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onct) ovate, sessile ; racemes terminal and axillary, many-flowered, viscid ; calyx 

 hairy; lateral lobes of the corolla conspicuous. (S. cordifolia, Mukl.) — Dry 

 open woods in the upper districts. July -Sept. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 

 2'- 4' long. Racemes 3' - 6' long. Corolla 6" -8" long, blue and white. 



Var. minor. Small (6'- 12') ; leaves tomentosc, finely crenate ; the lowest 

 ones orbicular, the upper ovate-lanceolate, truncated at the base (^'-l'long), 

 the floral ones narrower. (S. saxatilis fi 1 pilosior, Bentk. t) — Dry woods, near 

 Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia. August. 



2. S. argllta, Buckley. Stem somewhat procumbent, pubescent ; leaves 

 ovate, cordate, coarsely crenate, on long pubescent petioles, nearly smooth ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal; flowers small. — Black Mountain, North Caro- 

 lina, Buckley. July and Aug. — Stem 8' - 12' long. Leaves U'- 2' long, paler 

 beneath, shorter than the petioles. 



3. S. caneseeilS, Nutt., var. ? punctata. Stem erect, tomentosc, branched 

 above ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, acute, smoothish, paler and strongly veined 

 beneath, resinous-dotted on both sides, short-petioled, the lower ones cordate, 

 the upper and floral ones lanceolate, tapering at the base ; racemes simple, axil- 

 lary and terminal, pubescent, many-flowered; corolla blue and white. — Dry 

 open woods, Florida and Georgia. July and Aug. — Stem 2° high. Leaves 

 lj'-2' long, 2-3 times as long as the pubescent petioles. Corolla 8" -9" long. 



4. S. serrata, Andr. Smooth; stem erect, branched'; leaves ovate, acute, 

 smooth and green on both sides, decurrent into the margined petiole , the floral 

 ones small, lanceolate; racemes short, simple, few-flowered, 1 -sided ; calyx 

 mostly hairy ; corolla large, blue. — Dry woods, North Carolina. — Stem 2°- 3° 

 high. Leaves l'-l^' long. Corolla 1' long. 



5. S. pilosa, Miehx. Hairy; stem simple or sparingly branched ; leaves 

 distant, ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate ; the lowest rounded at the base, the 

 upper ones abruptly short-petioled, the floral ones spatulate, obtuse ; racemes 

 short, few-flowered ; corolla pale blue. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, 

 and northward. July and Aug. — Stem 1° - 2° high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. Co- 

 rolla 8" -9" long. 



6 S. villosa, Ell. Stem erect, branching, villous ; leaves large, lanceo- 

 late, acute at each end, coarsely toothed, villous beneath, hispid above ; racemes 

 paniculate, with the flowers crowded. — Georgia, between the Ocmulgec and 

 Flint Rivera, EUioU. May- July. — Stem 2° -3° high. Leaves 3' -4^' long, 

 on petioles ^' long. ( * ) 



-4- 4- Upper and floral leaves alike, entire, nearly sessile • the lower broader, 

 petioled, and mostly crenate. 



7 S. integrifolia, L. Pubescent throughout; stem mostly simple (6'- 

 12' high) ; leaves small (jp-V long), lanceolate, obtuse, entire, tapering down- 

 ward, sessile; the lowest ovate or obovatc, short-petioled, crenate or entire, the 

 lower floral ones sometimes longer than the flowers ; racemes leafy, few - many- 

 flowered, — Dry sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 



Var. major. Stem taller (l°-2° high), branching; leaves larger (l'-2' 

 long) ; the upper oblong, entire, tapering into a petiole, the lower ovate or cor- 



