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short acute teeth ; corolla amply campanulate, downy, furnished 

 with long cilia on the edges, 4 times as long as the calyx. $ . ? 

 G. Native of Mexico, Tate. This species chiefly differs from 

 G. purpurea, by the narrow leaves and long peduncles. Cap- 

 sule globose, longer than the calyx. (Benth.) 

 Long-pcduncled Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



31 G. FILIFOLIA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 48.) leaves filiform, 

 for the most part alternate, subfasciculate, and are, as well as 

 the stem, scabrous, ex Benth, smooth, ex Nutt. ; racemes pani- 

 ded ; floriferous peduncles much longer than the leaves ; calyx 

 truncate, with short acute teeth ; corolla ample, ventricosely 

 campanulate. I/ . ? F. Native of West Florida, Nuttall ; Jack- 

 sonville, Louisiana, and Texas, Drummond. Intermediate be- 

 tween G. peditncuUiris and G. tenuifolia, y ; and is distinguished 

 from the first in the slender stem and filiform leaves, which are 

 often fascicled ; and from the last in the large flowers and long 

 peduncles. (Benth.) 



Thread-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



32 V. STRICTIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c. p. 209.) leaves linear, stiff, 

 very acute, and are, as well as the stem, much branched, and 

 rather scabrous ; racemes subpanicled ; peduncles longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx truncate, with setaceous teeth ; corolla cam- 

 panulate, about 4 times longer than the calyx. $ . ? F. Na- 

 tive of Texas. Habit and foliage almost of G. heterophylla, 

 with the corolla of G. tenuifolia, but larger ; the peduncles are 

 nearly as long as those of G.jilifblia. The anthers are very 

 woolly, as in G. tenuifolia. 



Strict-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



33 G. TEXUIFOLIA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 79. Benth. 1. c. p. 

 209.) stem angular, smoothish ; leaves linear, more or less sca- 

 brous from pili above ; racemes panicled ; peduncles at length a 

 little longer than the leaves ; calyx truncate, with very short 

 acute teeth ; corolla campanulate, smoothish, about 3 times 

 longer than the calyx ; capsule nearly globose, not exceeding 

 the calyx. G- H. Native of the United States, common in 

 dry sandy forests. G. erecta, Walt. fl. carol. 170. Plukn. 

 aim. p. 3-t. t. 12. f. 4. The following varieties may perhaps be 

 species, especially the last ; but the characters are very slight. 

 They all differ from G. peduncularis, by the glabrous, hardly 

 ciliated corolla ; from G. setacea, by the short capsule, and 

 habit; and from G. longifolia, by the truncate calyx with 

 minute teeth. They have all the same slender branching habit ; 

 the stems always marked with decurrent lines from the base 

 of the leaves ; the anthers vrith long, white, woolly hairs. 

 (Benth.) 



Var. /3, parriJJora (Nutt. in amer. phil. trans, n. s. 5. p. 179.) 

 flowers smaller ; tube of calyx equal in length to the corolla ; 

 teeth acuminated; fruit larger. Q. H. Native in the prairies 

 of the Arkansas, above the Verdigris river. Apparently a dis- 

 tinct species. The stem is less branched, and inclined to grow 

 taller than the species, whose flowers are larger, with a much 

 smaller calyx. 



Fine-ledted Gerardia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PL i to 

 1 foot. 



34 G. SETA'CEA (Walt. fl. car. p. 170.) branches slender, and 

 are, as well as the setaceous leaves, rather scabrous ; flowers 

 few, on long peduncles ; teeth of calyx short, setaceous ; capsule 

 ovate, longer than the calyx. O-? F. Native from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Carolina, in sandy forests. Allied to G. lenuifclia. 



Var. p, partifolia (Benth. 1. c. p. 210.) leaves distant, 3-6 

 lines long ; flowers racemose. <? . ? F. Native of Jackson- 

 ville. This has some resemblance to G. aphylla, but the leaves 

 are never reduced to scales. It does not dry so black as other 

 species of the genus. 



S'eto'toiw-leaved Gerardia. PI. 1 foot. 



