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SCROPHULARIACEAE. 



[Voi,. III. 



2. Gratiola sphaerocarpa Ell. Round- 

 fruited Hedge Hyssop. (Fig. 3276.) 



Gratiola sphaerocarpa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1:14. 

 1816. 



Annual, glabrous; stem ascending, or erect, 

 rather stout, simple, or branched, 6 / -i2 / high. 

 Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, sessile, den- 

 tate or denticulate, 3-5-nerved, acute or obtusish 

 at the apex, narrowed at the base, i / -2 / long, 3 // - 

 8 // wide; peduncles stout, little or not at all lon- 

 ger than the calyx; bractlets about equalling the 

 calyx; calyx-lobes linear; calyx nearly one- 

 half as long as the corolla; flowers about 7" long ; 

 corolla-tube yellow, the limb paler; anther-sacs 

 broad, transverse; sterile filaments wanting; cap- 

 sule globose, 3 // in diameter. 



In wet places, southern New Jersey to Florida, 

 west to Illinois, Texas and Mexico. June -Sept. 



3. Gratiola aurea Muhl. Goldenpert. 

 Golden Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3277.) 



Gratiola aurea Muhl. Cat. 2. 1813. 



Annual, glandular-puberulent,above, orgla- 

 brate; stems decumbent, creeping or ascend- 

 ing, simple or branched, 4 / -i2 / long, some- 

 what 4-sided. Leaves lanceolate, )4 / -i / long. 

 i // ~3 // wide, sparingly denticulate, scarcely 

 narrowed to the sessile and somewhat clasp- 

 ing base; peduncles filiform, in fruit equalling 

 or longer than the calyx; corolla bright yel- 

 low, 6 // -7 // long, 3 times as long as the calyx; 

 sterile filaments 2, capitate at the summit; an- 

 ther-sacs of the fertile stamens broad, trans- 

 verse; capsule globose-ovoid, shorter than or 

 equalling the calyx. 



In sandy wet places, Quebec and Ontario to 

 New Jersey and Florida. June-Sept. 



\. Gratiola viscosa Schwein. Viscid 

 Hedge-Hyssop. (Fig. 3278.) 



Gratiola viscosa Schwein.; LeConte, Ann. Lye. 

 . N. Y. 1: 106. 1823. 



Annual; stem weak, finely viscid-pubescent, 

 slender, commonly simple, 6 / -iS / long. 

 Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 sharply serrate, acute at the apex, sessile, cor- 

 date-clasping at the base, yi f -i' long; pedun- 

 cles slender, shorter than or exceeding the 

 leaves; bractlets and calyx-segments foliaceous, 

 entire or dentate, one-third to one-half as long 

 as the yellow or purplish corolla; flowers 5 // - 

 6 // long; sterile filaments 2, capitate at the sum- 

 mit; anther-sacs of the fertile stamens trans- 

 verse, separated by the broad connective; cap- 

 sule subglobose, shorter than the calyx. 



In brooks and swamps, Kentucky to Georgia 

 and North Carolina, in and near the mountains. 

 May-Sept. 



