D1DYNAMIA ANGI0SPERM1A. 
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sula 2-locularis, 2-val- 
vis. 
t 1. Canadense. 
A. assurgens, gla- 
brum, simplicissimum; 
foliis sparsis, erectis, 
linearibus, obtusis • 
floribus racemosis • 
stolonibus proeumben- 
tibus. 
palate prominent. 
Capsule 2-celled, 2- 
valved. 
Assurgent, gla- 
brous, simple ; leaves 
scattered, erect, line- 
ar, obtuse ; flowers in 
racemes ; suckers (or 
sterile branches) pro- 
cumbent. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 255. Walt. p. 169. Mich. 2. p. 20. Pursh 2. p. 421. 
The Root of this species appears in this country to be perennial, the 
whole plant glabrous, the sterile branches 4 — 6 inches long, procumbent, 
the fertile assurgent 12—18 inches long. Leaves dotted, by threes or ver- 
ticillate on the sterile, alternate, but clustered at base on the fertile branch- 
es. Calyx deeply 5-parted ? gibbous at the base ; segments lanceolate, 
acute, pubescent. Corolla blue, tube short, the upper lip 2-cleft and reflex- 
ed, the lower larger, 3-cleft, the spur at base long, slender, subulate. Sta- 
mens short. Style shorter than the stamens. Stigma capitate. Capsule 
compressed, oval. Seeds angled, truncate, attached to a central recepta- 
cle. 
Grows very common in almost all soils. 
Flowers March-— April. 
GERARDIA. Gen. Pl. 1004. 
Calyx 5-dentatus. 
Corolla subcampanu- 
lata, inaequaliter quin- 
uefida, laciniis rotun- 
atis. Capsula 2-3o- 
cularis, apice deliis- 
cens. 
Calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla somewhat 
campanulate, unequal- 
ly 5-cleft, with the 
segments round. Ca/»- 
sule 2-celled, opening 
at the summit. 
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