FIG WORT FAMILY. 327 



corolla over 1' long, pale violet or purple, witli the tube and the end of 

 the 3 rounded lower lobes dark violet ; longer filaments toothed at the 

 base. 



T. Fournieri, Linden. Flowers racemose or scattered, the tube pale 

 violet and yellow on the back, the upper lip lilac and slightly 2-lobed, the 

 lower lip bright violet and ;)-lobed, the central lobe with a yellow blotch 

 at the base ; no tooth at base of the longer filaments ; leaves ovate-cor- 

 date and serrate. Cocliinchina. 



* * Calyx not iciixj-augled. 



T. flava, Hamilt. (T. Baili.oni). Flowers axillary, in pairs; corolla 

 yellow with a purple eja'. India. 



15. CONOBEA. (Name obscure.) 



C. multifida, Benth. A diffu.sely spreading, minutely pubescent, low 

 herb, growing along shores Ohio, W. ; leaves opposite, and pinnately 

 parted, the divisions linear-wedge-form; corolla greenish-white, and 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. 



16. HERPESTIS. (Greek: « cjTf'j)/))^/ ^/h'h^/, alluding to the procum- 

 bent habit.) 21 x-7 7 ■ 7 f) ?• 7 



■' ^ * Fhnccr plainJij 2'lipped. 



H. nigr^scens, Benth. Very leafy, glabrous, erect or nearly so ; leaves 

 oblong or lance- wedge-form, serrate, the upper ones mostly shorter than 

 the pedicels ; corolla whitish or purplish. Wet places, Md., S. 



H. rotundifdlia, Pursh. Creeping and nearly smooth ; leaves round- 

 obovate and partly clasping ; peduncles only 2 or 3 times the length of 

 the calvx ; corolla white or pale blue. Fond margins. 111. to JVIinn., 

 and S. ' 



H. amplexicaillis, Fursh. Creeping at base, hairy ; leaves ovate and 



cla.sping ; peduncles shorter tlian the calyx ; corolla blue. Fine barrens, 



N J S 

 ■ ■' ■ * * Corolla almost regular. 



H. Monni^ra, II BK. Creeping and glabrous ; leaves wedge- obovate 

 or .spatulate, sessile ; corolla pale plue. Md., S., near the ocean. 



17. LIMOSELLA, MUD WORT. (Latin : 7»hcZ and sea^) ® 



L. aqu^tica, Linn., var. tenuifdlia, Iloffm. A creeping little plant, 

 with sui;ill white or purplish tlowers on simi)le, naked peduncles ; leaves 

 tlnvad-like or awl-form. Brackish places, N. J., N.; also far N. AV. 



18. GERARDIA. (The herbalist, John Gcrarde.) Handsome, but 

 mostly uncultivable plants (often partially parasitic on roots of other 

 plants ; Lessons, Fig. 89) ; flowers late summer and autumn. The 

 following are the commonest wild species. 



* Corolla yellow and xinth a long tube, the inside voolly, as are the 

 filaments and anthers ; the latter almost projecting, slender-pointed at 

 base; calyx ^-cleft ; tall herbs, loith leaves or some of them pinnatifid 

 or toothed. IJ. except the first. 



•t- Hairy or pnbescent. 



++ rnbescence partly glandular and viscid. 



G. pedicularia, Linn. Slightly pubescent ; 2°-3" high, very leafy ; 

 leaves all pinnatilid and the lobes cut-toothed; pedicels opposite, and 

 longer than the hairy serrate calyx lobes ; corolla over 1' long. N. Eng', 



S. and W. ® (2) 



