F1QW0RT FAMILY. Scrophulariacex. 



A small species, generally found in the 



y ™ e " eave grass, with a slender branching stem and 



Veronica small oval leaves, toothless, short- 



serpyiufoiia stemmed, and opposite-growing. Flowers 



White, pale like those of American Brooklime but 



lavender white or pale lavender with deeper stripes; 



April-May „ . ., ,, „ „ , ', 



they are less frail than those of the other 



Veronicas. 2-10 inches high. In fields and thickets, 

 from Me. , south to Ga. , and westward. Also in Europe 

 and Asia. Named for St. Veronica. 



A handsome annual or biennial species 

 Fern-leaved with & rafcher sticky fi ne -hairy, leafy, 

 False Foxglove , . . J . . . „,, 



Gerardia branching stem, round in section. The 



pedicularia light green leaves are fernlike, and deeply 

 Pure yellow cu t into many toothed lobes ; they are 

 Aug " st . stemless or nearly so. The showy, pure 



light lemon yellow flowers are bell-shaped 

 with five broad, spreading, rounded lobes. The blos- 

 soms measure a full inch or more in diameter. The 

 outer surface and the throat of the corolla, the stamens, 

 and the toothed lobes of the calyx are fine-hairy. Both 

 flower and fruit are very beautiful, and the plant would 

 be worthy of cultivation if its character permitted ; but 

 the Gerardias are more or less parasitic on the roots of 

 other plants. 1-3 feet high. Visited frequently by the 

 bumblebee and the light brown butterfly, Junonia coznia. 

 On the borders of dry woodlands and thickets, from Me., 

 south, and west to Minn, and Mo. 



_. A handsome species with a simple stem, 



Downy False ■ F r 



Foxglove an( * yellow-green leaves, ovate lance- 



Gerardiaflava shaped, broadest at the base, slightly 

 Pure yellow coarse dull-toothed or toothless, the edge 

 July-August W avy. Both stem and leaves are velvety 

 downy with soft hairs, the leaves with their stalks ma- 

 genta-tinged. The showy, pure yellow or light lemon 

 yellow flowers about 1^ inch long, trumpet-shaped like 

 foxglove, with five lobes, the broad throat downy on the 

 inside. Stamens four, two short and two long; hairy. 

 The flowers set in a close terminal cluster, rather one- 

 sided. Cross-fertilized mostly bj T butterflies and bumble- 

 bees : the Peacock butterfly (Junonia coznia), light brown 

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