GENUs 8. FIGWORT FAMILY. 181 
1. Chelone glabra L. Snake-head. 
Turtle-head. Fig. 3752. 
Chelone glabra L. Sp. Pl. 611. 1753. 
Siem slender, erect, obtusely 4-sided, 
simple or sometimes branched, strict, 1°-3° 
high, the branches erect. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sharply ser- 
rate with low appressed teeth, acuminate 
at the apex, narrowed at the base, short- 
petioled, 3-6’ long, 3’-1¥’ wide, the prin- 
cipal veins about 10 on each side of the 
midvein; flowers white or faintly pink, 
about 1’ long; bracts glabrous, not ciliolate; 
calyx-segments ovate-oblong, obtuse; cap- 
sule ovoid, obtuse, about #’ high, twice as 
long as the calyx. 
In swamps and along streams, Newfound- 
land to Florida, Manitoba, Alabama and Kan- 
sas. Ascends to 3000 ft. in the Adirondacks. 
Shell-flower. Cod-head. Bitter-herb. Balmony. 
Salt-rheum weed. Turtle-bloom. Fish-mouth. 
oe leaves sometimes broadly oval. July 
ept. 
2. Chelone obliqua L. Red Turtle-head. 
Fig. 3753- 
Chelone obliqua L. Syst. Ed. 11, no. 4. 1767. 
Stem slender, ascending, 1°-2° high, usually branch- 
ed, the branches spreading or ascending. Leaves ob- 
long, or broadly lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, 
mostly narrowed at the base, petioled, sharply ser- 
rate with somewhat spreading teeth, or laciniate, 2’-6’ 
long, 4’-23’ wide; petioles 2-6” long; principal veins 
about 10 on each side; flowers red or rose-purple, 
about 1’ long; bracts and calyx-segments ciliolate 
and usually puberulent; capsule similar to that of 
the preceding species. 
In wet thickets and along streams, Virginia to Illinois, 
south to Florida. July—Sept. 
3. Chelone Lyoni Pursh. Lyon’s Turtle-head. 
Fig. 3754. 
Chelone Lyoni Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 737. 1814. 
Stem slender, erect or nearly so, simple or branched, 
1°-3° high. Leaves ovate, acuminate at the apex, 
rounded, truncate or subcordate at the base; 3-7’ 
long, 1’-4’ wide, usually slender-petioled, sharply ser- 
rate with divergent teeth, the principal veins 8-10 on 
each side; flowers red or rose-purple, about 1’ long; 
bracts and calyx-segments ciliolate and puberulent. 
"In swamps and wet thickets, mountains of Virginia, 
North Carolina and Tennessee to Georgia. July—Sept. 
