FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceee. 



darker spotted, is one of the frequent visitors. 2-4 feet 

 high. Thin woodlands. Me. , south to Ga. , west to Wis. 

 Smooth False A similar species with flowers a little 

 Foxglove larger and the same pure yellow ; but the 



Gerardia whole plant smooth and with a slight 



quercifoha bloom ; the leaves cut or plain-edged, ob- 

 long lance-shaped, the lower ones cut quite deeply, with 

 the outline wavy and toothed. 3-6 feet high. New 

 Eng., south, west to 111. and Minn. 



One of the daintiest of the Gerardias ; 



- Urp e ., an annual with a generally smooth stem, 



vjerardia . • ,■ ,,'. 



Gerardia slim, straight, and rigid, the branches 



purpurea widely spreading. The leaves are yellow- 

 Magenta- i s h green, small, and linear, with acute 

 purple j.- rp ne downy, lighter or deeper ma- 

 August- , ,„ , . 

 September genta-purple flowers are cup-shaped, with 



five wide, flaring lobes ; there are four 

 stamens bearing rather large deep golden yellow anthers. 

 The flower is commonly visited by various bees, the yel- 

 low butterfly, Colias philodice, and the brown butterfly, 

 Junonia camia. Seed-capsule spherical. 12-26 inches 

 high. In moist soil, generally near the coast, or in the 

 vicinity of the Great Lakes, from Me., south, and west 

 to Minn. The var. paupercula, not quite as tall, has a 

 smooth, simple or branched stem, and the smaller flower 

 is about \ inch long ; seed-capsule prolate-spheroidal. 

 6-17 inches high. N. Y. and N. J., west to Wis. 

 Sea-side A similar and even lower species con- 



Oerardia fined to the salt marshes of the coast. The 



Gerardia linear leaves are rather fleshy, and obtuse 



maritima at tne ^ s . t j ie U pp er ones are unusually 



short. The light magenta flowers, about the same size 

 as those of the preceding species, are not downy, but 

 smooth. 4-14 inches high. From Me., south. 

 Slender ^ verv slender species with linear, acute- 



Gerardia pointed leaves. The light magenta flow- 



Gerardia e rs have two of the five lobes not so fully 



tenuifolia expanded as the others; the calyx-lobes 



are short and acute. 10-20 inches high. In dry fields 

 and along roadsides. Common. Named for John Ge* 

 rarde, a celebrated herbalist. 

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