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G. pedicularia. Common N. & S. : slightly pubescent, 2 -3 high, very 

 letity ; leaves all pinnatifid and the lobes cut-toothed ; pedicels opposite and 

 longer than the hairy serrate calyx-lobes ; corolla over 1' long. 



G. pectinata. Sandy barrens S. : more hairy than the foregoing, with 

 finer divided leaves, alternate pedicels shorter than pinnatilid calyx-lobes ; corolla 

 broader and 1^' long. 



18. SEYMERIA. (Named for Henry Seymer.) Wild plants S. & W., very 

 near Gerardia : flowers yellow, in summer and autumn. 



S. macroph^lla, MULLEIN-FOXGLOVE. Shady river-banks W. : 4 - 5 

 high, with large leaves, the twice or thrice pinnately divided or cut, the upper 

 lanceolate and toothed ; curved corolla woolly inside, also the filaments ; style 

 short. 11 



S. pectinataf Sandy ground S. : about 1 high, branchy, clammy-pubes- 

 cent ; pinnatifid leaves with oblong-linear lobes ; corolla ' long, (i) 



S. tenu.if.61ia. Low sandy grounds S. : 2 -4 high, with long slender 

 branches ; leaves pinnately divided into thread-shaped divisions ; corolla hardly 

 1' long. < 



19. MIMULUS, MONKEY-FLOWER. (From Greek for an ope, from 

 the grinning corolla.) Fl. all summer. 



* Wild in wet places, with erect square stem l-2 hinh, oblong ftather-reined 

 serrate leaves, and violet-purple corolla (I 1 or so in length). 2/ 



M. ringens, the commonest, with clasping leaves, peduncles longer than 

 the nower, and taper-pointed calyx-teeth. 



M. alatus, not rare more S., has leaves tapering into a petiole, peduncle 

 shorter than calyx and short-toothed, and sharp wing-like angles to stem ; 

 whence the name. 



* * Cult, for ornament, chiefly in conservatories, from Western N. America. 

 M. glutinbsUS, shrubby conservatory plant from California, glutinous- 

 pubescent, with oblong or lanceolate leaves, and large yellow orange or brick- 

 red flower. 



M. eardinalis. Erect, clammy-piibescent ; leaves wedge-oblong, partly 

 clasping, several-nerved ; flowers large, brick-red. 2/ 



M. Itlteus. Erect, smooth ; leaves ovate or cordate-clasping, several- 

 nerved ; flowers showy, yellow, often spotted with rose or brown ; of many 

 varieties. 2/ 



M. moschatus, MUSK-PLANT. Weak and diffuse, rooting, clammy-vil- 

 lous, smelling strong of musk ; leaves ovate or oblong ; flower small, pale 

 yellow. 2/ 



20. TORENIA. (Named for 0. Toren, an obscure Swedish botanist.) 



T. Asiatica, cult, from India, a handsome hothouse plant, with lance-ovate 

 serrate leaves, wing-angled calyx, and corolla over 1' long, pale violet or purple 

 with the tube and the end of the 3 rounded lower lobes dark violet. 



21. ILYSANTHES, FALSE PIMPERNEL. (From Greek words for 

 mire and flower, alluding to the station.) Fl. all summer. 



I. gratioloides. Common in wet places, a smooth diffuse little plant, 

 4' -8' high, with rounded or oblong leaves, and small purple or bluish 

 flowers. 



22. GRATIOLA, HEDGE-HYSSOP. (Old name, from Latin gratia, 

 grace.) Rather insignificant plants, in low or wet places : flowering all 

 summer. ^ 



* Sterile JO amenta minute or hard 1 )] any : corolla whitish, with ycllmvisli tulw. 



G. Virginiana. Rather clammy, with lanceolate leaves and slonclcr pe- 

 duncles. 



