ORDER 86. SCROPHULARIACE^ 68* 



' Plant rigid, 2 to 3f high. Lvn. never an incli long, always scattered. Ped.-l to 

 2' long. Fls. numerous, large. Aug. Oct. 



C G. maritima Raf. St. angular; Ivs: linear, fleshy, short, rather obtuse; fls, 

 small; ped. scarcely as long as the truncate calyx* lobes of the cor. spreading^ 2 

 upper fringed. @ Salt marshes, along the Atlantic coast. Plant branched, 4 to 

 10' high. Lvs. 6 to 8" long, subterete and quite fleshy. Fls. about 6' long, in- 

 clined to be terminal. Caps, globular Jl.~-Sept. 



6 G. purpurea L. St. angular, branched; Ivs. linear, acute, scabrous on the 

 margin ; ped. shorter than the calyx which has a truncate tube with short seta- 

 ceously acute teeth. Cor> ample, smooth or pubescent.-^ "Wet grounds, N. Eng. 

 to Fla. and La, Plant of varying form according to situation, 1 to 2f high (2 to 

 if South). Lvs. 1 to 2' long, often with smaller ones fascicled in the axils. Fls. 



large, (!' long), purple, tho ped, 1", rarely 2" long. Aug. (G. Plukenetii Ell?) 



li. FASCICULATA. Tall, with fascicles of smaller Ivs. in the axils ; cor. pubes* 

 cent, lobes ciliate. S. States, common (G. fasciculata E1L). 



7 G. aspera Doug. Sparingly branched; Ivs. scabrous, long and narrowly linear, 

 the floral exceeding the calyx ; pe<L twice longer than the calyx cal. teeth Ian 1 

 ccolate, acute, nearly as long as its tube; cor. ample, smooth. (J) 111. to Iowa 

 (Cousens), &c. Closely allied to G. purpurea. Sts, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' 

 long, rigid, rough. Cor. deep purple, about 1' long, not always smooth. Ped*> 

 3 to 5". Aug. 



G G. linifolia Xutt. St. terete, virgate, inclined, subsimple, several from tli^ 

 same base ; Ivs. opposite, smooth, thick long, lance-linear, and linear, erect, the upper 

 reduced to bracts ; ped. many times longer than the calyx which is truncate* with 

 scarcely any teeth.- X. Car. to Fla., in wet pine barrens. Sts. 2 to 3f high, terete. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' by 2 to 3". Cor. large, pubescent, its lower lip spotted. Aug. Sept 



9 G. tenuifolia Vahl. Paniculate, much'branched ; sts. angular; Ivs. linear; 

 ped. axillary, longer than the flowers, about equaling the Ivs. ; caps, globular. 

 ( A slender and delicate specie.% usually very branching, in fields and woody,' U. 

 S. and Can. St. G to 12' high. Lvs. about an inch long, very narrow (1" in 



width) entire, rough^edged, often coiled. Fls. opposite, axillary, on slender stalks^ 

 r.n inch or less in length. Cor. purple, spotted within, border much spreading) 



. smooth and nearly equal. CaL teeth short and acute. Aug. ---Sept. 



10 G. setacea Walt. St. erect, sparingly branched^ slender, 4-angles margined*; 

 Ivs. remote, linear or set-aceous, acute at each end, the floral ones 2 or 3 times 

 shorter than the very long peduncles ; cal. teeth very short, acute ; cor. lobes short", 

 spreading ; caps, roundish avoid, scarcely exceeding the calyx. (J) S. and W. 

 States, dry grounds. Plant 12 to 18' high, the stem and few branches qtlite 

 slender and rough on the slightly winged angles. Lvs. 5 to 10" long, few And 

 far between. Ped. 1 to !' long. Cor. (5 to 6") glabrous, light purple or rcfee- 

 color. Jl, Aug. (G. Skiiineriana, 2d edit. ) -Scarcely blackens in drying. 



- 30. CASTILLE'JA, L. (Euchroma, Nntt.) PAINTER CUP. (Nank-d 

 for one Castillrjo, a Spanish Botanist.) .Calyx. tabular, 2 4-cleft.; cor. 

 galca (upper lip) linear, very long, carinate-concavc, lower short, 3-lobed; 

 fcta. beneath the galea, didynamous ; anth. ^oblong-linear, with unequal 

 lobes, cohering in the form of an oblong disk, the exterior fixed by the 

 middle, interior pendulous. Herbaceous or suffruticous. Lvs. alternate, 

 the floral often colored at the apex. .Fls. subsessile, in terminal, le^fy 

 bracts. 



, 1 O. coccmea Spreng, Lvs. . sessile, pinnatifid. with linear and divaricate, seg- 

 ments ; bracts about 3-cleft and colored at the summit, longer than the corolla; 

 cal. 2-cleft, nearly equaling the corolla] segments retuse-and eiilarginate. U W<* 

 ,' meadows, Can. and U. S., rare in N. Eng., remarkaMe for its large, bright, scarlet 

 ; (or bright yellow I) bracts. Stem angular, simple, 8 12.' high. Leaves with 

 / about 2, long, linear segments on each side'. Bracts crowded near the summit 

 ' of the stem, each -with a dull vellow ; "flower in -its axil, less showy than itselfi 

 Mar, Jn. - - .. ^ 



