IVEOPHYTOIf. ^Cj 



semi 5fid subequal segments simple, corolla 

 campanul. ventricose, limb 51obed obliqual,lobes 

 subequal entire. Stamens 4 didyn, filaments 

 hairy as base, anthers hairy not crested, base 

 ^hd biaristate. Capsule dehiscent above. 

 Hoots perennial, leaves opposite, flowers 

 terminal bracteate yellow— This will include 

 nearly all our golden sp. except G. pedicularis 

 <Slc. The name implies the golden flowers. 



361. AuREOLARiA viLLosA Raf. Ger do 

 Muhl. Ger. flava L. &c. Easily known by its 

 pubescence often all over, leaves oblong,' the 

 lower sinuate. Several var. 1. virgata, 2 

 sinuata, 3 montana all leaves entire, 4 heter- 

 ophyla Mg. leaves very different and sinuate. 



362. AuREOLARiA LEviGATA Raf. Gcrardia 

 do Raf. annals Nat. 99, G. lanceolata Muhl. 

 Cat? Quite smooth, leaves subsessile lanceo- 

 late acute entire, pale beneath, bracts ovate 

 lanceolate, flowers subsessile, teeth of calix 

 ovate obtuse— in the Mts. Alleghanies and 

 Cumberland from Pennsylv. to Kentucky, disc. 

 by me 1818 descr. 1820 in my annals, stem 1 

 or 2 feet high mostly simple faintly 4gone pur- 

 plish, bracts small, flowers large yellow estival. 

 Var. 1. ramosa, 2 alternijolia some leaves and 

 most of the flowers alternate. 



363. AuREOLARiA RETICULATA Raf. Stem as- 

 surgent terete smooth simple, leaves sessile o- 

 blong and cuneate entire acute, rough above 

 and on margins, beneath smooth reticulate, 

 flowers racemose peduncled, bracts linear cun- 

 eate, teeth of calix ovate acute — Florida and 

 Alabama, pedal, stem dark purple, leaves bi- 

 uncial. 



364. AuEUEOLARiA cuNEiFOLiA Raf. smooth, 

 stem simple terete, leaves sessile cuneate acute 



