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  FLORA 
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  river. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  May.— 
  Obs. 
  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  tomentose, 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  more 
  slightly 
  so 
  ; 
  bracts, 
  calix 
  and 
  corolla 
  of 
  a 
  brilliant 
  reddish 
  

   purple 
  ; 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  calix 
  linear, 
  all 
  inclined 
  to 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  ; 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  lip 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  greenish 
  

   (no 
  glands 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lip) 
  ; 
  seed 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  reticu- 
  

   lated 
  and 
  perforated 
  membranaceous 
  vesicle. 
  Considerably 
  related 
  to 
  

   E. 
  grandijlora, 
  but 
  differing 
  in 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  the 
  flower, 
  and 
  the 
  

   dilation 
  and 
  brilliant 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  bracts. 
  

  

  1. 
  Herpestis 
  rotundifolia. 
  2. 
  H. 
  Brownei. 
  — 
  Banks 
  of 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi. 
  

  

  1. 
  Gratiola 
  virginica. 
  2. 
  G. 
  pilosa. 
  3. 
  G. 
  anagallidea, 
  Mich. 
  

   (G. 
  acuminata, 
  Elliott, 
  Sketch 
  Bot. 
  Carol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  15, 
  not 
  of 
  Pursh). 
  

  

  1. 
  Lindernia 
  pyxidaria 
  (L. 
  dilatata, 
  Muhl. 
  Catal. 
  ; 
  Elliott, 
  Bot. 
  

   Carol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  16). 
  2. 
  L. 
  attenuata. 
  Muhl. 
  Catal.— 
  06s. 
  The 
  capsule 
  

   in 
  this 
  genus 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  generally 
  1-celled. 
  

  

  Chelone 
  glabra. 
  

  

  1. 
  Pentstemon 
  laevigatum, 
  Willd. 
  Sp. 
  PI. 
  3, 
  p. 
  228 
  ; 
  Pursh, 
  2, 
  p. 
  

   427. 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  digitalis. 
  Glaberrimum; 
  foliis 
  caulinis 
  connatis 
  ovato-lan- 
  

   ceolatis 
  acuminatis 
  repando-denticulatis 
  ; 
  calicibus 
  viscosis, 
  laciniis 
  acu- 
  

   minatis 
  reflexis; 
  corolla 
  magna 
  subcampanulata, 
  appendice 
  superne 
  

   barbato. 
  — 
  Hob. 
  In 
  wet 
  woods 
  and 
  prairies 
  ; 
  common. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  

   May 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  campanulata. 
  Perennial. 
  Leaves 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   panicle 
  naked, 
  trichotomous, 
  few-flowered, 
  ultimate 
  branches 
  and 
  calix 
  

   viscidly 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  corolla 
  similar 
  to 
  digitalis, 
  pure 
  white 
  and 
  minutely 
  

   pubescent, 
  the 
  tube 
  exserted, 
  orifice 
  inflated, 
  subcampanulate 
  and 
  terete; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  lip 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  lower 
  and 
  coarctate, 
  the 
  inferior 
  

   3-lobed 
  and 
  dilated, 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  orifice 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  some- 
  

   times 
  bearded 
  ; 
  sterile 
  filament 
  or 
  appendage 
  partly 
  exserted, 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  bearded 
  ; 
  anthers 
  smooth, 
  dark 
  purple. 
  

  

  3. 
  P. 
  *tubaeflorum. 
  Foliis 
  ovatis 
  connatis 
  denticulatis 
  glabris 
  ; 
  

   caule 
  nudiusculo 
  elato 
  ; 
  calice 
  corollisque 
  viscoso-pubescentibus, 
  laciniis 
  

   ovatis 
  ; 
  corolla 
  tubaeformi, 
  limbo 
  intus 
  villoso, 
  appendice 
  barbato. 
  — 
  

   Hab. 
  In 
  wettish 
  prairies, 
  from 
  Fort 
  Smith 
  to 
  Red 
  river. 
  Flowering 
  

   in 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Perennial. 
  Radical 
  leaves 
  elliptic-ovate, 
  

   entire 
  and 
  smooth, 
  cauline 
  all 
  situated 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  

  

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