OEDKE 8fi.— SCEOPHDLARIACE^ 629 



tuAe. — 71 Herbs tall, with opposite, pinnatifid Ivs^ long, decurved pe- 

 duncles, and cylindraceous, yellow fls. 



1 M. fuchsioides Torr. Oai. segm. hut Utile shorter than the coroUa. — Ala., La. 

 Plant 2 to 3f high. Lvs. lanceolate, 2' long, with lanceolate segments. Raa 

 long, loose, secund. Cor 1' long. 



2 M. Lecontii Torr. Cal. segm. entire, linear-lanceolate, scarcely one-third the 

 length of the corolla. — Dry pine woods, Ga., Fla. Lva. etc., as in the other. 



27. SEYfflE^RIA, Ph. (In memory of Henry Seymer, Esq., an 

 English naturalist.) Calyx deeply 5-cleft; cor. tube short,' dilated, 

 5-lobed, lobes ovate or oblong, entire, equaling or longer than the tube ; 

 sta. 4, subequal ; valves of the capsule loculicidal, entire ; seeds oo. — 

 Herbs erect, branching. Cauline lvs. mostly opposite and incised. Fls. 

 yellow. 



g Tube of the corolla broadly campanulate, incurved, ns long a3 the limb No. 2 



§ Tube of the corolla uiuch shorter than the subrotate limb Nos. 2, S 



1 S. macroph^lla Nutt. Erect, tall, sparingly pubescent ; lvs. large, the lower 

 deeply pinnatifid, segments lance-oblong, incised, terminal one the largest, upper 

 lanceolate, serrate or entire ; cor. tube incurved, scarcely longer than the limb ; 

 sty. short, dilated and slightly bifid at apex; caps, ovate-acuminate. — y In 

 woods. White River Valley, Ind., Ohio (Clark) to Ark. Height 4 — 6f, with the 

 habit of Dasystoma. Lower leaves (5 — T by 2 — 3') lance-ovate in outline, floral 

 (2 — 3') mostly opposite. Corolla i' long, very woolly within. July. 



2 S. peotinata Ph. Viscid-pubescent, profusely branched ; lvs. ohlong, half-pm- 

 natifid or cleft half way to the midvein, segm. few, entire, short, linear, obtuse, 

 upper lvs. merely toothed ; caps, pubescent, acute with the style, at length oh- 

 tuse. — N". Car. to Fla. and Tex., in the upper districts. Plant 2 to 4f high, the 

 numerous branches opposite. Lvs. small, an inch (or less) long, the rachis ob- 

 laneeolate. Sep. oblong-linear, longer than the, pedicel Cor. subrotate, 6 to 6" 

 broad. Aug. — Oct. 



3 S. tenuifolia Ph. Minutely puberulent, much branched ; lvs. setaceously bi- 

 pinnatifid, rachis and segments all equally attenuated ; caps, globular, rostrate. — 

 Wet pine barrens, N. Car. to Fla. and La. Plant 2 to 3f high, quite slender and 

 nearly smooth. Lvs. 6" and less long, only the lower segments dissected, upper 

 entire. Cor. lobes oblong, spreading about 4" Ped. twice longer than the csJyx. 

 Aug., Sept. 



28. DASYSTOMA, Raf. (Gerardia, L.) Yellow Foxglove. (Gr. 

 6aavg, hairy, ardfia, mouth ; alluding to the corolla.) Calyx campanu- 

 late, half 5-cleft, imbricate in aestivation ; corolla tube dilated, longer 

 than the 5 entire lobes, woolly within ; stamens didynamous, scarcely 

 included, woolly ; anthers all equal, awned at base ; capsule ovate, 

 acute, 2 valves bearing a septum in the middle ; seeds many. — 21 Herbs 

 tall, erect. Lower lvs. opposite, upper generally alternate. Cor. large, 

 yellow. All blacken in drying. 



• Segments of the calyx entire. Plants pubescent (No.!) or glabrous Nos. 2, 8 



• Segineuts of the calyx toothed or pinnatifid. Plants pubescent Nos. 4, 6 



1 D. fl^va. Plant pubescent, subsimple ; lvs. nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, en- 

 tire or toothed, the lower pinnatifid or incised ; cal. lobes oblong, obtuse, rather 

 shorter than its tube ; ped. very short. — A showy plant, 2 to 4f high, in woods 

 throughout the V. S. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, tapering to the subsessile base or petiole, 

 the upper mostly entire. Cor. about 18' long. Aug., Sept. (D. pubescens 

 Benth. G. flava L.) 



2 D. integrifolia. Fkmt glabrous, subsimple ; lvs. lanceolate, acute, entire, or 

 the lowest somewhat toothed ; ped. shorter than the calyx. — Woods, S. E. Ohio to 

 Dl. and Tenn. Sts. often much branched, 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1 to 3' long, petio- 

 late. FK smaller, the cor. about 1' long. Not at all glaucous like the next Aug. 

 (D. quercifolia fi. ? Benth. G. integrifolia Gray.) 



Si. 



