334 scnopiiULARiACE.E. (figwort family.) 



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

 lower leaves oliovate-olilun^^ the others oblong and lanceolate, sparingly and 

 coarsely toothed, veiny; tiie ni)])erinost lincar-lanccolate, entire; spike inter- 

 rui)ted ; calyx longer than the bracts, one third the length of the deep-purplt» 

 corolla. — riaiiis, W. New York to WiK-onsin and southward. June- Aug. 



18. SEYMEKIA, Pursh. Sey-mkuia. 



Calyx bell-shaped, deeply S-cleft. Corolla with a short and l)road tube, not 

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

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

 equal and pointless. I'od nuuiy-seeded. — Erect branc^iing herbs, with the gen- 

 eral as])ect and character of Gerardia : leaves mostly opposite and dissected or 

 pinnatitid, the uppermost alternate and bract-like. Flowers yellow, interrupt- 

 ed! v racemed or sjjiked. (Named for IJenn/ Scymer, an English naturalist.) 



1. S. macroph^lla, Nutt. (Mullein-Foxglove.) Rather pubescent 

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

 ceolate divisions pinnatitid and incised, the upper lanceolate ; tube of the corolla 

 incurved, very woolly inside, as arc the filaments except their apex; style short, 

 dilated and notched at the point ; pod ovate, pointed. — Shady river-banks, Ohio 

 to Illinois, and soutliwcstward. July. 



19. GERARDIA, L. Gerardia. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed or 5-clcft. Corolla campanulatc-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- 

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

 parallel, often pointed at the base. Style elongated, mostly enlarged and flat- 

 tened at the apex. Pod globular or ovate, ))ointcd, many-seeded. — Erect branch- 

 ing herbs (more or less root-parasitic) : stem-leaves opposite, or the upper alter- 

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

 wliich often form a raceme or spike. Flowers showy, purple or yellow ; in late 

 summer and autumn. (Dedicated to the celebrated hcr])alist, John Gprnrde.) 

 § 1. GERARDIA proper. Cali/r-trcth shmi .- romlla purple or rose-mJnr : nnthfra 

 all alike, nearhi poinlless: leaves linear, entire. {Our spenex are nil hrnnrhlnrj 

 annuals. Tltey still need revision , in connection with those of the Southern States.) 

 » Peel uncles .<!horfer or moderatelfi lonqer than the cah/r: stem erect. 



1. G. purptirea, I>. (Purple Gerardia.) Stem (8'-20' high) with 

 long and rigid widely spreading branches; leaves linear, acute, rouqh-warqined; 

 flowers large (I' long), bright purple, often downy; cali/r-teefh .sharp-pointed, 

 shorter than the tube. — Low grounds, Maine to Wisconsin and southward, 

 mostly towards the coast. 



2. G. marltima, Rnf. (Sea-side G.) Low (4'- 12' high), with shorter 

 branches ; lemrs rathrr flr-fhi/ and obtuse, as are the short cali/x-teeth ; corolla ^' long. 

 — Salt marshes along the coast. 



3. G. ^spera, Dongl. Sparingly branched (P-2° high); leaves long 

 and narrowly linear, rough ; pedicels once or twice the length of the calyx, which has 



