238 FIGWORT FAMILY. 



G. sphaerocarpa. Chiefly S. : smooth and stouter, with lance-ovate 

 leaves, ]ieduiH-lcs scarcely longer than the calyx, and larger spherical pod. 



* Sterile filaments uln-imis, i/xmif/i/ ti/i/ml n-itli a little rjlandular head in place of 



the anther : /< un .s Jtort. 



G. viscbsa. Chiefly S. W. : clammy, with lance-oblong toothed leaves 



shorter than the peduncle-, and whitish flower^. 



G. aiU'ea. Sandy wet .-nil, I'.. & S. : nearly smooth, with rather narrow 

 entire le.ivrs as IIUIL: a> the peduncles, ami golden yellow tlowrrs. 



G. pi!6sa. From N. Jersey S. : verv dilt'.Tcnr from anv of the foregoing. 

 having riuid and simple erect stems and ovate or oblong se-sile leaves, both 

 hairy, the flowers sessile, the white corolla hardly longer than the calyx. 



23. SCROPHULARIA, FICWOUT. (Plants a supposed remedy tor 



scrofula.) These homclv and iiiMgnilieanr plants hardly ought to have given 

 the name to this large and important family. 



S. nodbsa. Damp shady ground : smooth, with 4-sided stem 3 -4 high, 

 ovate or oblong coarsely toothed leaves, and small lurid flowers in loose cymes, 

 all sninmcr. ^ 



24. CHELONE, TURTLE-TIE AD (to which the name, from the Greek, 

 refers), SNAKE-HEAD, BALMONY. 



C. glabra, the common species, of wet places; l-2 high, with lanceolate 

 or lance-oblong leaves on very short petioles, and white or pale purple corolla 

 1' or more long, all summer. 2/ 



25. PENTSTEMON. (Name, from the Greek, meaning 5 stamens, 

 refers to the presence of the ~>\\\ stamen, which, however, has no anther.) 

 Showy North American and a few Mexican plants, ehietly Western ; two or 

 three are wild E. ; several are in choice cultivation, but few are yet common 

 here. Fl. late spring and summer. 2/ 



* Wild /'. of the Mis$im;i/>/>i. unit xoiinliim s cult. : flowers white, common/I/ tinged 

 witli some /""'/' 'i*li <"' riulit : /eaves partly clasping, often serrate : panicle 

 clammy, the corolla sliijhtly so. 



P. pub6scens. Somewhat clammy-pubescent, or smoothish except the 

 panicle, l-3 high, variable; stem-leaves lanceolate; flowers nodding; the 

 plainly 2-lipped corolla (1 long) with gradually enlarging tulie concave on the 

 lower, convex on the upper side, a sort of palate almost closing the mouth ; 

 sterile filament yellow-bearded down one side. 



P. Digitalis. N. Virginia to 111. & S. : taller (2 -4), smooth np to the 

 naked panicle, with wider more entire leaves ; corolla but slightly 2-lipped, 

 open, abruptly inflated bell-shaped above from a narrow tube ; sterile filament 

 sparingly bearded on one side. 



* # Wild beyond but near the Mississippi, shoicy and cultirntid for ornament. 



P. grandiflbrus. Plains from Falls of St. Anthony AY. & S. AY. : very 



smooth, pale and glaucous, l-3 high, with thick ovate leaves (!'-2' long) 

 closely se-Mle and entire, the upper ones rounded, short-pedicclled flowers 

 raeenird, lilac-purple oblong-bell-shaped corolla l.','-2' long and almost equally 

 5-lobed, the sterile filament nearly smooth. 



P. Cobaea. Plains I'nnu Nelira-ka S. : l-2 high, stout, with ovate often 

 denticulate thick leaves, a slight ly clammy few-llowered panicle or rnceme, 

 pale purpli>li or whiti>h corolla almut 2' long and abruptly much inflated above 

 the narrow ba>e, the. border 2-lipped, bnt the oblong lobes similar; the sterile 

 filament bearded. 



P. glaber. Plains from Nebraska and Missouri AY.: very smooth, com- 

 monly pale or ulaneoiis, with ascending steins l-2 long, lanceolate or lanei-- 

 ovate entire leaves, and a narrow panicle of very handsome flowers ; the tubular- 

 inflated corolla about li' long, bright purple bine, with the spreading lobes 

 of the 2 short lips similar ; sterile filaments ami also the anthers slightly hairy 

 or else naked. 



