RHINANTHACEAE 1199 
late: eorolla 10-15 mm. wide, yellow: capsule 3- 4 mm. long, ovoid.— (WHI 
EU ms fields and roadsi des, various provinces, N. C. to Ont., ind N. 
J.—Nat. of Eurasia.—Sum. 
us L. Stem n dm. tall, Lage simple, densely tomentose with 
V. Thaps 
B pi hairs: leaf-blades 5- 30 em. long, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, finely 
crenate to entire, densely E one pedieels less than 2 mm. lo 
S vate wi 
ub mm. | 
. long, yellow: eed e 8 — (GREAT-MULLEN. OOLLY-MULLEN. 
Mei NL. elds, roadsides nd thiekets, various provinees, Fla. to 
Calif., S. Dak., and N. S. — Nat of Eurasia.—Sum —fall. 
. CHELONE L. Odorless glabrous herbs, the erect stems arising from 
a rootstock. Leaves all cauline, opposite: blades toothed, acuminate, not pune- 
tate. Flowers in spike-like racemes, the br racts, excepting the lower d 
he br 
sepal-like, broad, entire. Bractlets 2, Similar to t acts but smaller. pal 
59, uniform, rounded. orolla me gree enish, or white, 2-lipped, En 
glabrous, inter rnally lanose on the margins of the palate: tube abruptly ex- 
panded into an inflated throat: bos te than the throat, the posterior lip 
arched, slightly lobed, the anterior lip projecting, d lobed. Polleniferous 
stamens 4, didynamous, included: anther-sacs divaricate, lanose. Sterile pos- 
terior filament (staminodium) shorter than o stamens, usuall rous 
distally DR Seeds numerous, winged.—About 8 species, eastern North 
Ameriean.—SNAKE-HEADS. 'TURTLE-HEADS. 
Leaf-blades widest at or near the middle, above the cuneately narrowed base: corolla 
purple to white, not or only faintly lined within throat on the 
nterior side, the beard of the anterior lip pale e-yellow to 
white: sterile filament less than half the length of the pol- 
leniferous ones: blooming chiefly in September. I. EUCHELONE. 
n 
: ro : 
lines of deeper color within the throat on the anterior side, 
the beard of the anterior lip yellow: sterile filament over 
s the Puls of the polleniferous ones: blooming chiefly 
Augus 
dee very short or lacking: flowers conspicuously 4-ranked, 
arly leafless, usually elongate spikes: bracts, bractlets, 
ad = pals finely ciliolate: corolla tending toward violet, 
is color-lines wide, the beard light-yellow : sterile filament 
rple. II. SESSILES. 
Petioles mostly 1.5-3 cm. long: flowers obscurely ranked, in 
Short spikes subtended by BOUE. reduced leaves: bracts, 
bractlets, and sepals strongly ciliolate: corolla tending 
toward purple, the color lines narrow, the beard deep- 
yellow: sterile filament white or pinkish- -tipped. III. PETIOLATAE. 
I. EUCHELONE 
Corolla Dd throughout, or distally purple or sterile 
filament green or greenish: sepals Heater &iliolate: leaf- 
Blades rather thick and usually duller g 
Distal portio on of cor iue e or Eten “externally only 
paler beneath, on ae 0.2-0.6 ng: corolla 
rounded or slightly keeled ERE IS often l 
purplish, and with purple tinge internally. 1. C. glabra. 
Leaf-blades 3-6 cm. wide, with spreadi ing teeth, only 
Slightly paler beneath, on “petioles 0.6-1.2 em. long: 
o 
dui 1 purple tinge e dons. 2. C. chlorantha. 
3. C. montana. 
