300 SCROPHULABIACE.fi. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 



opinions, triangular, sometimes half as long as the tuhc, spreading; corolla 8" 

 -10" long, the lobes minutely (ringed; eapsulc globose, one third longer than 

 the calyx. — Low ground, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Sept. 



Var. fasciculata. Stem taller (3° - 5°), much branched above, rough; 

 leaves rough on both sides, clustered, the uppermost, like the flowers, alternate , 

 calyx-teeth more pointed ; corolla larger. (G. fasciculata, Ell.) — Brackish soii, 

 along the coast, Florida to South Carolina. 



(*). G. maritima, Raf Smooth; stem 8'- 16' high, 4-angled, with numer- 

 ous short and leafy branches near the base; leaves fleshy, linear, obtuse, oppo- 

 site, the upper ones small and remote ; pedicels as long as the calyx and the 

 floral leaves; calyx-teeth short, obtuse; corolla 6" -8" long, slightly oblique 

 at the throat, the upper lobes fringed, and villous within ; capsule globose, twice 

 as long as the calyx. — Salt marshes, Florida, and northward. 



Var. major. Stem 2° high, much branched ; leaves flat, acute ; floral leaves 

 longer than the pedicels ; calyx-teeth triangular, acute ; corolla and capsule 

 larger. — Brackish marshes, Apalachicola, Florida. — Corolla 1' long. 



7. G. setacea, Ell. Very smooth; stem l°-2° high, much branched, 

 slender ; leaves 1' long, setaceous, opposite ; pedicels stout, club-shaped, 

 three times as long as the calyx, mostly alternate, or terminating the seta- 

 ceous peduncle-like branchlcts ; calyx-teeth short, subulate; corolla 1' long, 

 woolly within, the rounded lobes thickly fringed ; capsule ovoid, barely ex- 

 ceeding the calyx. (G. Plukenetii, Ell. ?) — Damp or dry sandy pine barrens, 

 Florida to South Carolina. Sept. 



++ ++ Pedicels much longer than the, cali/r, commonly longer than the leaves. 



8. G. tenuifolia, Vahl. Stem smooth, 1°-H° high, much branched; 

 leaves linear, smooth, or rough on the margins, 1'- 1^' long ; pedicels filiform, 

 about as long as the leaves, opposite ; calyx-teeth broadly subulate, 4, as long 

 as the tube ; corolla ^' long ; eapsulc globose, as long as the calyx. — Var. fili- 

 rORMlS. Stem and pedicels rough; leaves filiform, clustered ; corolla larger 

 (}' long). — Light soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Sept 



9. G. filifolia, Nutt. Stem l°-2° high, much branched, smooth ; leaves 

 very numerous, all alternate and clustered, smooth, fleshy and somewhat club- 

 phaped ; pedicels alternate, twice as long as the leaves ; calyx-teeth subulate, 

 one fourth the length of the Wangled tube; corolla \' long ; capsule ovoid, as 

 long as the calyx. — Low sandy pine barrens, Georgia and Florida. Sept. 



10. G. parvifolia. Stem rough, striate, 12'- IS' high, the slender branches 

 erect; leaves 4" -G" long, opposite or alternate, linear, very rough, rather ob- 

 tuse; pedicels filiform, 2 - 4 times as long as the minute floral leaves; calyx- 

 teeth minute, obtuse ; corolla A' long, pale purple or white. (G. setacea, var. 

 parvifolia, BeitiJt.f) — Grassy mar-ins of ponds, Florida, and westward. Sept. 

 — Unlike the other species, this remains unchanged iii drying. 



21. CASTILLEIA, L. 

 Calyx tabular, compressed, deft at the summit; the lobes entire or 2-cleft. 

 Tube of the corolla included in the calyx; the upper lip long, narrow, curved. 



