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Gerardia quercifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 423. 1814. 



"On the banks of rivers, in rich shady places, Pensyl- 



vania to Carolina." Type not seen, but description 



distinctive. 



Aureolaria glauca (Eddy) Raf. New Fl. Amer. 2: 60. 1837. 



Dasystoma quercifolia (Pursh) Benth. in DC. Prod. 10: 520. 



1846. 

 Dasystoma flava (L.) Wood, Class-Book 529. 1861. As to 

 synonymy, not description, the latter applying to Aureo- 

 laria virginica. 

 Agalinis glauca (Eddy) Blake in Rhodora 20: 71. 1918. 

 Aureolaria flava (L.) Fanvell in Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 20: 

 188. 1918. 

 Flowering from late August to late September, fruiting from 

 September to November. 



Dry to rather moist oak- woodland, usually on rocky hillsides, 

 loam or sometimes in sandy soil, frequent or locally common 

 through the counties above the Fall-line, especially toward the 

 mountains; on northern Long Island, but rare in southern Long 

 Island and very rare in the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. In- 

 cluding varieties, this species ranges from Maine to Florida, 

 Illinois, Arkansas and Louisiana. 



14. Agalixis Raf. New Fl. Amer. 2: 61. 1837 

 Type species, A. palustris Raf. 



Corolla with lobes all spreading, pubescent within at base of posterior lobes. 



Seeds dark-brown. Plants tending to blacken in drying. Calyx-tube not 

 evidently reticulate-venose. 

 Pedicels less than 12 mm. long. Inflorescence of normal racemes. Seed- 

 coat with dark-brown ridges, between which are broad areas, paler 

 and minutely reticulate. 

 Leaves and calyx-lobes obtuse to acutish. Anther- 

 sacs obtuse to acutish. Plant flesh}-, bushy- 

 branched below, with elongated racemes above. 

 Pedicels 5-12 mm. long. Corolla 12-17 mm. 

 long. 1. A. maritima. 



Leaves and calyx-lobes acute to acuminate. Anther- 

 sacs mucronate to minutely awned. Plants not 

 fleshy, more uniformly branched. Pedicels 

 rarely over 5 mm. long. 



