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2. G. tfavcjifolta, Vabl. Slender Gerardia. 



Mnck branched, very slender, diffuse, nearly smooth: leaves linear, acute; p+~ 

 duncles axillary, thread-form, larger than the flowers; c.ilt/x Lce.th sh>rt. acute. 



Dry wood*, 'common. July — S^pt. St^rn 8 to 15 inches high, 4-angleJ. f.tMoc 

 variable, abmt 1 in h long, very narrow, entire rough. C irolla \^ to }^ inch 

 long, pale purple, spotted within, the border mueh spreading, smooth and nearly 

 tqnal. 



3. G. SETACEA, Walt. JSdaceous Gerardia. 



Yery AendstfbraruMett. and leaves setaceous, roughish; peduncles very mioh 

 longer than tEfc h arcs; calyx-Ucth awl-shaped; ctpsule ovate, larger than the calyx, 

 at length exserted. 



Dry woods, Tare. Aug.. Sept. PUnt 8 to 12 inches high, tvrolla small V^to }-£ 

 {nth It r;g. 



g£C. 5. DaSYSTOttA, Raf. Leaves raV.,trlcrgi ,- fiowtrs yellow. Perennials. 



4. G. flava/L. Dotony False Foxglove. 



Pubescent with a fine close down; stem tall, mostly simple : leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late- or oblong, obtuse, entire, the lower usually sinuate-toothed or pinautiHi: j>*- 

 d uncles very short; Jlowzrs axillary. 



Woods and rocky places, common. Aug. Stem 3 to 4 feet high, erect. Loner 

 }*jve? variously pinnatifiJ, cut or tooth d; uppzr ones very entire. Plowcri largw, 

 yuilo.v. trainpet-shapjd. - 



5.- G. ; Qiiercifoia A, ■ Pursli. Glaucous False Foxglove 



BmOoth and glaucous, tall, mostly branching; lower leaves twice pinnathid ; tin 

 *»>/>fr oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifldof entire ; ;?t^.i^cfene:.rly as long as the calyx ; 

 mtfyc-lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, a* loug az the at length inflated tube. 



Rich woods; common. Aug. Stett 2 to 5 feet high. Flowers larga and of a 

 brilliant yellow, opposite and axillary, near the top of the stem, forming a loos* 

 ■pike. Corolla trumpot-ahapedj 2 inched long. 



G. Cr.-PKSieULAlUA, L. Bushy Gerardia. 



Smoothishor pubescent, mueh branched; leaves ovate-lanceolate, pinnafifid. tlw 

 loSereutand tooth :d; pedicels longer than the calyx; calyx-lobes toothed, as long 

 c* the hairy tube. 



Dry woods; eomrmn. Aug. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, very leafy. Lnvcs 1 to 3 

 inches long, and % to '2. inches wide : segments cv^u^lj indeed serrate. Fists-at 

 yellow, 1 to \% inch long, villose. S'.yie longer than the stamens. 



Sec. 8. OTOPnTL;.\, Ecnth. — Upper leaves with a lole at the best; corolla pwfU- 

 {rarely u\\ .'*•:), tpj.rinjly hairy inside. A:in:t&lf 



7. G. AURICULATA, Miehx-. Auricidatc Gerardia. 



Rough-hairy; stem erect, ne^riy ehr.pfce ;taree* lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, lb* 

 lower entire, tho others with 832 oblong-lanceolate lobo at the tasc, on each eid«; 

 flowers nearly sessile in the ax '.Is of the upper leaves, forming a prolonged and in- 

 terrupted leafy .^pike. 



Low grounds, rare. A 115 , -Sept- SUm 9 to 20 inches Lij,h. leaves 1 to P., by 

 % to % of an inch, entire on the margin, sessile, (brolla purple or rami/ wniu, 

 pi^wecent, dilated at the mouth, nearly I inch long. 



20. C ASTILLE JA, Mutis. Painted-cup. 



In honor of CUstillejo- a Spanish botanist. 



Caltx tubular, flattened, ventricose,2 to 4-cleft. Corol- 

 la 2-lipped ; upper lip long and narrow, arched, keeled and 

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