SCROPHULARIACEAE 559 



Pedicels in flower 2-6 times as long as the calyx. 



Lobes of the corolla entire or barely emarginate. 



Leaves linear, 2.5 cm. wide or less. 4. A. tenuifolia. 



Leaves filiform-linear, less than 1 mm. wide. 5. A. Holmiana. 



Lobenof the corolla all obcordate. 6. A. decemloba. 



i. A. purpurea L. (Pennell). {Gerardia purpurea parvula Pennell.) 

 In moist fields and thickets: Me. and Ont. to Fla., mostly 

 near the coast. 



Throughout the range except the Catskills and the mountains of 

 Pa. In the pine-barrens the type is replaced by a narrow-leaved 

 form (A. virgata Raf.; G. racemulosa Pennell, Torreya 11: 15. 

 191 1), not here maintained as a species. 



2. A. paupercula (A. Gray) Britton. In bogs and low meadows: 



Que. to N. J., Tenn., Man. and Wise. 



Conn. Not uncommon along the coast, decreasing inland and 



becoming scarce northward. 

 N. Y. Rare on the north shore of L. I., rare on S. I. ; Copake Falls, 



Columbia Co. 

 N. J. Known only in the drainage of the Delaware in Sussex, 



Warren and Hunterdon counties. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks and Delaware counties. 



Distribution little known, apparently coastal in Conn, and N. Y. 

 and predominating inland in N. J. and Pa. 



3. A. maritima Raf. In salt marshes: Me. to Fla. and La. 



Common in the salt marshes throughout the range; unknown 

 inland. 



4. A. tenuifolia (Vahl.) Raf. In dry woods and thickets: Que. 



to Ga., Ont., Kan. and La. 



Common throughout the range except the pine-barrens, where it 

 is replaced by the following closely related species. 



5. A. Holmiana (Greene) Pennell. In dry sandy woods: L. I. to 



Fla. 



N. Y. Found only rather sparingly on L. I.; unknown elsewhere, 



N. J. The pine-barrens, and in Camden Co.* 



Tertiary, common on Beacon Hill, rare or wanting elsewhere: 



Cretaceous, only as a rare adventive :* Rare on the overwash plain 



on L. I. 183-220 days. About sea level. 

 The species has been referred to A. setacea (Walt.) Raf. 

 * See Introduction paragraph, 29. 



