EU rag, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 927. 
. Gerardia Afzelia, Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. 
20. 
Gerardia cassioides, Pers. Syn. 2. 154. 
ae arolina, Georgia, Louisiania, &c. 
(v. s. 
fetes slender. Leaves small, distant. 
Flowers about half an inch diameter. Cap- 
sule the size of a grain of pepper, with a 
pointed beak as long as es capsule itself. 
2. S. pectinata (Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept. 
2. 737.) pubescens, foliis pinnatifidis laci- 
niis linearibus obtusis subincisis, capsulis 
pubescentibus obtusis 
— Han. South Sion, Pursh. Louisi- 
ania, Drummond. (v. s. 
Leaves large, and their lobes much 
broader than in the last. Capsules larger, 
compressed but obtuse, and almost emar- 
ginate at the top. I have not seen the 
corolla 
VIL Gerarpia. Linn. 
Virgularia, Ruiz et Pav.—Sopubia, Don. 
Calyx campanulatus 5-dentatus vel 5- 
fidus. olla campanulata vel ventricoso- 
tubuloso-campanulata, limbo 5-fido laci- 
niis rotundatis semipatentibus, Stamina 
» 
fertilibus, nunc loculo altero fertili, altero 
casso, nunc anthere 2 fertilis, 2 minores 
Capsula acuta vel obtusa eros- 
erbe suffruticesve Americane, 
Capenses vel Indice. Flores solitarii axil- 
lares, sessiles vel pedunculati, pedunculis 
sepius ebracteatis. Corolla flava vel ro- 
seo-purpurea. 
Conspectus specierum. 
Sect. I. esie EUN flavi. 
Anthere mutice omnes 
Ede. G. serpyllifolia » posue virgata, 
rophylla. 
Sect. II. OTOPHYLLA. Flores purpu- 
Anthere mutice 2 fertiles, 2 minores 
| -PEDICULAROIDES. Flores 
basi aristate, omnes fertiles. 
‘a, quercifolia, ora; 
SYNOPSIS OF THE GERARDIE, 
Species incerte sedis. 
i 8 
loso-campanulata villosa. 
ticesve. Austro- Americane. i 
7. G. digitalis, rigida, brac 
phylla, lanceolata, linarioides, geniisti 
Corolla subtubulosa fere glabra. E 
be Austro-Americane. . 
"edd G. angustifolia, hispidula, con 
ed * Corolla subcampanulata glabra v 
leviter pubescens. Herbe Boreali- Am 
cane. 
* Pedunculi calyce breviores, de 
calycini elongati. 
21—22. G. dasyantha, heterophylla 
b. Pedunculi calyce breviores, dentes ca- 
lycis truncati breves. 
23—27. G. fasciculata, domingon s i 
PE Plukenetii, purpurea. 
edunculi calyce longiores. 
2935 G. longifolia, linifolia, peduncu 
laris, filifolia, strictifolia, tenuifolia, seta: 
cea, aphylla 
Sect. V. TEA Corollæ lobi siti. 
ees omnes fertiles. 
36. G. parviflora, 
Sect. VI. Sopusta. Corolle lobi 
gri. Antherarum loculus alter fertilis 
ter cassus divergens. 
37—42. G. Sopubia, stricta, delphini 
folia scabra, obtusifolia, filiformis. 
CYRTOCODON. 
Corolla 
nthere 
SECTIO I. 
Calyz profunde 5-fidus. 
tubo sepius brevi incurvo. 
Nov. Gen. et Sp. Amer. 2. 343.) proc 
pases foliis ovum is integerrimis, i 
td 
calycinis integerrimis (Kunth). 
Has. New xoi Hu mboldt ax 
An under shrub. oe abou a 
