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708. Leaves lobed or divided, or with obvious marginal teeth. 



(Nos. 709-724.) 

 Flowers not yellow, the individual ones ^ in. long or less no. 712 

 Flowers yellow, 1-2 in. long False Foxglove no. 709 



709. FALSE FOXGLOVE. DASYSTOMA. 



Tall, usually branching herbs, with mostly opposite leaves, 

 but sometimes a few in clusters. Leaves, in our species, 

 toothed, or divided, or lobed, or more or less cut. Flowers 

 large and showy, yellow. Corolla broad funnel-shaped, very 

 slightly unsymmetrical, always hairy on the inside of the tube, 

 1-2 in. long. Fruit an oblong, pointed, pod. {Scrophular- 

 iaceae.) See No. 781. 



Leaves with many sharp teeth, or lobes ; sticky-hairy 



False Foxglove no. 710 



Leaves with a few blunt teeth or lobes; slightly hairy but not 

 sticky False Foxglove no. 71 1 



710. False Foxglove. Dasystoma pedicularia. (Gerardia 

 pcdicularia.) Stems leafy, branched, 1-4 ft. high, sticky- 

 hairy. Leaves almost stalkless, or the lower ones short- 

 stalked, oval in general outline, but much cut or toothed into 

 sharp pointed segments or teeth, 1-3 in. long. Flowers in a 

 loose open cluster, or nearly solitary. Corolla yellow, 1-13^ 

 in. long, hairy also on the outside. In dry places, mostly in 

 woods. Maine and Ontario to Florida, and westward. 

 August. Fig. 710. 



711. False Foxglove. Dasystoma fiava. {Gerardia flava,) 

 Similar to No. 710, but the leaves with only a few blunt 

 lobes or teeth and slightly downy, not sticky. The flower also 

 similar, but not hairy on the outside. In similar situations, 

 and with nearly the same range. August. Fig. 711. There is 

 still a third species, D. virginica, which is perfectly smooth, 

 bluish-green, and has sharp teeth or lobes to the leaf, but 

 fewer than No. 710, and more than No. 711. In dry woods. 

 Maine to Florida and westward to Illinois and Minne- 

 sota. 



