Jfigwort 3famil^. 



Downy False Foxglove. Oerardia flava. 



Downy Gerardia. 



Found in the shade of woods, in July. 



The single, leafy stalk, which grows to be 3 or 4 feet high, is 

 square, and hollow ; of a stiff, strong fibre, downy with soft hairs. 

 Dull rusty green in color. 



, The long narrow leaf is broadest at the base, with a tapering tip, 

 the margin is entire or slightly toothed near the base (the edge of the 

 lower leaves being somewhat wavy), the texture is rather thick, and 

 the surface is downy, and like velvet to the touch ; the color is yellow- 

 green, slightly pinkish on the midrib. The leaves, on short, downy, 

 pui-ple tinted stems, are set in pairs, at right angles to each other. 



The corolla is shaped like an urn, with 5 spreading, rounded lobes, 

 their edges curving or even curling in toward the center ; the texture is 

 very fine and thin, showing the veins ; the large throat is downy on the 

 inside ; sometimes the margin is crinkled ; the color is a pure yellow. 

 The 4 yellow stamens are divided into a long and a short pair; the pistil 

 is green. The calyx is 5-parted with a noticeable rounded cleft between 

 the divisions ; it is half as long as the corolla, very downy, and green. 

 The flowers, on short stems, are placed in pairs in the angles of the 

 leaves forming a terminal spike. 



Since the buds all incline to one side there is literally a back view 

 to the spike. The flowers remain some days in the fullness of bloom, 

 and as many as a dozen may be observed together on a single stalk ; 

 long after they have fallen the pistil lingers. The bud is very round at 

 the tip, and exceptionally shining with a gloss that is lost to the 

 opened blossom. 



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