Gerardia. 



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5. Gerardia flava, Pursh. (riate LXXIV.) Pubescent False Foxglove. 



Pubescent ; stem mostly simple ; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ; upper ones entire 

 or sinuate-toothed, nearly sessile ; the lower incised or somewhat pinnalifid, on longer pe- 

 tioles ; flowers mostly on very short pedicels; segments of the calyx ovate -lanceolate. — 

 Miclvc.fl. 2. p. 19 ; Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 423 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 119 ; Bigd.Jl. Bost. p. 246 ; Torr. 

 compend. p. 241 ; Beck, bol. p. 268 ; Benth. I. c. p. 205 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 366. G. 

 villosa, Miihl. cat. p. 60. Rhinanllms Virginicus, Linn. sp. 2. p. 603. 



Perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, obtusely 4-angled, and, like the rest of the plant, densely 

 and minutely pubescent, sometimes a little branched. Leaves 2-5 inches long and half an 

 inch to an inch and a half wide, narrowed at the base into a short petiole ; the lowest ones 

 usually more or less deeply toothed or sitiuate-pinnatifid ; but sometimes all the leaves are 

 entire, except the lower ones, which are furnished with one or two teeth near the base. 

 Flowers an inch and a half long, on pedicels 1-2 lines in length. Segments of the calyx 

 unequal. Corolla bright yellow. Filaments very hairy : anther-lobes with a subulate horn 

 at the base. Capsule ovoid, acuminate. Testa of the seed with cristate winged ridges. 



Fertile woods and copses, particularly in hilly situations ; frequent. August. 



6. Gerardia quercifolia, Pursh. Glaucous False Foxglove. 



Stem paniculatcly branched, glaucous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate , the lower ones 

 pinnalifid ; flowers conspicuously pedicellate ; calyx smooth , the segments lanceolate-linear. 

 — Pursh, Jl. 2. p. 423. t. \Q ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 120 ; Benth. I. c. p. 205. G. flava, Linn. sp. 

 2. p. 610, <^- herb. G. glauca, EdJi/ in med repos. 11. p. 126 (without a character) ; Bigel, 

 Jl. Bost. p 246 ; Torr. co?npend. p. 2il ; Beck, hot. p. 268 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 366. 



Perennial. Stem 3-5 feet high, obtusely 4-angled, purplish, and clothed with a glaucous 

 bloom. Leaves 2-6 inches long and 1—3 inches wide : upper ones coarsely toothed or 

 entire ; the lower more or less deeply pinnalifid, and the segments also sometimes toothed. 

 Pedicels 3-5 lines long. Calyx with the segments about the length of the tube. Corolla 

 nearly as in the preceding species. Filaments nearly smooth : anthers hairy. Capsule 

 roundish-ovoid, acuminate. 



Rocky woods ; rather less frequent than G.Jlava. Fl. August. This is the original G. 

 jlava of Linna2us, but it would cause too much confusion at this late day to restore the name, 



