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calyx ovate; inflated in fruit, the ui)pcr tootli inncli tiic larj^cst. — In cool sprin{?«, 

 N. Miehi;ian, Witiconsin, Illinois, aniT wci^twaid. — Flovwrs small, little larger 

 than in the cultivated M. Jios( iiatus or Mlsk-Plant. 



9. CONOBEA, Aublct. (CaprXkia, .1//V-Ax.) 



Calyx 5-parted, ecpial. Up])cr lip of the corollu .'i-loKcd, the lower 3-piirted. 

 Stamens 4, fertile: anthers approximate. Style 2-lolie(i at tiie apex, the lobe. 

 wed<;e-form. Seeds numerous. — Low brancliini; herbs, with opposite leaves, 

 and small solitary flowers on axillary 2-bractleted peduncles. (Namcuncx- 

 l.lainecl.) 



1. C. multifida, liontli. Ditfuscly spreadinjr, niueli branelied, minutely 

 pubescent, annual ; leaves petioled, i)innately parted, divisions linear-wedf^e- 

 shaped ; corolla (greenish-white) scarcely longer than the calyx. — River-banks, 

 Ohio to Illinois, and southward ; also adventive bejow Philadelphia. July- Sept. 



10. HERPESTIS, Gartn. IIiiRi-KSXis. 



Calyx ."j-parted ; the u])pcr division broadest, the innermost often vvvy narrow. 

 Upi)er lij) of the corolla entire, notched or 2-cleft ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 

 4, all fertile. Style dilated or 2-lobed at the apex. Seeds numerous. — Low 

 herbs, with opjwsite leaves, and solitary axillary flo^vers; in summer: ours 

 rather succulent perennials. (Name from efJ7rr](TTr]s, (t,cn<jHii(j Oiiug, the species 

 being chiefly procumbent.) i 



* T'^ppcr lip of the. blue corolla merely notched: Imves many -nerved. 



1. H. rotundifblia, Pursh. Nearly smooth, crecming ; leaves round-ohovate, 

 half cUiSjumi (^' - 1 ' long) ; peduncles twice or thrice the Imrith of the calyx, the upjjcr 

 Bcpal ovate. — Wet places, Illinois and southward. K 



2. H. amplexicaulis, Pursh. Stems hairy, cAjjing at the base ; leaves 

 ovate, cldspiiHj; ptdniirhs shorter than the calyx; upper semi heart-shaped. — Wet 

 places, New Jersey and southward. — Aromatic when bmised. 



* « Corolla (bluish) almost equally b-clejl, the upper lip (M^ "l-parted: calyx 2- 

 bnirtid: stttmens almost equal: hares nearly ii^k'cless. 



3. H. Monnidra, II. B. K. Smooth, somewhat creiMng; leaves obovate 

 or wedge-shai)ed. — JNIaryland and southward along the coa^^ 



11. GRATIOLA, L. IIej)ok-IIys1^ 



Calyx 5-parted, the divisions narrow and nearly ecjual. Uppe^ii) of the co- 

 rolla entire or 2-cleft, the lower 3-cleft. Fertile stamens 2, inclndi^knosterior; 

 the anterior mere sterile filaments, or wanting. Style dilated or 2-li^Bd at the 

 apex. Pod 4-valvcd, many-seeded. — Low herbs, mostly ])crennials, som^ppar- 

 cntly annuals, with opposite sessile leaves, and axillary 1 -flowered peduncles, 

 usually with 2 bractlets at the base of the calyx. Flowering all summer; all 

 inhabiting wet or damp i)laces. (Name from yralia, grace or favor, on account 

 of supposed excellent medicinal properties.) 



§ 1. Anthers u-ith a broad connective: the cells transverse: stems mostly diffusfly 

 branched, or crecpiny at base, soft viscid-pubtsc&d or smooth. 

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