Yellow-flowered Gerardia.
Gerardia flava, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii. p. 223. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 423.—Didynamia Angiospermia, Linn. Scrophularinæ, Juss.
Downy, with the stems nearly undivided, the leaves subsessile, lanceolate, entire or toothed, the lower incised, the flowers axillary, opposite, nearly sessile. I found this plant abundant in the meadows of New Jersey, where it was in full flower at the end of May, the rich yellow blossoms enlivening the uniform aspect of the plains. It is pretty generally distributed along the Atlantic coasts, and attains a height of from two to three feet.