SCROPHULARINEjE. LIV. GERARDIA. 



557 



almalth. t. 389. f. 1. Corolla about an inch and a half long, 

 glabrous, yellow. 



Fe//oro- flowered Gerardia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. PI. 

 li to 2 feet. 



7 G. SUERCIFOLIA (Pursh, 1. c.) quite glabrous ; lower leaves 

 large, bipinnatifid : superior ones oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 or quite entire ; calyx a little inflated, with lanceolate, acute 

 segments, which are shorter than the tube. 1. H. Native of 

 the United States, common. G. flava, Lin. spec. 848, but not 

 of Pursh. Rhinanthus Virginicus, Gron. virg. 192. Lin. spec, 

 p. 841. Corolla rather larger than that of the preceding. 

 Calyx larger. The leaves vary much, but are always more 

 divided than in G.Jlava, ex Benth. 



Oak-leaved Gerardia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 3 to 

 4 feet. 



8 G. GRANDIFLORA (Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 206.) 

 downy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrated at top, pinna- 

 tifid at the base ; calyxes longer than the pedicels ; calycine 

 segments obtuse, entire, or toothed ; corolla 4 times as long as 

 the calyx. %. H. Native of Mexico, in the province of 

 Texas. Corolla 20 lines long. Capsule coriaceous, large, 

 pointed. 



Great-flowered Gerardia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



9 G. PEDICULA'RIA (Lin. spec. p. 849.) smoothish, or pubes- 

 cent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, pinnatifid, with toothed 

 segments ; calyxes shorter than the pedicels, with toothed seg- 

 ments ; corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, y.. H. Native 

 of the United States, common. Corolla 15 lines long. Capsule 

 coriaceous, pointed. Plant drying black like Pediculdris. 



Pedicular I s-Uke Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



10 G, PECTINA'TA (Torrey, mss. ex Benth. ger. in Hook, 

 comp. 1. p. 206.) hairy; leaves pectinately pinnatifid; lobes a 

 little toothed ; pedicels very short ; calyx very hairy, deeply 5- 

 cleft, with toothed segments ; corolla 3 times as long as the 

 calyx. If.. H. Native of Carolina and Georgia, in sandy 

 forests, Nuttall ; Rocky Mountains, Torrey. G. pedicularia, ft, 

 pectinata, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 48. Corolla as in G. pedicu- 

 laria, from which it differs in being more hairy, the leaves 

 usually smaller, and more divided, and in the pedicels being 

 much shorter. 



Pectinate-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



11 G. DEXSIFLORA (Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 206.) 

 scabrous and hispid ; leaves pinnatifid, with narrow-linear, stiff, 

 ciliately scabrous segments ; flowers secund, spicate ; calycine 

 segments lanceolate, very acute ; tube of corolla attenuated at 

 the base, and dilated at top ; capsule obtuse. If. . H. Native 

 of Mexico, in the province of Texas. Corolla an inch long. 

 Filaments hairy. Anthers like those of the next section Euge- 

 rdrdia, but more pointed, and slightly pilose at the base. 



Dense-Jlonered Gerardia. PI. ? 



SECT. IV. EUGERA'RDIA (from eii, well or good, and Gerardia ; 

 this section contains what are considered the genuine species of 

 the genus.) Benth. 1. c. Calyx 5-toothed, rarely half 5-cleft. 

 Corolla purple, campanulate, or tubularly campanulate, rarely 

 ventricosely tubular. Anthers nearly equal ; cells twin, fertile, 

 mutic. Herbs or under shrubs natives of America. Leaves 

 linear, rarely lanceolate, quite entire, or the lower ones are a 

 little cut. 



12 G. DIGITA'LIS (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves linear, 

 smoothish ; flowers nearly sessile ; teeth of calyx short, truncate, 

 mutic, with very villous edges ; corolla amply campanulate, 

 villous, 4-5 times longer than the calyx. I/. G. Native of 

 South America, at Maldonado. Flowers disposed in terminal 



FIG. 52. 



interrupted spikes ; the floral leaves being very small. Calyx 

 of Sopubia. Corolla above an inch long, very open. 

 Fingered Gerardia. PI. ? 



13 G. RIGIDA (Gill. mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) glabrous and scab- 

 rous ; leaves linear, very acute ; flowers racemosely spicate ; 

 calyx longer than the pedicels, truncate : teeth short, acute ; 

 corolla amply and tubularly campanulate, villous, 4-5 times 

 longer than the calyx. 1. G. Native of South America, in the 

 province of San Louis, Gillies. Flowers the same size, but 

 more hairy than in G. linarioidcs. 



Stiff Gerardia. PI. ? 



14 G. BRACHYPHY'LLA(Cham. 



et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 3. p. 

 15.) shrubby, glabrous, smooth ; 

 leaves small, narrow-lanceo- 

 late, mucronulate ; flowers pe- 

 dicellate ; teeth of calyx short, 

 acute, shorter than the ovoid 

 calyx, fj . S. Native of Tro- 

 pical Brazil. Esterhazya alpes- 

 tris, Spix. et Mart, reise in bras. 

 1. p. 397. Virgularia alpes- 

 tris, Mart. nov. gen. 3. p. 10. t. 

 205. Leaves rather fleshy, 4 

 lines long. Pedicels shorter 

 than the leaves. Corollas like 

 those of G. linariotdet, but 

 rather smaller. Filaments with 

 a few hairs at the base. Valves 

 of capsule at length split, 

 (fig- 52.) 



Short-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 foot. 



J 5 G. LANCEOLA'TA .(Benth. 1. c. p. 207.) glabrous, smooth ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, mucronate, narrowed at the base ; flowers 

 on short pedicels ; calycine teeth short, acute ; corolla amply 

 and tubularly campanulate, villous, 4 times as long as the calyx. 

 Tf.. G. Native of Peru, between Huariaco and Huanuco, 

 Mathews. Virgularia lanceolata, Ruiz, et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 

 161. Virg. revoluta, Ruiz, et Pav. 1. c. Closely allied to the 

 preceding, of which it may be a variety. It differs chiefly in 

 the leaves being rather broader, especially near the apex, and 

 longer. The anthers and filaments are perfectly glabrous. 



Zanceofo/e-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



16 G. LINARIOIDES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea, 3. p. 13. 

 Benth. 1. c.) glabrous, rather scabrous; leaves linear, acute, 1- 

 nerved ; flowers racemose ; calyx shorter than the peduncles : 

 teeth ovate, truncate, or lanceolate acuminated, much shorter 

 than the tube ; corolla amply and tubularly campanulate, downy, 

 4-5 times as long as the calyx. Tf.. G. Native of South 

 America ; at Banila Oriental, Tweedie ; southern provinces of 

 Brazil, Sello. Differs chiefly from the preceding by its narrower 

 leaves. 



Toad-flax-like Gerardia. PI. \\ to 2 feet. 



17 G. GENISTIFOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 15. Benth. 

 1. c.) glabrous and rather scabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 sub-trinerved ; flowers racemose ; calyxes shorter than the 

 peduncles : teeth ovate, truncate, or lanceolate, acute, much 

 shorter than the tube ; corolla ample, tubularly campanulate, 

 downy, 4-5 times as long as the calyx. I/. F. Native along 

 with the preceding, Tweedie and Sello. Plant woody at the 

 base. Corolla almost lj inch long. Leaves and branches 3 in 

 a whorl. Largest cauline leaves 2j inches long. 



Genista-like Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 G. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Mart. bras. 3. p. 12. t. 206. Benth. 

 1. c.) quite glabrous ; stem erect, virgately branched ; leaves 



