. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 7- Agalinis maritima Raf. Sea-side or Salt- marsh Agalinis. Fig. 3824. Gerardia maritime, Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 361. 1808. A. maritima Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2: 62. 1836. Annual, smooth and glabrous, fleshy; stem erect, usually branched, 4'-i6' high, the branches ascend- ing. Leaves linear, thick, i'-i' long, 1" wide or less, obtuse, spreading, the upermost


. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 7- Agalinis maritima Raf. Sea-side or Salt- marsh Agalinis. Fig. 3824. Gerardia maritime, Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 361. 1808. A. maritima Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2: 62. 1836. Annual, smooth and glabrous, fleshy; stem erect, usually branched, 4'-i6' high, the branches ascend- ing. Leaves linear, thick, i'-i' long, 1" wide or less, obtuse, spreading, the upermost very small and subu- late, scarcely longer than the pedicels; pedicels in flower shorter than or equalling the calyx, about twice as long in fruit; calyx-teeth broad, short, ob- tuse; corolla rose purple, s"-9" long, glabrous, the limb about as broad; anther-sacs mucronulate at the base; capsule globose-oblong, 2"-^" high. In salt marshes, Maine to Florida. July-Aug. The southern plant has larger flowers than the northern Flowers before the upland species. 8. Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl.) Raf. Slender Agalinis. UFig. 3825. Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 79, 1794. A. tenuifolia Raf. New Fl. N. A. 2: 64. 1836. Annual, glabrous; stem very slender, panicu- lately branched, 6-24' high, the branches spread- ing or ascending. Leaves very narrowly linear, flat, acute, i'-ii' long, l"-i" wide, spreading; pedicels mostly equalling or longer than the flow- ers; calyx campanulate, its teeth very short, pointed; corolla light purple, spotted, rarely white, 6"-9" long, vertically compressed when fully expanded, minutely puberulent, or glabrous; anther-sacs mucronate at the base; capsule glo- bose or slightly obovoid, 2"-2i" in diameter, longer than the calyx. In dry woods and thickets, Quebec to Georgia, west to western Ontario, Kansas and Texas. Oct. g. Agalinis Besseyana Britton. Bessey's Agalinis. Fig. 3826. Gerardia tenuifoli


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