GENUS 17. FIGWORT FAMILY. 195 
3. Gratiola atrea Muhl. Goldenpert. 
Golden Hedge-Hyssop. Fig. 3787. 
Gratiola aurea Muhl. Cat. 2. 1813. 
Perennial, glandular-puberulent above, or gla- 
brate; stems decumbent, creeping or ascending, 
simple or branched, 4-12’ long, somewhat 4-sided. 
Leaves lanceolate to linear-oblong, #’-1’ long, 
1-3” wide, sparingly denticulate, scarcely nar- 
rowed to the sessile and somewhat clasping 
base; peduncles filiform, in fruit equalling or 
longer than the calyx; corolla bright yellow, 
6”-7”" long, 3 times as long as the calyx; sterile 
filaments 2, capitate at the summit; anther-sacs 
of the fertile stamens broad, transverse; capsule 
globose-ovoid, shorter than or equalling the calyx. 
In sandy wet places, Quebec and Ontario to New 
Jersey and Virginia. Recorded from Florida. June- 
Sept. 
4. Gratiola viscédsa Schwein. Viscid 
Hedge-Hyssop. Fig. 3788. 
Gratiola viscosa Schwein.; LeConte, Ann. Lyc. N. 
Y.1: 106. 1823. 
Annual; stem weak, finely viscid-pubescent, 
slender, commonly simple, 6-18’ long. Leaves 
ovate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, sharply 
serrate, acute at the apex, sessile, cordate-clasp- 
ing ‘at the base, 3’-1’ long; peduncles slender, 
shorter than or exceeding the leaves; bractlets 
and calyx-segments foliaceous, entire or dentate, 
one-third to one-half as long as the yellow or 
purplish corolla; flowers 5-6” long; sterile fila- 
ments 2, capitate at the summit; anther-sacs of 
the fertile stamens transverse, separated by the 
broad connective; capsule subglobose, shorter 
than the calyx. 
In brooks and swamps, Delaware to Kentucky, 
Georgia and Tennessee. May-—Sept. 
18. SOPHRONANTHE Benth.; Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 445 1836. 
Annual or perennial rigid caulescent herbs, with rough-pubescent foliage. Leaves oppo- 
site; blades entire or toothed, sessile. Flowers solitary in the axils, short-peduncled or nearly 
sessile. Calyx sessile in 2 bractlets; sepals 5, nearly distinct. Corolla white or purplish, 
2-lipped. Stamens 2, included. Staminodia filiform, capitate at the apex. Anther-sacs par- 
allel, contiguous. Capsule somewhat elongated, acuminate. [Greek, referring to the included 
anthers. ] 
Two known species of eastern North America. Type species: Sophronanthe hispida Benth. 
