GRATIOLA AUREA.
GOLDEN PERT. GOLDEN-FLOWERED HEDGE-HYSSOP.
Diandria Monogynia, Linn. Scrophulariae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix orparted, often bi-bracteate at the base. Corolla tubulous, resupinate, and sub-
bi-labiate ; the upper lip, 2-lobed or emarginate ; the lower 3-cleft and equal.
Filaments 4—2 fertile, the others for the most part sterile. Stigma, 2-lobed,
or bi-labiate. Capsule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Dissepiment
contrary to the valves.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Smooth; radical portion of the stem terete, and marked by two strong furrows,
upper portion obscurely quadrangular; leaves opposite, broad-linear, indistinctly
3-nerved, closely sessile, acutely but obscurely serrated towards the
apex, dotted. Calicine segments linear, nearly equal. Destitute of abortive
filaments. B.
SYNONYMS.
G r a t io l a Caroliniensis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 14.
G r a t io l a officinalis, Mich. FI. Boreali-Am.
