12 
DI ANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Veronica. 
aurea. 
virginica. 
qnadridenta - 
ia , 
acuminata . 
In cultivated ground, common. 0 . May — Aug. v. v. j 
i», s. in Herbario Walteriano , necnon Gronoviano . 
Very variable in habit. Flowers small, white. 
19. GRATIOLA. Gen. pi. 3 7 . 
1. G. foliis lato-linearibus sessilibus integerrimis 3 -nerviis 
supra punctatis, pedunculis oppositis vix longitudine 
foliorum 5 filamentis castratis nullis. 
G. officinalis. Mich.Jl. amer. i. p.6. 
G. caroliniensis. Ptrs. ench. 1. p 14. 
In sandy wet places, in the pine-barrens of New Eng- 
land, New Jersey and Carolina. I/. Aug. v. v. ; 
v. s. in Herbario Banksiano. Golden-pert. 
Caulis bisulcatus, quadrangulus, basi ramosus. Folia 
basi dilatata, sessilia, acuta, glabra. Pedunculi lon- 
gitudine foliorum, villosi. Cal. laciniis linearibus, 
apice glandulosis. Cor. aurea. Tubus hirsutus, me- 
dio ventricosus, obliquus. Lab. superius subrotundum, 
emarginatum : inferius aequaliter trifidum, laciniis ob- 
longis : intermedia emarginata. Faux hirsuta. FiL 
2. longitudine tubi corollae. Stylus staminibus lon- 
gior. Stigma infundi buliforme, obliquum. Capsula 
ovata, vix longitudine calycis. 
2. G. foliis obovato-lanceolatis inferne attenuatis remote 
dentatis nervosis glabris, pedunculis alternis brevissi» 
mis, capsulis acuminatis calyce longioribus. 
G. foliis lanceolatis obtusis subdentatis. Gron. virg. 3. 
G. virginica. Willd. sp.pl. 1. p. 104. 
G. acuminata, Vahl. enum. pl 1. p. Q2. exclus. syn. 
In old ditches and pools from Pensylvania to Carolina. 
% . June, July. v. v.; v. s. in Herb. Gronov. Stem 
rooting at the joints ; flowers yellowish white. 
3. G. foliis lineari lanceolatis extrorsum remote pauciden- 
tatis, pedunculis longitudine foliorum, capsula calyce 
subulato triplo breviore. Mich.Jl. amer. i. p. 6. 
G. ramosa. Walt, jl . car. p. 6 1. 
G. virginica. Lam. illustr. 1. p. 54. t. 1 6.f 2. Vahl. 
enum. pl. 1. p. 89* 
In sandy wet fields, edges of ponds. See. Carolina. 
I/ . June — Aug. v. v. j v. s. in Herb. Walt. 
4. G. foliis lanceolatis serratis pubescentibus, pedunculis op- 
positis folio longioribus, calycis foliolis linearibus 
longitudine capsulae subglobosae. 
