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ing 8-10 mm. long: corolla about 10 mm. long: capsules 5-6 mm. long. 

 Everglades. 



2. M. procumbens (Mill.) Small. Stem and branches 0.5-2 dm. long, pro- 

 cumbent: leaf -blades oval to elliptic or ovate. 1-1.5 cm. long, sharply serrate: 

 calyx-lobes becoming 6-8 mm. long: corolla 8-10 mm. long: capsules 4-5 nun. 

 long. Hammocks. 



8. GRATIOLA L. Rather succulent herbs. Leaf -blades entire or shal- 

 lowly toothed. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, often unequal, sometimes 

 toothed, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 2. 

 Staminodia mostly scale-like or wanting. Capsule globular or broadly ovoid. 



1. Q. ramosa Walt. Stems viscid-puberulent, 1-3 dm. tall: leaf -blades lanceo- 

 late to linear-lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm. long, sharply few-toothed: calyx-lobes linear- 

 subulate to narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long: corolla whitish, 10-12 

 mm. long: capsules depressed, 1.5-2 mm. long. Everglades. HEDGE-HYSSOP. 



9. SOPHRONANTHE Benth. Rigid herbs. Leaf-blades narrow, entire. 

 Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, unequal, bristly-pubescent. Corolla S-lij-i-f '.. 

 salverform. Stamens 2. Capsule conic to narrowly ovoid. 



1. 8. hispida Benth. Stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, hispidulous: leaf-Mades firm. 

 linear, 1-1.5 cm. long, revolute: calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate to almost lim-ar. 

 5-6 mm. long: corolla 10-12 mm. long: capsules about 5 mm. long. Pinelan K 



10. CAPRARIA L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaves cauline: blades 

 toothed. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow. Corolla campanulate: 

 lobes 5, nearly equal, about as long as the tube. Stamens 4 or ".. 



1. C. biflora L. Stems 3-15 dm. tall, sometimes pubescent: leaf-blades ob- 

 lanceolate, cuneate or oblong, 1-6 cm. long, sharply-serrate, at least a\>\< 

 calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate to linear-subulate, 4.5 7 mm. long: corolla white 

 or pink, about 10 mm. long: capsules oval or oval-ovoid, about as long as the 

 calyx. Pinelands, hammocks and waste places. F. K. (Ber., Huh.. Cuba. 

 Ant.) 



11. SCOPARIA L. Herbs or woody plants. Leaf -blades mostly toothed. 

 Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, nearly equal. Corolla rotate: lot" 

 broad, longer than the tube. Stamens mostly 4, about equal, the filament- 

 adnate to the base of the corolla-tube. 



1. 8. dnlcis L. Stems 2-10 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades ovate, ellipti.- 

 oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long: calyx-lobes oblong to oblong-ovate, 

 about 1.5 mm. long, strongly 3- ribbed: corolla-lobes mainly ovate: anthers 

 about as long as the filaments: capsules about - mm. I..H-. I'inolands and 

 cultivated grounds. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



12. ATZELIA J. F. Gmel. Herbs. Leaf-blades 1-2-pinnately parted or 

 dissected. Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, as long as the tube or somewhat 

 longer. Corolla mainly yellow, rotate-campanulate : lobes nearly equal, about 

 as long as the tube. Stamens 4, exserted: filaments adnate to about the 

 middle of the corolla-tube: anthers longer than the filaments. Capsules ovoid. 



1. A. pectinate (Pursh) KunUe. Stems 2-5 dm. tall, viscid-pubescent: leaf- 

 blades pinnately parted or pinnatifid at least below: calyx-lobes linear, 2-3 

 mm. long, obtuse: corolla-lobes oval t<> -!!< I. irular. much shorter than the 

 tube: capsules 5-6 mm. long. 1'im ; 



