NE0PHYT0N. 
semi 5fid subequal segments simple, corolla 
cam pan ill. ventricose, limb 51obed obliqual, lobes 
subequal entire. Stamens 4 didyn, filaments 
hairy as base, anthers hairy not crested, base 
bifid biaristate. Capsule dehiscent above. 
Moots perennial , leaves opposite , flowers 
terminal bracteate yellow — This will include 
nearly all our golden sp. except G. pedicularis 
&/C. The name implies the golden flowers. 
361. Aureolaria villosa Raf. Ger. do 
Muhl. Ger. flava L. &,c. Easily known by its 
pubescence often ail over, leaves oblong, the 
lower sinuate. Several var. 1 . virgata , 2 
sinuata , 3 montana all leaves entire, 4 heter- 
ophyla Mg. leaves very different and sinuate. 
362. Aureolaria levigata Raf. Gerardia 
do Raf. annals Nat. 99, G. lanceolata Muhl. 
Cat ? Quite smooth, leaves subsessile lanceo- 
late acute entire, pale beneath, bracts ovate 
lanceolate, flowers subsessile, teeth of calix 
ovate obtuse — in the Mts. Alleghanies and 
Cumberland from Pennsylv. to Kentucky, disc, 
by me 1818 descr. 1820 in my annals, stem 1 
or 2 feet high mostly simple faintly 4gone pur- 
plish, bracts small, flowers large yellow estival. 
Var. 1 . ramosa , 2 alternijolia some leaves and 
most of the flowers alternate. 
363. Aureolaria reticulata Raf. stem as- 
surgent terete smooth simple, leaves sessile o- 
blong and cuneate entire acute, rough above 
and on margins, beneath smooth reticulate, 
flowers racemose peduncled, bracts linear cun- 
eate, teeth of calix ovate acute — Florida and 
Alabama, pedal, stem dark purple, leaves bi- 
uncial. 
364. Auereolaria cuneifqlia Raf. smooth, 
stem simple terete, leaves sessile cuneate acute 
