V&WLB 



LINDERNIA DILATATA. 



DILATED-LEAVED LINDERNIA. 



Diandria Monogynia, Linn. Scrophulariae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla tubulose, bilabiate ; tipper lip short, emarginate ; low- 

 er trifid, unequal. Filaments four, the two longer forked, and sterile. Stigma bila- 

 raellate. Capsule ^-celled, 2-valved; seminiferous dissepiment parallel with the valves. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Plant very smooth. Leaves ovate, or oblong-ovate, obtuse or often sub-acute, dilated at 

 the base, amplexicaule, rarely ^obscurely toothed; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, 

 much longer than the leaves. Corolla thrice the length of the calix. Capsule shorter 

 than the calix. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Lindernia dilatata, Muhl. Cat. and Elliot. 

 Lindernia pyxidaria, Pursh, 2. p. 419. 

 Gratiola inaequalis, Walt. p. 61.? 

 G. anagallidea, Mich. Fl. Boreali-Am.? 



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