830 FLORA. 



2. Gratiola sphaerocarpa Ell. Round-fruited Hedge-hyssop. (I. F. i 

 3276.) Annual, glabrous, 1.5-3 dm. high. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, ses 

 sile, dentate or denticulate, 3-5-nerved, narrowed at the base, 2-5 cm. long 

 peduncles little or not ;it all longer than the calyx; bractlets about equalling th< 

 calyx; calyx-lobes linear; calyx nearly one-half as long as the corolla; flower: 

 about 1.5 cm. long; corolla-tube yellow, the Limb pal :r; capsule 6 mm. in diam 

 eter. In wet places, N. J. to Fla., 111., Tex. and Mex. June-Sept. 



3. Gratiola aurea Muhl. Goldenpert. Golden Hedge-hyssop. (I. 

 f. 3277.) Annual, glandular-puberulent above, or glabrate, decumbent, creeping 

 or ascending, 1-3 dm. long. Leaves lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm - * on g> sparingly den 

 ticulate, scarcely narrowed to the sessile and somewhat clasping base; peduncle 

 filiform, in fruit equalling or longer than the calyx; corolla bright yellow, 12- 

 mm. long, 3 times as long as the calyx; capsule globose-ovoid. In sandy we 

 places, Quebec and Ont. to N. J. and Fla. June-Sept. 



4. Gratiola viscosa Schwein. Viscid Hedge-hyssop. (I. F. f. 3278.) An 

 nual; stem weak, finely viscid-pubescent, slender, commonly simple, 1.5-5 dm 

 long. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate; sharply serrate, acute, ses 

 sile, cordate-clasping, 1-2.5 cm - l ()]1 k r : peduncles slender; bractlets and calyx-seg 

 ments foliaceous, one-third to one-half as long as the yellow or purplish corolla 

 flowers 10-12 mm. long; capsule subglobose. shorter than the calyx. In brook 

 and swamps, Del. to Ky. and Ga. May-Sept. 



5. Gratiola pilosa Michx. Hairy Hedge-hyssop. (I. F. f. 3279.) Peren 

 nial ?), hirsute; stems slender, erect, strict, 1.5-6 dm. high. Leaves ovate o: 

 ovate-lanceolate, dentate or denticulate, sessile, rounded, truncate or subcordate a 

 the base, 1-2.5 cm - long-; flowers nearly or quite sessile, about 8 mm. long; coroll; 

 purplish or white, slightly longer than the calyx and bractlets; capsule oblong 

 conic, acuminate, about the length of the calyx, or shorter. In dry soil, southen 

 N. J. to Ark. and Tex. May-Aug. 



15. ILYSANTHES Raf. 



Annual or biennial glabrous slender herbs, with opposite, mostly dentate am 

 sessile leaves, and small purplish peduncled flowers solitary in the axils. Calyj 

 5 -parted, the segments linear. Corolla irregular, the tube somewhat expande< 

 above, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip 2-cleft, erect; lower lip larger, 3-lobed, spread 

 ing. Fertile stamens 2, included, their anther-sacs divergent; sterile stamens 2 

 2-lobed, one of the lobes capitate, glandular, the other glabrous, shorter. StyL 

 slender; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Capsule septicidally dehiscent. Seeds numer 

 ous, wrinkled. [Greek, mud-flower.] About 10 species, of wide distribution. Be 

 sides the following, 2 or 3 others occur in the southeastern U. S. 



Peduncles longer than the leaves; calyx-segments shorter than the capsule. 



1. /. dubia. 

 Peduncles shorter than the leaves; calyx-segments mostly as long as the capsule, or longei 



2. /. attenuata 



1. Ilysanthes dubia (L.) Barnhart. Long-stalked False Pimpernel 

 (I. F. f. 3280.) At length diffusely branched, 0.7-2 dm. long. Leaves ovate 

 ovate-oblong, or the lower obovate, sessile, or slightly clasping at the base, remote! 

 denticulate or entire, thickish. 3-7-nerved, 1-2.5 cm. long, the upper ones com 

 monly much smaller; peduncles slender; flower- 6-10 mm. long; calyx-segment 

 linear, about one-half the length of the corolla; capsule narrowly ovoid-oblong 

 bluntish, 4-6 ram, high; seeds 2 mm. long, reddish, the ends usually truncate. Ii 

 wet places, N. E. to Fla., Ont., S. Dak. and Tex. Also on the Pacific Coast 

 Lower leaves sometimes short-petioled. July-Sept. [/. gratioloides Benth.] 



2. Ilysanthes attenuata (Muhl. 1 Small. Short-stalked False Pimpernel 

 (I. F. f. 3281.) Erect or ascending. 0.7-4 dm. long, the branches spreading 

 ; oblong to ovate, or sometimes obovate. 1-4 cm. long, thinnish, obtuse, ser 

 rate with a few low teeth, 3 5-nervod. narrowed into short petioles, or sessile; calyx 

 segments linear subulate, as long as the capsule, or longer; corolla 4-12 mm. long 

 capsule narrowly ovoid, about 4 mm. long, pointed; seeds slightly curved, 3-4 mm 

 long; yellowish brown, the ends usually rounded. In wet places. Me. and Ont. t 

 \\ , .. Axk.. Fla.. Mo. and Kans M ly Oct. 



