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calyx ovate, inflated in fruit, the upper tooth much the largest. In cool springs, 

 N. Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and westward. Flowers small, little larger 

 than in the cultivated M. MOSCHATUS or MUSK-PLANT. 



9. CONOBEA, Aublet. (CAPRARIA, Michx.) 



Calyx 5-parted, equal. Upper lip of the corolla 3-lobed, the lower 3-parted. 

 Stamens 4, fertile : anthers approximate. Style 2-lobed at the apex, the lobes 

 wedge-form. Seeds numerous. Low branching herbs, with opposite leaves, 

 and small solitary flowers on axillary 2-bractleted peduncles. (Name unex- 

 plained.) 



I. C. multifida, Benth. Diffusely spreading, much branched, minutely 

 pubescent, annual; leaves petioled, pinnately parted, divisions linear-wedge- 

 shaped ; corolla (greenish-white) scarcely longer than the calyx. River-banks, 

 Ohio to Illinois, and southward ; also adventive below Philadelphia. July - Sept. 



10. HERP33STIS, Gasrtn. HERPESTIS. 



Calyx 5-parted ; the upper division broadest, the innermost often very narrow. 

 Upper lip of the corolla entire, notched or 2-cleft ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 

 4, all fertile. Style dilated or 2-lobed at the apex. Seeds numerous. Low 

 herbs, with opposite leaves, and solitary axillary flowers; in summer: ours 

 rather succulent perennials. (Name from epirrjarTrjs, a creeping thing, the species 

 being chiefly procumbent.) 



* Upper lip of the blue corolla merely notched: leaves many-nerved. 



1 . H. rotundifblia, Pursh. Nearly smooth, creeping ; leaves round-olovate, 

 half clasping ('-!' long) ; peduncles twice or thrice the length of the calyx, the upper 

 sepal ovate. Wet places, Illinois and southward. 



2. H. amplexicaulis, Pursh. Stems hairy, creeping at the base ; leaves 

 ovate, clasping; peduncles shorter than the calyx; upper sepal heart-shaped. Wet 

 places, New Jersey and southward. Aromatic when bruised. 



# * Corolla (bluish) almost equally 5-cleJt, the upper lip being 2-parted: calyx 2- 

 bracted: stamens almost equal: leaves nearly nerveless. 



3. H. Monniera, H. B. K. Smooth, somewhat creeping ; leaves obovate 

 or wedge-shaped. Maryland and southward along the coast. 



11. GRATIOLA, L. HEDGE-HYSSOP. 



Calyx 5-parted, the divisions narrow and nearly equal. Upper lip of the co- 

 rolla entire or 2-cleft, the lower 3-cleft. Fertile stamens 2, included, posterior ; 

 the anterior mere sterile filaments, or wanting. Style dilated or 2-lipped at the 

 apex. Pod 4-valved, many-seeded. Low herbs, mostly perennials, some appar- 

 ently annuals, with opposite sessile leaves, and axillary 1 -flowered peduncles, 

 usually with 2 bractlets at the base of the calyx. Flowering all summer; all 

 inhabiting wet or damp places. (Name from gratia, grace or favor, on account 

 of supposed excellent medicinal properties.) 



1. Anthers with a broad connective: the cells transverse: stems mostly diffusely 

 branched, or creeping at base, soft viscid-pubescent or smooth. 



