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Calyx-lobes 4/5-7/8 the length of the tube, tri- 

 angular-lanceolate to lanceolate. Corolla 

 12-20, (-23) mm. long. Stem 1—6 dm. tall. 

 Anther-sacs somewhat pubescent to glab- 

 rous. 2. A. paupercula. 

 Calyx-lobes 1/6-1/2 the length of the tube, tri- 

 angular-lanceolate to subulate. Corolla 20- 

 38 mm. long. Stem 3-12 dm. tall. An- 

 ther-sacs densely lanate. 

 Stem relatively stiffly branched, sparingly 

 scabrellous. Calyx-lobes triangular-lanceo- 

 late to subulate. Corolla 20-38 mm. long. 

 Leaves linear, 1-3 mm. wide. 3. A. purpurea. 

 Stem slender, virgately branched, glabrous. 

 Calyx-lobes triangular-subulate to subulate. 

 Corolla 20-25 mm. long. Leaves narrowly 

 linear to almost filiform, .5-1 mm. wide. 4. A. virgala. 

 Pedicels 15-40 mm. long. Inflorescence a short raceme, 

 one pedicel (by arrested growth of the rhachis) 

 appearing terminal. Seed-coat with dark-brown 

 ridges, between which are narrow scarcely paler, 

 areas. Corolla 18-25 mm. long. Leaves narrowly 

 linear to filiform. 5. A. Holmiana. 

 Seeds yellowish-brown. Plants scarcely tending to bla ken 

 in drying. Calyx-tube evidently reticulate-venose. 

 Corolla 13-15 mm. long. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, 3 mm. long, firmer in texture, 

 2/3-3/4 the length of the capsule, its lobes .5-1 mm. 

 long, triangular-acuminate, not or scarcely callose. 

 Seeds .4-6 mm. long, strongly reticulate. Pedicels 

 mostly 1-2 times the length of the bracts. Stem 

 usually 1-4 dm. tall. 6. A. acuta. 

 Calyx-tube hemispheric, 2.5-3 mm. long, thinner in tex- 

 ture, 3/5-2/3 the length of the capsule, its lobes 

 minute, .05-.2 (-.3) mm. long, strongly callose. Seeds 

 .6-.8 mm. long, obscurely reticulate. Pedicels mostly 

 2-3 times the length of the bracts. Stem usually 2-5 

 dm. tall. 7. A. decemloba. 

 Corolla with the posterior lobes ascending-arched over the 

 stamens and style, glabrous within at base of the posterior 

 lobes. Racemes elongated, normal. Pedicels 12-27 mm. 

 long. Seeds dark- brown. 8. A. tenuifolia. 



i. Agalinis maritima (Raf.) Raf. 



Gerardia maritima Raf. in Med. Repos. N. Y., Ilnd Hex. 5: 

 361. 1808. "Found in the islands of Egg-Harbour, in 

 New Jersey." No type known to exist, but description 



