UIDTNAMIA. AN'GIOSPERMIA. 5§ 



Calix partly lobed, bu* monophyllous, segments 5, long', 

 linejr, and acute. U[)pcr lip of llie corrf)Ha bifid; lower 

 trifid, and plaited, purple. Anthers whitiih, lobes acute 

 at the base. 



* Gymxocaulis. Calix and corolla almost equally 

 5-cleft. 



3. * fnsciculata. Stem short and simple; peduncles 

 many, naked, neatly terminal, and about the Icup^th 

 of the stem; scales few, ovale and concave, pubc scent; 

 lobes of the corolla very short, rounded, and naked on the 

 margin. Hae. With tlie above. Flowerinj^ in June and 

 July. Very nearly allied to tlie following". Obs. 4 or 5 

 inches high, densely and pulverulently pubescent. Sten(\ 

 angular, with few scales, terminating i'l 6 or more naked 

 filiform peduncles, 2 to 2 1-2 inches in length. Calix cam- 

 panulat', semiquinqnefid, segments sublanceolate, acute, 

 little more than one-third the lengih of the corolla. Corol- 

 la curved, tubular, ddute purple; segments of the border 

 scared;, more than a line long; low er lip producing a 

 groovfid palate. Stamina smooth, lobes of the antiiers 

 acute below, opening marginally and longitudinally, the 

 lobes being parallel. Capsule l-Celled, ovate, acuminate. 



2. * hiflora. Stem very short, often obsolete; mostly 

 2-flowered, peduncles scapiform, naked; scales smooth, 

 concave; If)b.s of the corolla oblong-oval, wiih a pubes- 

 cent coloured margin. O.nnifiora. L. Hab. Common 

 in shady woods throughout the Atlanf'c states. Obs. 

 Stems rarely more than an inch, often seve. al together, 

 producing 5 or 6 smooth scales; peduncles naked, 4 to 6 

 inches long, somewhiit pube«»cent. Calix and corolla as 

 the prrceding, tube also recurved, lobes flat, and nearly- 

 equal, twice as deep as in the preceding, ye llowish white, 

 as well as the whole corolla, marked with faint blue veins, 

 margui elegantly bordt-red with an azure blue pubescent 

 line, very conspicuous in the early st^geofthe flower; un- 

 der side of the tube also furnished with a grooved palate 

 after the manner of the genus; the ridges yellow on the 

 inner side. Anthers obcordate, and with the filai7ients 

 smooth, pubescent on the margin of the cells, lobes paral- 

 lel and acute below; stigma bilammellate, perforate, lobes 

 rounded and acuminate, nearly smooth, lower lobe arch- 

 ed over the stamina. Capsule l-celled, parietal placentu- 

 lac 4; seeds minute. 



A genus pi-incipally indigenous to Europe and the tem- 

 perate parts of Africa in both hemispheres, with a few spe- 

 cie* also in Sil»cria. 



