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GRATIOLA AUREA. 



GOLDEN-PERT. GOLDEN-FLOWERED HEDGE-HYSS01 , 



Diandria Monogynia, Linn. ScrophtUariae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-parted, often bi-bracteate at the base. Corolla tubulous, resnpinate, and subbi-labi- 

 ate ; the upper lip 2-lobed or emarginate ; the lower 3-cleft and equal. Filaments 

 4 — 2 fertile, the others for the most part sterile. Stigma 2-lobed, or bi-labiate. Cap- 

 sule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Dissepiment contrary to the valves. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Smooth ; radical portion of the stem terete, and marked by two strong furrows, upper 

 portion obscurely quadrangular ; leaves opposite, broad-lmear, indistinctly 3-nerved, 

 closely sessile, acutely but obscurely serrated towards the apex, dotted. Calicine seg- 

 ments linear, nearly equal. Destitute of abortive filaments. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Gratiola Caroliniensis, Pers. cnch. 1. p. 14. 

 Gratiola officinalis, Mich. Fl. Boreali-Am. 



