﻿FIGWORT 
  FAMILY 
  217 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  nyctaginiflora 
  Juss. 
  WHITE 
  PETUNIA. 
  Leaves 
  somewhat 
  

   petioled. 
  Tube 
  of 
  corolla 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Flowers 
  white. 
  Culti- 
  

   vated 
  from 
  South 
  America. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  much 
  

   mixed 
  by 
  hybridization. 
  

  

  90. 
  SCROPHULARIACEJE. 
  FIGWORT 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Mostly 
  herbs, 
  with 
  flowers 
  not 
  actinomorphic. 
  Calyx 
  free 
  

   from 
  the 
  ovary 
  and 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  often 
  2-lipped. 
  Sta- 
  

   mens 
  usually 
  2 
  long 
  and 
  2 
  short, 
  or 
  only 
  2 
  in 
  all, 
  inserted 
  on 
  

   the 
  corolla 
  tube, 
  often 
  1 
  or 
  3 
  of 
  them 
  imperfectly 
  developed. 
  

   Pistil 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  2-celled 
  and 
  usually 
  many-ovuled 
  ovary, 
  

   with 
  a 
  single 
  style 
  and 
  an 
  entire 
  or 
  2-lobed 
  stigma. 
  

  

  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped, 
  stamens 
  5. 
  Verbascum, 
  I 
  

  

  Corolla 
  wheel-shaped 
  or 
  salver-shaped, 
  nearly 
  actinomorphic, 
  

   stamens 
  2. 
  Veronica, 
  VI 
  

  

  Corolla 
  2-lipped, 
  the 
  mouth 
  closed 
  by 
  a 
  palate, 
  tubular 
  below, 
  a 
  

   spur 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Linaria, 
  II 
  

  

  Corolla 
  2-lipped, 
  the 
  mouth 
  closed 
  by 
  a 
  palate, 
  tubular 
  below, 
  a 
  

   short, 
  broad 
  pouch 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Antirrhinum, 
  III 
  

  

  Corolla 
  decidedly 
  2-lipped. 
  

  

  Stamens 
  with 
  anthers 
  2. 
  Gratiola, 
  V 
  

  

  Stamens 
  4, 
  with 
  a 
  fifth 
  antherless 
  filament. 
  Pentstemon, 
  IV 
  

   Stamens 
  4, 
  the 
  anther 
  cells 
  unequal. 
  Castilleja, 
  VII 
  

  

  Stamens 
  4, 
  the 
  anther 
  cells 
  equal. 
  Pedicularis, 
  VIII 
  

  

  I. 
  VERBASCUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Biennial 
  ; 
  stem 
  tall, 
  erect. 
  Leaves 
  alternate. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  

   spikes, 
  racemes, 
  or 
  panicles. 
  Calyx 
  deeply 
  5-cleft. 
  Corolla 
  

   wheel-shaped, 
  5-lobed, 
  the 
  lobes 
  nearly 
  equal. 
  Stamens 
  5, 
  

   unequal, 
  declined 
  ; 
  some 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  filaments 
  bearded. 
  

   Style 
  flattened 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  globose 
  capsule; 
  seeds 
  

   roughened.* 
  

  

  1. 
  V. 
  Blattaria 
  L. 
  MOTH 
  MULLEIN. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  slender, 
  simple 
  

   or 
  sparingly 
  branched, 
  smooth 
  below, 
  downy 
  above, 
  2-4 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  oblong 
  to 
  lanceolate, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  truncate 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  dentate 
  to 
  pinnately 
  lobed, 
  the 
  lower 
  petioled, 
  the 
  upper 
  

  

  