292 SOROniULARIACE^l. (FIG WORT 1AMILY ) 



1. B. Americana, L. Rough-hairy; stem wand-like (l-2 high); 

 lower leaves obovatc-ol)long, obtuse, the others oblong and lance olatc, sparingly 

 and coarsely toothed, veiny ; the uppermost linear-lanceolate, entire ; spike in. 

 ten-u])tcd ; calyx longer than the bracts, one third the length of the deep-purple 

 pubescent corolla. Moist places, W. New York to Illinois, Kentucky, and 

 southward. June -Aug. 



18. SEYMERIA, Pursh. SEYMERIA. 



Calyx bell-shaped, deeply 5-cleft. Corolla with a short and broad tube, not 

 longer than the 5 ovate or oblong nearly equal and spreading lobes. Stamens 

 4, somewhat equal: anthers approximate by pairs, oblong, 2-celled ; the cells 

 equal and pointless. Pod many-seeded. Erect branching herbs, with the leaves 

 mostly opposite and dissected or pinnatifid, the uppermost alternate and bract- 

 like. Flowers yellow, interruptedly racemcd or spiked. (Named by Pursh af- 

 ter Ilatn/ Sci/ntrr, an English naturalist.) 



1. S. macroptiylla, Nutt. (MULLEIN-FOXGLOVE.) Rather pubes- 

 cent (4 -5 high) ; leaves large, the lower pinnately divided, with the broadly 

 lanceolate divisions pinnatifid and incised ; the upper lanceolate ; tube of the 

 corolla incurved, very woolly inside, as are the filaments except their apex ; 

 style short, dilated and notched at the point; pod ovate, pointed. Shady river- 

 banks, Ohio, Illinois, and soutkwestward. July. 



19. GERARDIA, L. GERARDIA. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothcd or 5-cleft. Corolla bell-shaped- funnel-form, or 

 somewhat tubular, swelling above, with 5 more or less unequal spreading lobes, 

 the 2 upper usually rather smaller and more united. Stamens 4, strongly di- 

 dynainons, included, hairy : anthers approaching by pairs, 2-celled ; the cells par- 

 allel, often pointed at the base. Style elongated, mostly enlarged and flattened 

 at the apex. Pod ovate, pointed, many-seeded. Erect branching herbs (chin- 

 destine root-parasites), with the stem-leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, 

 the uppermost reduced to bracts and subtending 1 -flowered peduncles, which 

 often form a raceme or spike. Flowers showy, purple or yellow. (Dedicated 

 to the celebrated herbalist, Gerard.} 



\ 1. GERARDIA PROPER. Calyx-teeth short: corolla purjile or rose-co!or: an- 

 thers all alike, nearly powtleu i leaves linear, entire. (Our species are all branch- 

 ing annuals.) 



* Peduncles shorter (or in No. 3 only twice longer) than the calyx : stem erect. 

 1. G. purptirea, L. (PURPLE GERARDIA.) Stem (8'-20'high) with 

 long and rigid widely spreading branches; leaves linear, acute, rough-nun- 

 flowers large ( I ' long), bright purple, often downy); cul'/.r-t!lt 8harp-potnted, 

 ^horter than the tube. Low grounds ; most common eastward and near the 

 eoa-t. July, An-. 



-'. G. iiiai'ttima, Raf. (SKA-SIDE GERARDIA.) Low (4' - 12' high), 

 wi'b shorter branches ; Inm* rather flethy O*d obttue, O8 CUV lli<' short <;i/tj' 

 corolla $' long. Salt marshes along the coast. Aug. 



