FIG WORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceas. 



darker spotted, is one of the frequent visitors. 2-4 feet 

 high. Thin woodlands. Me. , south to Ga. , west to Wis. 

 Smooth False -^ similar species with flowers a little 

 Foxglove larger and the same pure yellow ; but the 



Gernrdia whole plant smootJi and with a slight 



quercifoUa bloom ; the leaves cut or plain-edged, ob- 

 long lance-shaped, the lower ones cut quite deeply, with 

 the outline wavy and toothed. 3-6 feet high. New 

 Eng., south, west to 111. and Minn. 



One of the daintiest of the Gerardias : 

 G*^^ d* ^^ annual with a generally smooth stem, 



(ierardia slim, straight, and rigid, the branches 



purpurea wideh' spreading. The leaves are yellow- 



Magenta= jsh green, small, and linear, with acute 



purple J.- rpj_^^ downv, lighter or deeper ma- 



August- ^ , r. 



September genta-purple flowers are cup-shaped, with 



five wide, flaring lobes ; there are four 

 stamens bearing rather large deep golden yellow anthers. 

 The flower is commonly visited by various bees, the yel- 

 low butterfl}', C alias philodice, and the brown butterfly, 

 Junonia camia. Seed-capsule spherical. 12-26 inches 

 liigh. In moist soil, generally near the coast, or in the 

 vicinity of the Great Lakes, from Me., south, and west 

 to Minn. The \?iV. pauper cida, not quite as tall, has a 

 smooth, simple or branched stem, and the smaller flower 

 is about I inch long ; seed-capsule prolate-spheroidal. 

 6-17 inches high. N. Y. and N. J., west to Wis. 

 Sea=side ^ similar and even lower species con- 



Gerard ia fined to the salt marshes of the coast. The 



Geraniid " linear leaves are rather fleshy, and obtuse 

 maritima ^^ ^^le tips ; the upper ones are unusually 



short. The light magenta flowers, about the same size 

 as those of the preceding species, are not down}^ but 

 smootli. 4-14 inches high. From Me,, south. 

 Slender ^ "^'^O' slender species with linear, acute- 



Gerard ia pointed leaves. The light magenta flow- 



Crerardia ers have two of the five lobes not so fully 



tenuifoiia expanded as the others ; the calyx-lobes 



are short and acute. 10-20 inches high. In dry fields 

 and along roadsides. Common. Named for John Ge- 

 rarde, a celebrated herbalist. 

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