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10. Leaves opposite, stem not hairy or downy, upright, flowers not 

 in cluster, flowers tubular. 



Purple Gerardia {Gerardia purpurea). Figwort 

 family. 

 Ht. i-few ft.; branches spreading; flowers (i in. 

 long) on single-flowered stalks from axils; calyx 

 bell-shaped, corolla tubular, 5-lobed; leaves long 

 and narrow. Low ground. Late summer and 

 autumn. 



Seaside Gerardia {Gerardia maritima). Figwort 

 family. 

 Ht. generally under i ft.; flowers like above but 

 smaller; branches shorter; leaves thick. Near 

 coast. Summer. 



Fig. 60. 



Seaside gerardia (Gerardia maritima) . 



Slender Gerardia {Gerardia tenuifoHa). Figwort 

 family. 

 Similar to Gerardia maritima, but taller; leaves 

 very narrowly linear and sharp pointed. Dry ground. 

 Common. Late summer and autumn. 



11. Same as 10, but flowers not tubular. 



Spiked Centaury {Erythraea spicata). Gentian family. 

 Ht. ^-i ft. or over; flowers one or two in axils, 

 generally with flower-stalks; corolla 5-lobed; 



