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area. Along their lines of contact in southern New England, 
our area and in northern Indiana and Illinois, this intergrades 
somewhat with its obvious parent, A. purpurea. 
3. AGALINIS PURPUREA (L.) Pennell. 
Gerardia purpurea L. Sp. Pl. 610. 1753. ‘Habitat in 
Virginia, Canada.” The Linnean diagnosis includes 
both long and short-pediceled plants, so could include all 
pink (=‘“‘purple’’) flowered species. The first citation. 
accompanied by a figure, Plukenet’s “‘ Digitalis virginiana 
rubra, foliis & facie Antirrhini vulgaris,” evidently the 
prevalent plant of the Atlantic seaboard now under 
consideration, is counted as the type. _ ; 
Gerardia purpurea grandiflora Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 
208. 1836. ‘‘Hab. New Jersey.’’ Type, labeled ‘‘New 
_ Jersey, Torrey 1834,” seen in Kew Herbarium. 
Agalinis palustris Raf. New Fl. Amer. 2:62. 1837. “Near 
marshes . . . . From New England to Carolina.” Type 
not known to exist. Evidently intended for the prevalent 
plant of the Atlantic seaboard. 
Agalinis longifolia Raf. |.c. 62. 1837. ‘‘Near streams New 
Jersey to Virginia.” Type not known toexist. Asmaller 
form. 
Gerardia purpurea f. albiflora Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 
17: 125. 1890. New Jersey. An albino state. Plants 
with pure white corollas are occasional in any species of 
this genus. : 
Gerardia purpurea parvula Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sct. 
Phila. 62: 572. 1911. ‘‘Serpentine, Wawa, Delaware 
county, Penna., F. W. Pennell 2689, coll. Sept. 25, 
1910, in Herb. Acad. Nat. Sci. of Phila.” The smaller- 
flowered depauperate plant characteristic of the Serpen- 
tine Barrens. 
Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pennell in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 40: 
126; 193. 
Aureolaria purpurea (L.) Farwell in Rep. Mich. Acad. 
Sci. 20: 189. 1918. 
Flowering from late August to mid-September, fruiting SeP- 
tember to October. 
