4:48 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



** Follicles spineless. 

 t Leaves opposite, oval or oblong, narrowed into apetiole. 



A. PURPURASCENS, L. Stem smooth ; leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, acute, short petioled, paler and pubescent beneath ; 

 iiinbds 1-2, terminal, i^cdunclcd, majiy-flowered ; pedicels 

 half as long as the peduncle, and twice as long as the dark- 

 purple corolla ; leaves of the crown oblong, abruptly con- 

 tracted above, twice as long as the incurved horn and 

 nearly sessile gynostegium. Thickets and borders of 

 Avoods. June and July. Stem 2°-3° high; leaves 4-7' 

 long: pedicels 9"-15" long, pubescent. 



A. INCARNATA, L., yar. pulchra. Hairy; stem erect, 

 branching ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 sessile; iimhels numerous, somewhat corymbose, long-pe- 

 duncled, often compound ; pedicels erect, much shorter 

 than the peduncle; corolla small, reddish purple; leaves of 

 the crown flesh-color, ovate, as long as the slender in- 

 curved horns, and twice as long as the short-stalked gyno- 

 stegium. A. pulchra, Willd.) Swamps. June and July. 

 Stem 3°-4° high ; leaves 4-6' long. 



tt Leaves opposite, lanceolate or linear, narrowed into apetiole. 



A. CINEREA, Walt. Stons erect, slender, pubescent in 

 lines; leaves long, narrowly linear, distant, spreading; um- 

 bels 3-6, commonly longer than the leaves, 5-7-flowered, 

 the slender drooping pedicels longer than the peduncle; 

 floioers small, purple without, ash-color within ; leaves of 

 the crown obliquely truncated, 2-toothed at the inner an- 

 gle, shorter than the gynostegium, longer than the thick 

 horn; follicle smooth, linear. Flat sandy pine-barrens. 

 June-August. Stem l°-2^ bigh ; leaves 2-3' long, 1" 

 wide, somewhat glaucous, the uppermost often minute; 

 corolla 3"-4" wide; follicle 3'-4' long. 



A. PAUPERCULA, Michx. stem smooth, tall ; leaves elon- 

 gated, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, rough-mar- 



