156 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



5. P. confer' tus, Dougl., var. eseruleo - purpureus, 



Gray, is at once recognized by the interrupted spike-like 

 panicle, which consists of 2 to 5 dense verticillate dusters. 

 Corolla narrow, the lower lip conspicuously bearded within. 



N.W. 



8. MIM'ULUS, L. MONKEY-FLOWER. 



1. M. ring' ens, L. Stem square. 1-2 feet high. Corolla 

 blue, an inch long. (A white-flowered variety is sometimes 

 met with.) Leaves oblong or lanceolate, clasping. Wet 

 places. 



2. M. Jamesii, Torr. Stem creeping at the base. Corolla 

 yellow, small. Leaves roundish or kidney-shaped, nearly 

 sessile. Calyx inflated in fruit. In cool springs. 



9. GRATI'OLA. L. HEDGE-HYSSOP. 



1. G. Virginia' na, L. Stem 4-6 inches high, clammy 

 with minute pubescence above. Sterile filaments minute or 

 none. Leaves lanceolate. Peduncles slender. Moist places. 



2. G. au'rea, Muhl. Nearly glabrous. Sterile filaments 

 slender, tipped with a little head. Corolla golden yellow. 



10. ILYSAff'THES, Raf. FALSE PIMPERNEL. 

 I. gratioloi'des, Benth. Stem 4-8 inches high, much 

 branched, diffusely spreading. Leaves ovate, rounded or 

 oblong, the upper partly clasping. Wet places. 



11. GERAR'DIA, L. GERARDIA. 



1. G. purpu'rea, L. (PURPLE GERARDIA.) Corolla rose- 

 purple. Leaves linear, acute, rough-margined. Flowers an 

 inch long, on short peduncles. Low grounds. 



Var. pauper' CUla, Gray, is smoother, with smaller and 

 lighter- coloured corolla. 



2. G. tenuifo'lia, Vahl. (SLENDER G.) Corolla rose- 

 purple. Leaves linear, acute. Flowers about ^ an inch 

 long, on long thread-like peduncles. Dry woods. 



3. G. fla'va, L. (DowNY G.) Corolla yellow, woolly 

 inside. Stem 3-4 feet high, finely pubescent. Leaves oblong 

 or lance-shaped, the upper entire, the lower usually more 

 or less pinnatifid, downy-pubescent. Woods. 



