LINDERNIA DILATATA.
DILATED-LEAVED LINDERNIA.
Diandria Monogynia, Linn. Scrophulariae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 5-parted, nearly equal. Corolla tubulose, bilabiate; upper lip short, emarginate;
lower trifid, unequal. Filaments four, the two longer forked, and sterile.
Stigma bilamellate. x Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved; seminiferous dissepiment
parallel with the valves.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Plant very smooth. Leaves ovate, or oblong-ovate, obtuse or often sub-acute, dilated
at the base, amplexicaule, rarely obscurely toothed ; peduncles axillary, one-
flowered, much longer than the leaves. Corolla thrice the length of the calix.
Capsule shorter than the calix. B.
SYNONYMS.
L in d e r n ia dilatata, Muhl. Cat. and Elliot.
L in d e r n ia pyxidaria, Pursh, 2. p. 419.
G r a t io l a insequalis, Walt. p. 61.?
G. anagallidea, Mich, FI. Boreali-Am.?
