212 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



VOL. III. 



10. Agalinis parvifolia (Chapm.) Small. 

 Ten-lobed Agalinis. Fig. 3827. 



Gerardia parvifolia Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 300. 1860. 

 Gerardia decemloba Greene, Pittonia 4: 51. 1899. 



Annual, pale green, usually roughish; stems 8'-24 

 tall, simple or branched above, striate-angled, the 

 branches mostly ascending. Leaves few, remote, 

 linear-spatulate, to narrowly linear, more or less 

 revolute, 2i"-io" long or rarely slightly longer, 

 scabrous-pubescent above; pedicel exceeding the ca- 

 lyx ; calyx campanulate or turbinate-campanulate, i"- 

 i4" high, the lobes minute, triangular ; corolla light 

 rose-colored, about 4' long, or less, the lobes obcpr- 

 date or deeply emarginate ; capsules globose-ovoid, 

 or oval, ii"-2" long, apiculate. 



In dry sandy soil or on banks, Massachusetts to Flor- 

 ida and Louisiana. Aug.-Oct. 



ii. Agalinis Skinneriana (Wood) Britton. Skinner's Agalinis. 



Gerardia Skinneriana Wood, Classbook 408. 1847. 



?G. tenuifolia asperula A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 4: 153. 1879. 



Annual, roughish; stem strict, striate, branched, 

 or sometimes simple, 6'-i8' high, very slender, the 

 branches erect or ascending. Leaves setaceous, as- 

 cending or commonly erect and appressed, 4 -i" long, 

 4" wide or less, the uppermost minute; pedicels 

 longer than the calyx, scarcely longer than the flow- \ 

 ers, 2-4 times the length of the capsule; calyx-teeth 

 minute; corolla light purple, 5"-6" long and about 

 as broad, glabrous without, its lobes ciliolate; capsule 

 oblong, 2"-3" high, considerably longer than the 

 calyx. 



In dry sandy woods and thickets, Indiana to Minne- 

 sota and Kansas. Recorded from Ontario. Aug.-Oct. 



Gerardia viridis Small, differing by more widely 

 spreading pedicels and narrow calyx-teeth often one- 

 half as long as the tube, inhabits the western Gulf 

 States and is recorded as extending northward into Mis- 

 souri. 



3828. 



12. Agalinis setacea (Walt.) Raf. Thread- 

 leaved Agalinis. Fig. 3829. 



Gerardia setacea Walt. Fl. Car. 170. 1788. 

 A. setacea Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2 : 64. 1836. 

 G. Holmiana Greene, Pittonia 4: 52. 1899. 



Annual, smooth or slightly scabrous; stems i-2 

 tall, loosely branching, the branches mostly ascend- 

 ing. Leaves rather numerous, mostly opposite, linear- 

 filiform or setaceous-filiform, i'-ii" long, scabrous 

 or nearly smooth; pedicels very slender, 4'-i4' long; 

 calyx campanulate, ii"-2" long, the lobes broadly 

 triangular, about i as long as the tube ; corolla rose 

 purple, s"-8" long or rarely larger; capsules subglo- 

 bose or globose-oval, 2"-2i" in diameter. 



In dry soil or pine barrens, New Jersey to Florida and 

 Texas. Aug.-Oct. 



