236 riGWOET FAMILY. 



M. semperflbrens, has lanceolate smooth calyx-divisions, and,, smaller 

 rose-purpic or violet corolla. 



§ 2. LoPHOSFEBMDM. Corolla very obscurely 2-lipped, and with 2 bearded lines. 



M. erub^seens. Somewhat soft-pubescent, with irre^larly toothed leaves, 

 rose-colored flowers 3' long, and ovate-oblong rather leaf-like sepals. 



M. SCdiUdenS, now less common and not so showy, is less pubescent, and 

 has smaller lesS-inilated deeper purple corolla, and lance-oblong sepals. 



16. DIGITALIS, FOXGLOVE. (Latin name, from shape of the corolla, 

 likened to the finger of a glove, in the common species. ) ■ ' ' 



D. purpiirea, Pukplb F., of which varieties with corolla white or pale 

 and more or less strongly spotted corolla are common, 2' long, the lobes rather 

 obscure ; leaves rugose, somewhat downy. Cult, from Eu. : fl. summer. 1^ 



17. GERABDIA. (Named for the herbalist, Gerarde.) Handsome, but 

 uncultivable plants : fl. late summer and autumn. The following are the 

 commonest wild species ; mostly of gravelly or sandy soil. 



§ 1. Corolla purple or rose-color, somewhat bdl-shaped : caiyx4eeth short : anthers 

 all alike, nearly pointless at base : leaves narrow, linear or thread-shaped, 

 entire : ioosely branching, nearly all annuals, except the first. 



G. linifblia. Pine-ban-ens S. ; with erect branches, and erect linear leaves 

 about the length of the peduncles, truncate calyx, and corolla 1' long. ^ 



G. tenuifolia. N. & S. ; ivith opposite pedicels equalling the linear 

 spreading leaves, broadly awl-shaped calyx-teeth, and corolla J' - J' long. 



G. filifdlia. S. ; with alternate pedicels twice the length of the rather 

 fleshy thread-shaped or slightly club-shaped leaves ; corolla i' long. 



G. apb^lla. S. ; ^vith short pedicels alternate along one side of the 

 flowering branches, and minute scale-like or awl-shaped appressed leaves, 

 minute calyx-teeth, and corolla ^' long. 



G. purptirea. N. & S. in low ground ; with stout pedicels not longer 

 than the conspicuously 5-lobed calyx, opposite and spreading rather broad 

 linear leaves, and corolla |' - 1' long. 



G. maritima. Salt marshes N. & S., lower than the Jireceding, and with 

 fleshy blunt leaves, the pedicels as long as the upper ones and as the obtusely 

 6-toothed calyx, and corolla ^' -\' long. 



§ 2. Corolla purple (or sometimes white) : calyx deeply and unequally 5-c/p/J ; 

 anthers pointless, those of the shorter pair muck smaller : leaves rather broad. 



G. auriculkta. Low grounds, from Penn. S. & W. ; rough-hairy, with 

 nearly simple stem, lanceolate or oblong leaves entire, or the lower with a lobe 

 on each side of the base ; fiowei's sessile in the upper axils ; corolla 1' long. 



§ 3. Corolla yellow and with a longer tube, the inside woolly, as are the filaments 

 ' and anthers ; tlie latter almost projecting, slender-pointed at base: calyx 

 5-cle/i : taller herbs, with leaves or some of them pinnatifid or toothed. 2/ 

 * Stems nearli) simple: flowers in a leafy raceme : corolla more tubular. 

 G. fliva. Downy False Foxglove. Open dry woods: 3°-4° high, 

 minutely soft-downy ; upper leaves lanceolate or oblong and entire, lower sinuate 

 or pinnatifid'; pedicels very short ; corolla 1^' long. 



G. quercifolia, Smooth F. Rich woods, commoner S. & W. : 3° - 6° 

 high, smooth and glaucous ; upper leaves often entire^ lower once or twice 

 pinnatifid ; pedicels as long as calyx ; corolla 2' long. 



G. integrifolia. Barrens, from Penn. S. & W. : 10-2° high, smooth, 

 not glaucous ; leaves lanceolate, entire ; corolla 1' long. 



* » Stems bushy-branched : calyx-lobes toothed or pinnatifid : leaves mostly cut. 



G. grandiflbra. Oak openings from Wisconsin S. : 3° - 4° high, minutely 

 downy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, coarsely cut-toothed, the lower pinnatifid ; ped- 

 icels shorter than the barely toothed calyx-lobes ; corolla 2' lono-. 



