GENUS 29 FIGWORT FAMILY. 
1. Agalinis linifolia (Nutt.) Britton Flax-leaved 
Agalinis. Fig. 3818. 
Gerardia linifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 47. 1818 
Perennial, glabrous and smooth; stem branched, 2°-3° 
high. Leaves narrowly linear, rather thick, 1’-2’ long, 
1-14” wide, erect, the upper much smaller and subulate; 
pedicels erect, in flower equalling or a little longer than 
the calyx, longer in fruit; calyx campanulate, truncate, its 
teeth minute; corolla purple, about 1’ long, narrower than 
that of the two following species, villous within, the lobes 
ciliate; filaments and anthers densely villous; anther-sacs 
mucronate at the base; capsule globose, 2’-3” in diameter, 
but little longer than the calyx. 
In moist pine barrens, Delaware to Florida. Aug.—Sept. 
2. Agalinis 4spera (Dougl.) Britton. Rough 
Purple Agalinis. Fig. 38109. 
G. aspera Dougl.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 517. 1846. 
Annual, 1°-2° high, hispidulous-scabrous with rough 
stiff short whitish hairs, branched, the branches nearly 
erect. Leaves narrowly linear, 1’-12’ long, less than 1” 
wide, erect or ascending; pedicels equalling or becom- 
ing a little longer than the turbinate calyx; calyx-teeth 
triangular-ovate or triangular-lanceolate, acute, one- 
fourth to one-third as long as the tube; corolla deep 
. purple, about 1’ long, nearly or quite glabrous within, 
®™ very pubescent without, the lobes ciliate; filaments vil- 
7 lous; anthers all alike, obtuse at the base; capsule ob- 
g long, 3-4” high, considerably longer than the calyx. 
On dry plains and prairies, Indiana to North Dakota, 
Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. Recorded from Colorado. 
Aug.—Oct. 
3. Agalinis heterophylla (Nutt.) Small. 
Prairie Agalinis. Fig. 3820. 
Gerardia heterophylla Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5: 
180. 1837. , 
Gerardia crustata Greene, Leaflets 2: 108, 1910. 
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rarely 2” broad, acute, erect or erect-ascending, de- 
cidedly scabrous along the margins; pedicels shorter 
than the calyx, enlarged upward; calyx campanulate, 
“4” long, its teeth lanceolate or subulate-lanceolate, 
about as long as the tube; corolla rose-purple, about 
% long; capsules globose-oblong or globose-ovoid, 
24-3” long. 
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On prairies and in wet woods, Missouri and Arkansas LE 
to Texas. Aug.—Oct. 
Ny Ni 
Annual, more or less scabrous; stems 6’-2° tall, \) 
branching above, the branches ascending. Leaves \ NU 
linear, or narrowly linear-lanceolate below, 4-2’ long, Yt “Ys 
. Wy 
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