1184 RHINANTHACEAE 
Pedicels bibracteolate at the base: 
outer s sepa als much wider Mesa the 
inner: leniferous stam 4. 
peue, bibraeteolate at the apex 
n Gratiola bractlets occa- 
sionally one or lacking) : sepals 
nearly ond 2m width : pollenif- 
erous stam 
Anther-saes Gar PUR across the 
Ip of the filament, often some- 
w 
quite 
Anther-sacs vertical, conti iguous: 
corolla slightly exceeding the 
: wly pyr 
y unequal in len eb 
Corolla a very narrow at the 
hroat and short-pubescent within on 
all dpt Be ule loculicidal: leaf- 
blades en 
Leaves dimorphic, ne ae ow submerged ones 
on the short caudex- like od and a pair of 
broad ones (bracts), which serve as floats at 
the tip of the elongate scape: capsule wider 
than mM deeply notched. 
der" UE raised ridges (each formed b 
ce o 
which proje 
esses beyond this polit? po CriOR lobes of the 
E less than two-thirds the length of the 
nterior. 
Corolla violet-blue, 6 mm. long or more: only t 
po P diu lateral  alaimenis with anthers: S de 
with e n ae ape semi-persistent base: cap- 
us e re, ellipsoid to _ ovoid, 
perm anently 2- “celled, d, septicidal: sepa 
(by lack of septum distally), rupturing 
al 
Sepals united only at 'the io corolla with 
three-fourths a ncn: leaf-blades or- 
bicular or nearly S 
Sepals united at least half their length, ex- 
cept on the anterior side: corolla open 
nearly to the base on the posterior side, the 
posterior lobe lacking: styles united half to 
PUE thirds their length: leaf-blades obovate- 
ipti 
c ec Sipeanatifid : seeds pale greenish-yellow, or 
arly colorless: corolla lavender. 
III. MIMULEAE 
Tall glabrous perennial herbs: corolla personate, violet. 
V. VER CEAE 
Tall perenniai or biennial herbs, with sessile or decurrent 
leaf-blades and yellow or white corollas. 
Flower-stalk bibracteolate, the simple inflor nce nearly 
IE the flowers crowded: bracts and bractlets broad: 
rolla rud Lacus closed by the lower lip: anthers lanose: 
seed i winged. 
Flowerstalk. En bracteolate: inflorescence compound, pa- 
culate or thyrsoid, of axillary cymose flower-clusters : : 
8. 
10. 
HL 
1. 
E 
2. 
13. 
15. 
16. 
1T. 
18. 
wn 
9. 
MECARDONIA. 
GRATIOLA. 
TRAGIOLA. 
SOPHRONANTHE. 
AMPHIANTHUS. 
ILYSANTHES. 
GLOBIFERA. 
HEMIANTHUS. 
LEUCOSPORA. 
MIMULUS. 
VERBASCUM. 
CHELONE. 
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