PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 119 



10. Leaves opposite, stem not hairy or downy, upright, flowers not 

 in cluster, flowers tubular. 



PURPLE GERARDIA (Gerardia purpurea). Figwort 



family. 



Ht. i-few ft.; branches spreading; flowers (i in. 

 long) on single-flowered stalks from axils; calyx 

 bell-shaped, corolla tubular, 5-lobed; leaves long 

 and narrow. Low ground. Late summer and 

 autumn. 



SEASIDE GERARDIA (Gerardia maritimd). Figwort 



family. 



Ht. generally under i ft. ; flow r ers like above but 

 smaller; branches shorter; leaves thick. Near 

 coast. Summer. 



Fig. 60. 



Seaside gerardia (Gerardia maritime?) . 



SLENDER GERARDIA (Gerardia tenuijolid). Figwort 



family. 



Similar to Gerardia maritima, but taller; leaves 

 very narrowly linear and sharp pointed. Dry ground. 

 Common. Late summer and autumn. 



11. Same as 10, but flowers not tubular. 



SPIKED CENTAURY (Erythraea spicata). Gentian family. 

 Ht. J i ft. or over; flowers one or two in axils, 

 generally with flower-stalks; corolla 5-lobed; 



