high. Corolla 2"- 

 3'' long. 



9- L. Spi.C8.t3>, Lam. Closely pubescent ; stem slender, simple ; lowest 

 leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse, denticulate ^ the upper ones small, lanceolate, 

 scattered ; flowers small, in a long and dense raceme, on short pedicels ; corolla 

 pale blue. (L. Claytoniana, Michx.) Dry soil in the middle and upper dis- 

 tricts, Mississippi, and northward. Aug. and Sept. (f) ? Stem 1- 2 high. 

 Corolla 4" - 5" long. 



10. L. Nuttallii, R. & S. Stem very slender, mostly simple, roughish; 

 leaves small, entire ; the lowest clustered, spatulatc or obovate ; the others dis- 

 tant, linear; flowers small, scattered in a long and slender raceme, on filiform 

 pedicels which are longer than the bracts. (L. Kalmii, Ell.) Low pine bar- 

 rens, Georgia, and northward. Aug. and Sept. Stem 1 1^ high. Corolla 

 3" 4" long, pale blue. 



11. L. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray. Smooth ; stem slender, creeping at the 

 base, sparingly branched above ; leaves small (6" long), subulate, scattered, the 

 lowest scale-like ; racemes loosely many-flowered, the filiform pedicels and slen- 

 der calyx-lobes spreading ; corolla (3" - 5" long) bright blue. Margins of pine- 

 barren ponds, Florida and Georgia. July - Sept. Stem 2 high. 



12. L. paludosa, Nutt. Smooth; stem mostly simple, nearly leafless; 

 radical leaves fleshy, spatulate-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, crenulate ; the others 

 small, linear and remote; racemes slender, loose; bracts minute; corolla small, 

 white or pale blue. Pine-barren swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. May -Aug. 1J. Stem 2 -4 high. Lowest leaves 3' - 9' long. Co- 

 rolla j' long. 



ORDER 74. GOODENIACE^. (GOODENIA FAMILY.) 



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

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

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

 induplicate in the bud ; the tube split on one side, or 5-parted. Stamens 

 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. SC^JVOLA, 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 

 1 -4-celled, the cells 1-seeded. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, dichotomous. Flowers blue or white. 



