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Gerardia Pedicularia. L. Bushy Gerardia. 



Leaves oblong, twice serrate ; stem panicled, ca- 

 lyxes crenate. L. 



A tall, bushy plant, which would be one of the most ornamen- 

 tal, were not its flowers very perishable, and deciduous. Stem 

 erect, with numerous, opposite branches. Leaves pinnatifid, 

 with serrate lobes. Peduncles hairy. The structure of the 

 flowers is very elegant. The calyx ends in five spreading leaf- 

 ets, indented on their margin. Corolla yellow, downy without, 

 trumpet shaped, with spreading lobes. Stamens crossing, the 

 two longer filaments with loose hairs on their inner side. An- 

 thers hairy, dependent, two lobed, the lobes ending in seta- 

 ceous points. Style longer than the stamens. The leaves and 

 flowers turn black in drying. — Dry woods. — Very common at 

 Mount Auburn, Cambridge. — August. — Perennial. 



Gerardia purpurea. L. Purple Gerardiii. 



Stem with many opposite branches ; leaves narrow- 

 linear; flowers scattered, purple, sub-sessile. 3Iich. 



An annual species, much smaller than the preceding. Stem 

 erect, smooth, branching. Leaves opposite, linear, entire, rough- 

 ish, curling when the plant droops. Flowers purple, opposite, 

 on very short peduncles. Calyx teeth acute and separated by 

 acute sinuses. Corolla purple, usually without spots on the in- 

 side. Stamens woolly ; anthers sagittate. — Common in pastures 

 and road sides in moist ground. — August. — Annual. 



Gerardia maritima. Niitt. Salt Marsh Gerardia. 



Leaves linear, fleshy; calyx truncate, upper seg- 

 ments of the corolla fringed. 

 Syn. Gerardia purpurea, ^. crassifolia. Pursh. 



Stem smooth, with opposite branches. Leaves linear-lance- 

 olate, obtuse, fleshy, veinless, dotted under a magnifier. Flow- 

 ers axillary and terminal on elevated peduncles. Calyx smooth, 

 its segments ending abruptly as if cut off. Corolla purple, dot- 

 ted inside toward the base, its two larger segments ciliate. 

 Stamens hairy ; anthers sagittate. Capsule globose. — On salt 



