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with toothed caHx and purple flowers es^ival 

 and Autumnal, leaves and flowers chiefly oppo- 

 site, leaves always sessile. 



372. Agalinis pallstris Raf. Ger. purpu- 

 rea L. &.C. that name applied to all. It will 

 be known by its locality near marshes, stem 

 branched rough 4gone, leaves broad linear 

 rough, flowers subsessile and large, teeth of ca- 

 lix elongate and broad. From New England 

 to Carolina, sesquipedal. Var. Corymbosa 

 branches crowded corymbose, 2. divaricnta 

 slender divergent, 3 ramoslssima, 4 virgata 

 &c, but the next appears to be distinct. 



373. Agalinis longifolia Raf. stem simple 

 4gone smooth, leaves long linear smooth thin 

 margin rough, flowers subsessile, teeth of calix 

 long subulate, — Near streams New Jersey to 

 Virginia, stem 6 to 12 inches only, while leaves 

 2 or 3 inches long, often alternate above, flow- 

 ers rather large. 



374. Agalims mahitima Raf. Ger. do Raf. 

 med. rep. 1808. Nuttal 1818. G. purpurea 

 var. crassifolia Pursh. Quite smooth, stem 

 branched, leaves linear thick convex beneath 

 enerve, flowers on peduncles shorter than leaves, 

 calix crenate, teeth short obtuse — on the Sea 

 shores from New England to Chesapeak bay. 

 Stem 2 to 8 inches high, flowers smaller. A 

 very distinct sp. one of the few of my early dis- 

 coveries in 1802 adopted by our botanists. 

 Var. \, purnila^ 2 or 3 inches high, 2 gracilis 

 less branched slender leaves remote. 



375. Agalinis virgata Raf quite smooth, 

 stem simple virgate angular, leaves adpressed 

 narrow linear, flowers racemose opposite on 

 short peduncles, teeth of calix short acute — 

 glades of Pine woods in South New Jersey near 