35 G. APHY'LLA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 47.) branches elon- 



gated, filiform, nearly naked, scabrous ; leaves short, remote, 

 linear, or all minute and scale- formed ; flowers pedunculate; calyx 

 truncate, with very short acute teeth ; capsule globose, exceed- 

 ing the calyx. F. Native from North Carolina to Florida, 

 Nuttall ; Jacksonville, Drummond. 



far. fi,jil*caulis (Benth. 1. c. p. 210.) branches very slender, 

 few-flowered ; flowers small. 



Var. y, grandiflbra (Benth. 1. c.) branches stiff; flowers 

 racemose, rather large. 



Leafless. Gerardia. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



SECT. V. DAEGERIA (an anagram of Gerardia.) Benth. ger. 

 in Hook. comp. 1. p. 210. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla purple ; 

 segments emarginately bifid. Stamens didynamous ; anthers all 

 equally 2-celled, fertile. An Indian herb, with pinnate leaves, 

 and linear segments. Perhaps a proper genus. 



36 G. PARVIFLORA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3888. scroph. 

 ind. p. 48.) stems tall, acutely tetragonal ; racemes numerous, 

 disposed in an ample panicle ; flowers on short pedicels ; corolla 

 hardly 2 lines long ; capsule ovate-globose, retuse, a little com- 

 pressed ; valves recurved at maturity, entire. Native of the 

 Himalaya Mountains. Leaves subpinnatifid. Teeth of calyx 

 short, acute. 



Small-coffered Gerardia. PI. tall. 



Cult. All the species of Gerardia are elegant when in blos- 

 som, but are difficult to cultivate. The hardy species require 

 to be planted in a bed of peat soil, as they will not grow in pots ; 

 and they are only to be increased by seeds, and then with much 

 difficulty. The tender species may be grown in pots, in peat 

 earth, should any of them hereafter be introduced to our gar- 

 dens. 



LV. SOPU'BIA (Sopubi sica is the Nawarice name of the 

 first species.) Hamilt. ress. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 88. 

 Gerardia, sect. VI. Sopubia, Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. 1. 

 p. 210. 



LIN. SYST. Didyndmia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate, tubular at the base; limb 

 spreading, 5-lobed, nearly equal ; lobes rounded, entire. Sta- 

 mens 4, exserted, nearly equal in length, somewhat didynamous. 

 glabrous. Cells of anthers free, spurred at the base ; the one 

 fertile, erect ; and the other sterile, small, and diverging, tubu- 

 lar. Stigma undivided. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves 

 usually bifid. Dissepiment complete, continuous, parallel, pla- 

 centiferous on both sides. Seeds numerous. African and In- 

 dian perennial herbs. Leaves narrow, generally cut. Pedun- 

 cles 1 -flowered, solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves, oppo- 

 site or alternate, therefore racemose, bibracteate. Corollas pur- 

 ple or yellow. 



1 S. TRI'FIDA (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. p. 88.) stiff, 

 branched ; leaves pinnate, with linear scabrous segments ; teeth 

 of calyx ovate, with ciliately membranous edges, much shorter 

 than the tube. % . F. Native of the Himalaya range of moun- 

 tains, Common ; Upper Nipaul, at Suembu ; Ceylon, Macrae ; 

 Madagascar, Lyall. Gerardia scabra, Wall. cat. no. 3889. 

 Benth. scroph. ind. p. 49. but not of Lin. Gerardia Sopubia, 

 Benth. ger. in Hook. comp. p. 210. Manulea Sopubia, Hamilt. 

 mss. Leaves pinnate, simple or trifid. Flowers purple, ex 

 D. Don, 1. c. ; yellow ? Benth. 1. c. 



TYj/W-leaved Sopubia. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



2 S. STRI'CTA ; rough, stiff, a little branched ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-linear, toothed or cut ; teeth of calyx lanceolate, 

 acute, naked, much shorter than the tube. TJ. . S. Native 

 of Martaban and Prome, Wall. Gerardia stricta, Benth. in 



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