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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



I. Collinsia verna Xutt. Blue-eyed Mary. Innocence. 



Collinsia. (Fig. 3261.) 



Broad-leaved 



C. verna Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil, i: 190. pi. o. 1817. 

 Glabrous or puberulent; stern slender, weak, 

 6'-2 long, simple or branched. Leaves thin, 

 opposite, the lower broadly ovate or orbicular, 

 obtuse at the apex, rounded, narrowed or sub- 

 cordate at the base, crenate or entire, slender- 

 petioled; middle leaves sessile or cordate-clasp- 

 ing, ovate or oblong, obtuse, dentate, i / -2 / long, 

 floral leaves ovate to spatulate, mostly acute, 

 dentate or entire; upper whorls 4-6-flowered; 

 corolla 6 // -8 // long, its throat equalling or 

 shorter than the calyx, its lower lip blue, the 

 upper purple or nearly white, the lobes emargi- 

 uate or truncate; capsule globose, 2^ // -3 // in 

 diameter, shorter than the linear calyx-lobes. 



In moist woods and thickets, western New York 

 to Wisconsin, south to Pennsylvania, Kentucky and 

 the Indian Territory. April-June. 



2. Collinsia violacea Nutt. Violet or 

 Narrow-leaved Collinsia. (Fig. 3262.) 



Collinsia violacea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 



5: i/9- 1833-37. 



Similar to the preceding species, stem slender, 

 erect, usually branched, 6 / -i5 / high. Leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rather thick, en- 

 tire or denticulate, obtuse or obtusish, the lower 

 opposite, petioled, the middle similar, sessile, \'~ 

 2 / long, 3 // -5 // wide, the floral linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, opposite or verticillate; upper whorls 

 2-5-flowered; corolla 5 // -6 // long, violet, its lobes 

 obcordate or emarginate; capsule globose, about 

 2" in diameter, shorter than the lanceolate acute 

 calyx-lobes. 



Kansas (according to Holzinger) and Arkansas. 



3. Collinsia parviflora Dougl. 



Small-flowered Collinsia. 



(Fig. 3263.) 



Collinsia parviflora Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. pi. 1082. 1827. 



Puberulent, at length diffusely branch- 

 ed; stems very slender, 3 / -i5 / long. 

 Leaves oblong or lanceolate, mostly ob- 

 tuse at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 y 2 / -i / long, entire, or sparingly toothed, 

 the lower opposite, petioled, the floral ses- 

 sile, opposite or verticillate; upper whorls 

 2-6 flowered; pedicels commonly longer 

 than the flowers; corolla 2 // ~3 // long, 

 about twice as long as the calyx, blue or 

 whitish, the throat longer than the limb; 

 capsule globose, \' , -\y z ' f in diameter, lit- 

 tle shorter than the lanceolate calyx-lobes. 



In moist places, Ontario to British Colum- 

 bia, south to Michigan, Colorado, Arizona 

 and Utah. April-June. 



