& SYNOPBIS. OF THE GERARDIE E, 
ensbus Econ idissribu. acutissimis calycibus breviter pedunculatis 
tubo parum brevioribus, corollis ample dentibus brevissimis obtusis muticis, 
campanulatis extus tomentoso-pubescenti- lis glabris campanulatis calyce 
bus calyce 3—4-plo longioribus. longioribus. 
B. grandiflora. G. crinita, Eddy. E 
Has. Wege e Nuttall, Texas, Drum- G. ae «s pers Pursh, F 
mond. (2d Coll. n. 204 and 206 bis. 3rd Amer. Sept. 2 
Coll. n. 295.) * s sp.)- £. grandi pale 
Corolla very open, from eight lines to ^ Han. Salt marshes in New Jersey 
an inch long. The lower leaves are de- New York. £8. Texas, Drummond. 
scribed as trifid or laciniate, both by Coll.) (v. s. sp.) 3 
Drummond and Nuttall, > none of the In the ordinary state of this plant, 
specimens Í have seen have them. New Jersey, it is but three or four inc 
23. G. fasciculata a Bot. of S. high, and the corolla scarcely eight 
eme and Georg. 2. 115.) scaberrima, long. In the var. @. it is near twice a 
caule rigido superne ramoso, foliis anguste high, with few leaves in the upper pa 
linearibus acutis, pedunculis brevissimis, and the corolla is about eight de long. 
calycibus truncatis dentibus brevibus acu- 26. G. Plukenetii (Ell. Bot. of S. 
tis, corollis amplis campanulatis leviter pu- and Georg. 2, 114.) levissima, foliis p 
bescentibus calyce 5-plo longioribus. remotis filiformibus subfasciculatis, pedur 
Has. Jacksonville, Drummond. S.Ca- culis calyce foliisque brevioribus, calyci 
rolina and Georgia, Elliott. (v. s. sp.) bus truncatis dentibus brevibus acutis, 
Corolla ten to eleven lines long. Branches rollis tenuissime pubescentibus calyce 
‘stiffly brachiate. Calyx of G. purpurea, triplo longioribus. 
but teeth rather shorter in Drummond's AB. Carolina and Georgia, Elliott 
Specimens, and in the Carolina ones ra- Cherokee Country, Herb. Banks. (v. s. sp. 
ther longer as described by Elliott. The - Comes near the var. y. of G. tonii 
oung leaves are frequently, but not con- but the leaves are still more slender, and 
eats fascicled in the axilla of the stem the peduncles constantly very short. 
eaves. I have therefore little doubt of — 97. G. purpurea (Linn. Spec. 848. 
this being Elliott’s plant, although I have liis linearibus acutiusculis planis margi 
not seen authentic specimens. It may be scabris, floribus breviter pedunculatis, c 
however a mere variety of G. purpurea, lycibus subenerviis dentibus acutis 
differing chiefly in its narrow leaves often dimidio brevioribus, corollis glabris am 
fasciculate, rigid habit, and remarkably campanulatis, basi breviter tubulosis. 
scabrous stem and leaves. e. parviflora, corolla vix 7—8-lineari 
4. G. Domingensis (Spreng. Syst. 9. g. grandiflora, corolla pollicari. 
817.) perennis, tenuissime hispidula, caule Has. United States, common. a. | 
stricto erecto subfastigiato-ramoso, foliis ton. 6. New Jersey. (v. s. sp.) 
 Subpollicaribus angusto-linearibus acutis The two varieties, at sat sight, ap 
- erectiusculis, quam pedunculi breves ebrac- different, but I can find no character 
teati triplo longioribus, dentibus calycis the size of the corolla, which varies in 
 wqualis acutis, corollis calyces triplo su- veral other species of G'era 
rantibus. ( Mart.) 28. ongifoli 
Has. St. Domingo, Bertero Phil. Box: 8 5. 180.), foliis anguste 
ears to be ated to G. purpurea bus margine scabris, floralibus flores 
o G. fasciculata, but the flowers are perantibus, pedunculis calyce multo 
. 
humilis, glabra, carnosa, fo- corollis glabris ample campanulatis 
is, racemo terminali, breviter —— 
