366 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



** Flowers blue and white. 

 t Sinuses of the calyx icith defiexed appendages. 



L. SYPHILITICA, L. Hairy; leaves thin, lanceolate, acute 

 at each end, coarsely serrate; 7'ace???e5 leafy, many-flowered; 

 calyx hairy ; the lanceolate denticulate lobes half as long 

 as the large (1' long) light-blue corolla. Perennial. Stem 

 l°-3° high. Buffalo Bayou. 



L. BREVIFOLIA, Nutt. Stem thick, yirgate, angled, 

 smooth or pubescent; leaves short (4' -12" long), fleshy, 

 oblong-linear, obtuse, toothed, spreading or reflexed, the 

 lowest wedge-shaped; calyx hirsute, the ovate-lanceolate 

 lobes strongly toothed, the 5 appendages obtuse; corolla 

 pale blue. Stem 1°-1 J° high ; leaves very numerous. 



tt Simtses oftTu ealyx without appendages. 



L. iis^FLATA, L. Pubescent or hairy ; stem leafy, branch- 

 ing from the base; leaves oblong, obtuse, toothed, sessile; 

 racemes leafy below ; corolla small. 



L. PALUDOSA, ]J^utt. Smooth ; stem mostly simple, nearly 

 leafless; radical leaves fleshy, spatulate-lanceolate or linear, 

 obtuse, crenulate, the others small, linear, and remote; 

 racemes slender, loose ; tracts minute ; corolla small, white 

 or pale blue. Stem 2°-4° high; lowest leaves 3-9' long; 

 corolla ^' long. 



67. GOODEXIA FAMILY. Order, Goodexiace^. 



Herbs or slinihs, with w^atery juice, alternate exstipulate 

 leaves, and irregular flowers; calyx tubular, 3-5-lobed or 

 entire, more or less adherent to the 1-4-celled ovary ; co- 

 rolla irregular, unequally 5-lobed, induplicate in the bud ; 

 the tube split on one side, or 5-parted; stamens 5, free 

 from the corolla, the filaments and anthers rarely united; 

 style commonly single; stigma thick, surrounded with a 



