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corolla with two setaceous teeth; calyx tiancated 

 downward. L. 



Stem erect, under a foot in height, downy at top. Leaves 

 dark green, lanceolate, with crenate lobes, obtuse. Spike ter- 

 minal, short, crowded, leafy. Calyx cut off in an oblique direc- 

 tion downward. Corolla yellowish, the upper lip forming a 

 long helmet, its point square, with a small acute tooth on each 

 side; lower lip three lobed. The flowers turn to the right, so 

 that the spike has a twisted appearance. — Pastures. — May. — 

 Perennial. 



281. GERARDIA. 

 Gerardia flava. L. Yellow Gerardia. 



Pabesceiit ; stem nearly simple ; leaves sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, entire or toothed and cut ; flowers subsessile. 



One of the most showy of our wild wood flowers. Stem erect, 

 one or two feet in height, pubescent. Leaves opposite, the lower 

 ones more or less pinnatifid and cut, the upper ones lanceolate, 

 entire or serrate, obtusely pointed. Spike terminal, few flow- 

 ered. Flowers opposite, trumpet shaped, large, yellow. Pe- 

 duncles short, downy. Stamens somewhat woolly ; anthers with 

 two points at the base. Style slender, longer than the stamens. 

 The whole plant turns black in drying. — Woods. — August. — Pe- 

 rennial. 



Gerardia glauca. Eddy. Tall Gerardia. 



Glabrous ; stem panicled ; leaves petioled, pinnati- 

 fid, paler beneath, the upper ones lanceolate; flowers 

 pedicelled. 



Syn. Gerardia quercifolia. Pursh. 



A taller and handsomer plant than the last, which it greatly 

 resembles, so that it might pass for a cultivated variety. The 

 stem is smooth and more branched, leaves petioled and pinnati- 

 fid, flowers pedunculate. In other respects it resembles the last 

 species. — Woods. — August. — Perennial. 



