SCROPHULAKIACE^E. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 2U7 



1. B. elongata, S wartz. Rough with short rigid hairs; stem mostly 

 simple ; leaves entire or slightly toothed, 1-nerved, or obscurely 3-nerved ; 

 the lowest obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, the lower stem-leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate ; the uppermost distant, acute ; spikes interrupted, long-peduncled ; 

 flowers opposite or alternate. Low pine barrens, Florida, Georgia, and west- 

 ward. July and Aug. Stem 1 - 2 high. Corolla 4" - 5" long. 



2. B. Americana, L. Very rough, with bristly hairs ; stem often branch- 

 ing above ; leaves prominently 3-nerved, mostly toothed ; the lower ones oblong, 

 obtuse, the others lanceolate, acute ; calyx-teeth acuminate. Low pine barrens, 

 Florida to Mississippi, and northward. July and Aug. Stem 2 - 3 high. 

 Corolla 6''- 7 ; ' long. 



16. SEYMEBIA, Pursh. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong. Stamens 4, 

 equal, the filaments woolly : anthers oblong, opening at the apex, awnless. 

 Style simple, obtuse. Capsule ovate, flattened above, loculicidally 2-valved. 

 Seeds numerous, covered by the loose hyaline testa. Chiefly annuals. Stems' 

 erect, branching. Leaves opposite, pinnately divided. Flowers yellow, in ter- 

 minal leafy-bracted racemes. 



1. S. tenuifolia, Pursh. Smooth or nearly so ; stem with elongated 

 erect-spreading branches ; leaves pinnate, the entire or lobcd divisions filiform ; 

 capsule smooth, acute at the base, shorter than the pedicel. Low pine barrens, 

 Florida to North Carolina, and westward. Aug. and Sept. Stem 2 - 4 

 high. 



2. S. pectinata, Pursh. Viscid-pubescent ; stem with ascending branches ; 

 leaves pinnatifid, the entire obtuse divisions oblong-linear ; capsule hairy, obtuse 

 at the base, as long as the pedicel. Dry sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, 

 and westward July - Sept. Stem 6' - 18' high. 



17. MACRANTHEEA, Torr. 



Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes elongated. Corolla cylindrical, 5-toothed ; the teeth 

 reflexed. Stamens 4, equal, long-exserted, woolly : anthers large, oblong, ap- 

 proximate. Style simple, filiform, elongated : stigma minute, flat. Capsule 

 ovate, loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. A tall biennial, with pinnatifid 

 opposite leaves, and showy orange-colored flowers, in terminal leafy racemes. 



1. M. fuchsioid.es, Torr. Smoothish; stem branching, 4-sided ; earliest 

 leaves ovate-oblong, entire ; those of the stem lyrate-pinnatifid, with the lobes 

 denticulate ; the uppermost toothed-serrate ; pedicels slender, recurved, the 

 upper ones longer than the floral leaves; flowers erect: calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 denticulate, rather shorter than the corolla. Var. LECONTEI has the shorter 

 and narrower lobes of the calyx entire. (M. Lecontei, Torr.) Marshy banks 

 of pine-barren streams, Georgia, Florida, and westward. Sept. and Oct. Stem 

 3-5high. Earliest leaves 6' -8' long; those of the stem 2' -4' long. Co- 

 rolla 9"- 12" long. The plant turns black in drying. 



