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7. Agalinis maritima Raf. Sea-side or Salt- 
marsh Agalinis. Fig. 3824. 
Gerardia maritima Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 361. 1808, 
A. maritima Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2: 62, 1836. 
Annual, smooth and glabrous, fleshy; stem erect, 
usually branched, 4’-16’ high, the branches ascend- 
ing. Leaves linear, thick, }’-1’ long, 1” wide or less, 
obtuse, spreading, the upermost very small and subu- 
late, scarcely longer than the pedicels; pedicels in 
flower shorter than or equalling the calyx, about 
twice as long in fruit; calyx-teeth broad, short, ob- 
tuse; corolla rose purple, 5-9” long, glabrous, the 
limb about as broad; anther-sacs mucronulate at the 
base; capsule globose-oblong, 2’-3” high. 
In salt marshes, Maine to Florida. July-Aug. The 
southern plant has larger flowers than the northern. 
Flowers before the upland species. 
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8. Agalinis tenuifélia (Vahl.) Raf. Slender Agalinis. Fig. 3825. 
Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 70. 1794. 
A, tenuifolia Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2: 64. 1836, 
Annual, glabrous; stem very slender, panicu- 
lately branched, 6’-24’ high, the branches spread- 
ing or ascending. Leaves very narrowly linear, 
flat, acute, 4’-12’ long, 4-1” wide, spreading; 
pedicels mostly equalling or longer than the flow- 
ers; calyx campanulate, its teeth very short, 
pointed; corolla light purple, spotted, rarely 
white, 6’-9” long, vertically compressed when 
fully expanded, minutely puberulent, or glabrous; 
anther-sacs mucronate at the base; capsule glo- 
bose or slightly obovoid, 2”-24” in diameter, 
longer than the calyx. 
In dry woods and thickets, Quebec to Georgia, 
west to western Ontario, Kansas and Texas. Aug.— 
Oct. 
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g. Agalinis Besseyana Britton. Bessey’s 
Agalinis. Fig. 3826. 
Gerardia tenuifolia var. macrophylla Benth. Comp. 
Bot. Mag.1: 209. 1835. Not G. macrophylla Benth. 
Gerardia Besseyana Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 295. 
18904. 
Annual; stem glabrous, rather stout, strict, 
branched, 1°-2° high, the branches ascending or 
nearly erect. Leaves linear, 17-2’ long, 1’-2” 
wide, scabrous, acute, ascending; pedicels ascend- 
ing, longer than the flowers; calyx campanulate, 
its teeth triangular-subulate, one-third to one- 
half the length of the tube; corolla purple, 5-6” 
long; capsule globose, 2’-3” in diameter, exceed- 
ing the calyx. 
On dry hills and prairies, Ontario to South Da- 
kota, Colorado, Louisiana and Kansas. Recorded 
east to Connecticut. July—Sept. 
