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  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
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  Samolus 
  Valeranili.—Sz&Y 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Arkansas. 
  

  

  Utricularia 
  vulgaris. 
  

  

  SCROPHULARINEAE. 
  

  

  Pedicularis 
  Canadensis. 
  — 
  The 
  flower 
  is 
  here 
  always 
  ochroleucous. 
  

  

  MELAMrYRUM 
  lineare 
  (M. 
  Americanum, 
  Mich.). 
  

  

  Scrophularia 
  Marilandica. 
  

  

  Antirrhinum 
  Canadense. 
  

  

  Veronica 
  peregrina, 
  Willd. 
  Sp. 
  PI. 
  1, 
  p. 
  76; 
  Vahl. 
  Enum. 
  pi. 
  1, 
  

   p. 
  85.— 
  Common. 
  

  

  Leptandra 
  virginica, 
  Nutt. 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  7 
  (Veronica 
  vir- 
  

   ginica, 
  Lin. 
  ; 
  Callystachya, 
  Rafinesque. 
  A 
  name 
  heretofore 
  employed 
  

   for 
  another 
  genus). 
  

  

  Coelinsia 
  *violacea. 
  Puherula, 
  foliis 
  ovato-lanceolatis, 
  remote 
  

   denticulatis 
  ; 
  corolla 
  subconcolore 
  ; 
  labio 
  superiore 
  inferiore 
  dimidio 
  

   minore, 
  laciniis 
  omnibus 
  apice 
  bifidis; 
  capsulis 
  subdecemspermis. 
  — 
  

   Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  hills 
  and 
  upland 
  woods 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Red 
  rivers 
  : 
  

   abundant. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Annual. 
  Root 
  fibrous 
  ; 
  stem 
  terete, 
  oppositely 
  branched, 
  

   pulverulently 
  pubescent, 
  mostly 
  purple, 
  and 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  twelve 
  inches 
  

   high 
  ; 
  radical 
  leaves 
  oblong-ovate, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  

   sessile, 
  opposite, 
  remotely 
  denticulate 
  and 
  acute, 
  of 
  a 
  somewhat 
  thickish 
  

   consistence 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pubescence 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  

   the 
  uppermost 
  verticillate 
  in 
  threes; 
  calix 
  subcampanulate, 
  5-cleft, 
  

   the 
  base 
  angular, 
  segments 
  ovate-lanceolate 
  acute 
  ; 
  corolla 
  bright 
  vio- 
  

   let 
  (like 
  that 
  of 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Phlox), 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  paler 
  ; 
  

   segments 
  bifid 
  at 
  the 
  extremity, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lip 
  partly 
  obcordate, 
  

   segments 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  somewhat 
  truncate, 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  ; 
  the 
  palate 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  reniform, 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  and 
  fulvous 
  spot, 
  which 
  is 
  immaculate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  stamina 
  four, 
  

   declinate, 
  the 
  rudiment 
  of 
  a 
  fifth 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  ; 
  

   filaments 
  pubescent 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  style 
  simple, 
  filiform 
  ; 
  stigma 
  

   minute 
  ; 
  capsule 
  roundish-ovate, 
  partly 
  2-celled, 
  imperfectly 
  4-valved 
  ; 
  

   germ 
  about 
  10-seeded? 
  seeds 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  C. 
  verna. 
  Allied 
  

   to 
  C. 
  grandiflora 
  of 
  Oregon. 
  

  

  