292 SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY ) 



1. B. Americana, L. Rough-hairy; stem wand-like (l-2 3 high); 

 lower leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, the others oblong and lanceolate, sparingly 

 and coarsely toothed, veiny ; the uppermost linear-lanceolate, entire ; spike in. 

 terrupted ; calyx longer than the bracts, one third the length of the deep-purple 

 pubescent corolla. Moist places, W. New York to Illinois, Kentucky, and 

 southward. June - Aug. 



18. SEYMERIA, Pursh. SEYMERIA. 



Calyx bell-shaped, deeply 5-cleft. Corolla with a short and broad tube, not 

 longer than the 5 ovate or oblong nearly equal and spreading lobes. Stamens 

 4, somewhat equal : anthers approximate by pairs, oblong, 2-celled ; the cells 

 equal and pointless. Pod many-seeded. Erect branching herbs, with the leaves 

 mostly opposite and dissected or pinnatifid, the uppermost alternate and bract- 

 like. Flowers yellow, interruptedly racemed or spiked. (Named by Pursh af- 

 ter Henry Seymer, an English naturalist.) 



1. S. macropliylla, Nutt. (MULLEIN-FOXGLOVE.) Rather pubes- 

 cent (4 -5 high) ; leaves large, the lower pinnately divided, with the broadly 

 lanceolate divisions pinnatifid and incised ; the upper lanceolate ; tube of the 

 corolla incurved, very woolly inside, as are the filaments except their apex ; 

 style short, dilated and notched at the point ; pod ovate, pointed. Shady river- 

 banks, Ohio, Illinois, and south-westward. July. 



10. OERARDIA, L. GERARDIA. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Corolla bell-shaped-funnel-form, or 

 somewhat tubular, swelling above, with 5 more or less unequal spreading lobes, 

 the 2 upper usually rather smaller and more united. Stamens 4, strongly di- 

 dynamous, included, hairy : anthers approaching by pairs, 2-celled ; the cells par- 

 allel, often pointed at the base. Style elongated, mostly enlarged and flattened 

 at the apex. Pod ovate, pointed, many-seeded. Erect branching herbs (clan- 

 destine root-parasites), with the stem-leaves opposite, or the upper alternate, 

 the uppermost reduced to bracts and subtending 1 -flowered peduncles, which 

 often form a raceme or spike. Flowers showy, purple or yellow. (Dedicated 

 to the celebrated herbalist, Gerard.) 



1 1. GERARDIA PROPER. Calyx-teeth short: corolla purple or rose-color: an- 

 ihei's all alike, nearly pointless : leaves linear, entire. ( Our species are all branch 

 ing annuals.) 

 * Peduncles shorter (or in No. 3 only twice longer) than the calyx : stem erect. 



1. O. purpurea, L. (PURPLE GERARDIA.) Stem (8' -20' high) with 

 long and rigid widely spreading branches ; leaves linear, acute, rough-margined ; 

 flowers large (!' long), bright purple, often downy); calyx-teeth sharp-pointed, 

 shorter than the tube. Low grounds ; most common eastward and near the 

 coast. July, Aug. 



2. O. maritima, Raf. (SEA-SIDE GERARDIA.) Low (4' - 12' high), 

 with shorter branches ; leaves rather fleshy and obtuse, as are the short calyx -teeth ; 

 corolla ' long. Salt marshes along the coast. Aug. 



