Gerardia. 



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5. Gerardia flava, Pursh. (Plate LXXIV.) Pubescent False Foxglove. 



Pubescent ; stem mostly simple ; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ; upper ones entire 

 or sinuate-toothed, nearly sessile ; the lower incised or somewhat pinnatifid, on longer pe- 

 tioles ; flowers mostly on very short pedicels ; segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate. — 

 Michx.fl. 2. p. 19 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 423 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 119 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 246 ; Torr. 

 compend. p. 241 ; Beck, bol. p. 268 ; Benth. I. c. p. 205 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 366. G. 

 villosa, Muhl. cat. p. 60. Rhinanthus Virginicus, Linn. sp. 2. p. 603. 



Perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, obtusely 4-angled, and, like the rest of the plant, densely 

 and minutely pubescent, sometimes a little branched. Leaves 2-5 inches long and half an 

 inch to an inch and a half wide, narrowed at the base into a short petiole ; the lowest ones 

 usually more or less deeply toothed or sinuate-pinnatifid ; but sometimes all the leaves are 

 entire, except the lower ones, which are furnished with one or two teeth near the base. 

 Flowers an inch and a half long, on pedicels 1-2 lines in length. Segments of the calyx 

 unequal. Corolla bright yellow. Filaments very hairy : anther-lobes with a subulate horn 

 at the base. Capsule ovoid, acuminate. Testa of the seed with cristate winged ridges. 



Fertile woods and copses, particularly in hilly situations ; frequent. August. 



6. Gerardia quercifolia, Pursh. Glaucous False Foxglove. 



Stem paniculately branched, glaucous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate , the lower ones 

 pinnatifid ; flowers conspicuously pedicellate ; calyx smooth , the segments lanceolate-linear. 

 — Pursh, fl. 2. p. 423. t. 19 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 120 ; Benth. I. c. p. 205. G. flava, Linn. sp. 

 2. p. 610, herb. G. glauca, Eddy in med repos. 11. p. 126 (without a character) ; Bigel. 

 fl. Bost. p. 246 ; Torr. compend. p. 241 ; Beck, hot. p. 268 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 366. 



Perennial. Stem 3-5 feet high, obtusely 4-angled, purplish, and clothed with a glaucous 

 bloom. Leaves 2-6 inches long and 1-3 inches wide : upper ones coarsely toothed or 

 entire ; the lower more or less deeply pinnatifid, and the segments also sometimes toothed. 

 Pedicels 3-5 lines long. Calyx with the segments about the length of the tube. Corolla 

 nearly as in the preceding species. Filaments nearly smooth : anthers hairy. Capsule 

 roundish-ovoid, acuminate. 



Rocky woods ; rather less frequent than G. flava. Fl. August. This is the original G. 

 flava of Linnasus, but it would cause too much confusion at this late day to restore the name. 



