Oedeb 86.— SCROPHULARIACB^. 631 



Plant rigid, 2 to 3f high. Lvs. never an inch long, always scattered. Fed. 1 t« 

 2' long. Pis. numerous, large. Aug. — Oct. 



5 G. maritima Ra£ St. angular ; lvs. linear, fleshy, short, rather obtuse ; flt. 

 small; ped. scarcely as long as the truncate calyx; lobes of the cor. spreading, i 

 upper fringed. — @ Salt marshes, along the Atlantic coast. Plant branched, i to 

 10' high. Lva 6 to 8" long, aubterete and quite fleshy. Fls. about 6' long in- 

 clined to bo terminal. Caps, globular. Jl — Sept. 



6 G. purpiirea L. St. angular, branched; lvs. linear, acute, scabrous on the 

 margin; ped. shorter than the calyx which has a truncate tube with short seta- 

 ceously acute teeth. Cor. ample, smooth or pubescent. — (I) Wet grounds, N. Eng. 

 to Fla. and La. Plant of varying form according to situation, 1 to 2f high (2 to 

 4f South). Lvs. 1 to 2' long, often with smaller ones fascicled in the axils. Fls. 

 large, (1' long), purple, the ped. 1", rarely 2 " long. Aug. (G. Plukenetii EU?) 



p. PASoicuLiTA. Tall, with fascicles of smaller lvs. in tlie axils ; cor. pubes- 

 cent, lobes ciliate. — S. States, common (G. fascieulata EU.). 



7 G. dspera Doug. Sparingly branched ; lvs. scabrous, long and narrowly linear, 

 the floral exceeding the calyx ; ped. twice longer than the calyx ; cal. teeth lan- 

 ceolate, acute, nearly as long as its tube; cor. ample, smootli. (J) 111. to Iowa 

 (Cousens), &0. Closely allied to G. purpurea. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 18" to 2' 

 long, rigid, rough. Cor. deep purple, about 1' long, not always smooth. Ped. 

 3 to 5". Aug. 



8 G. linifolia Nutt. St. terete, virgate, inclined, subsimple, several from the 

 same ba.so ; lvs. opposite, smooth, thick, long, lance-Unear, and linear, erect, the upper 

 reduced to bracts ; ped. many times longer than the calyx which is truncate, with 

 scarcely any teeth. — N. Car. to Fia., in wet pine barrens. ' Sts. 2 to 3f high, terete. 

 Lvs. 2 to 3' by 2 to 3", Cor. large, pubescent, its lower lip spotted. Aug. — Sept 



9 G. tenuifdlia Tahl. Paniculate, much-branched; sts. angular; lvs. linear; 

 ped. axill.iry, longer than the flowers, about equaling the lvs. ; caps, globular. — 

 (p A slender and delicate species, usually very branching, in fields and woods, U. 

 a. and Can. St. 6 to 12' high. Lvs. about an incli long, very narrow (1" in 



. width) entire, rough-edged, often coiled. Pis. opposite, axillary, on slender stalks, • 

 an inch or less in length. Cor. purple, spotted within, border much spreading, 

 smooth and nearly equal. Cal. teeth short and acute. Aug. — Sept. 



10 G. setacea Walt. St. erect, sparingly branched, slender, 4-angles margined ; 

 lvs. remote, linear or setaceous, acute at each end, the floral ones 2 or 3 times 

 shorter tlian tlie very Jong peduncles ; cal. teeth very short, acute ; cor. lobes short, 

 spreading ; caps, roundish ovoid, scarcely exceeding the calyx. — (J) S. and W. 

 States, dry grounds. Plant 12 to 18' high, the stem and few branches quite 

 slender and rougli on the slightly winged angles. Lvs. 5 to 10" long, few and 

 far between. Fed. 1 to IJ' long. Cor. (5 to 6") glabrous, light purple or rose- 

 color. Jl, Aug. (G. Skinneriana, 2d edit) — Scarcely blackens in drying. 



30. CASTILLE'JA, L. (Euchroma, Nutt.) Painted Cup. (Named 

 for one Castillejo, a Spanish botanist.) Calyx tubular, 2 — 4-cleft ; cor. 

 galea (upper lip) linear, very long, carinate-concavo, lower short, 3-Iobed ; 

 sta. beneath the galea, didynamous ; anth. oblong-linear, with unequal 

 lobes, cohering in the form of an oblong disk, the exterior fixed by the 

 middle, interior pendulous. — Herbaceous or suflfruticous. Lvs. alternate, 

 the floral often colored at the apex. Fls. Subsessile, in terminal, leafy 

 bracts. 



1 C. coccinea Spreng. Zms. sessile, pinnatifid, with linear and divaricate seg- 

 ments; brcKts about 3-clefl and colored at the summit, longer than the corolla; 

 cal. 2-cleft, nearly equaling tlie corolla, segments retuse and emarginate. — 11 Wet 

 meadows. Can. and U. S., rare in N. Eng., remarkable for its large, bright, .scarlet 

 (or bright yellowl) bracts. Stem angular, simple, 8 — 12' high. Leaves with 

 about 2, long, linear segments on each side. Bracts crowded near the summit 

 of the stem, each with a dUll yeUow flower in its axil, less showy than itsel£ 

 May, Jn. 



