150 Class XIV. Order II. 



projecting from one side and arching- over to meet the other. 

 Seeds with an indented surface. In sandy pastures and hills. 

 August. Annual. 



JINGIOSPERMM. 



185. MELAMPYRUM. 

 ME t AMP Y RUM AMERICANUM. JWicli. Cow-ivlieal. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, the uppermost with a 

 few setaceous teeth at base; flowers axillary. 



Pretty common in woods- Stem erect, smooth, branching, 

 less than a foot in height. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, smooth, 

 entire, with a long, obtuse point, the upper ones furnished with 

 several bristle-like teeth at base. Flowers axillary, whitish, 

 slender. Capsules flat, acute, pointing downward, containing 

 four seeds. June, July. Annual. 



186. SCROPHULARIA. 



SOROPHULARIA MARILANDICA. L" FigWOrt. 



Leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded at base ; 

 stem obtuse- angled. L. 



A tall, erect plant with flowers resembling capsules. Stem 

 square with blunt corners, smooth except at the joints, where 

 there is a slight pubescence between the petioles. Leaves op- 

 posite, oblong, obtuse at base, tapering to an acute point, ser- 

 rate. Panicle erect, with opposite branches. Flowers small, 

 somewhat globular. Calyx teeth obtuse. Corolla reversed, of 

 a dark, brownish colour, the lip with an internal prominence, 

 which may be mistaken for a fifth stamen. Capsule globular, 

 tipped with the style. Lynn beach island. -August. Peren- 

 nial. 



