KHINANTHACEAE 1055 



1.. Verbascum Blattaria L. Stems rather slender, 4-12 dm. tall, sometimes glandular 

 above. Leaf-blades oblong to ovate, 2-12 cm. long, usually doubly serrate-crenate, or 

 pinnatifid, the upper ones more or less clasping : racemes interrupted, 1-9 dm. long : 

 pedicels glandular, 1-1.5 cm. long : bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-20 mm. long : calyx- 

 lobes linear or linear-elliptic, acute, recurved : corolla white or yellow, 3-4 cm. broad ; 

 lobes obovate or orbicular-obovate, spreading, the lower one with narrow auricles at the 

 base : filaments magenta, with slender glandular hairs : capsules subglobose, or depressed, 

 6-8 mm. in diameter. 



In fields and waste places, Quebec to Minnesota, south to Florida and Kansas. Native of Europe. 



2. Verbascum Lychnitis L. Stems stout, tomentose with short soft hairs, dusty 

 green, 10-20 dm. tall, branched above. Leaf-blades narrowly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 

 on the lower part of the stem, lanceolate or elliptic above, all crenate, often ghibrate on the 

 upper surface: calyx woolly; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm. long: 

 corolla yellow, pubescent without ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 4-6 mm. long, or one of them 

 longer : capsules oblong or ovoid-oblong, 4-6 mm. long, hairy. 



In fields and waste places, Ontario and Kansas, south to North Carolina. Naturalized from Europe. 



3. Verbascum Thapsus L. Stems stout, 3-18 dm. tall, woolly with densely matted 

 hairs, normally simple, winged with the decurrent leaf-bases : basal and lower stem-leaves 

 with spatulate or elliptic-spatulate blades 1-4 cm. long, upper stem-leaves with oblanceolate 

 or elliptic-obovate blades : raceme spike-like, dense and continuous, 1-9 dm. long : calyx 

 8-10 mm. long ; lobes triangular-lanceolate, longer than the tube, acute : corolla deep 

 yellow or rarely white, 1.7-2.5 cm. wide, pubescent without; lobes 5, obovate, ciliolate, 

 obtuse : anthers reddish : capsules ovoid, 7-10 mm. long. 



In fields and exposed situations generally, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to Florida and Kansas- 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



2. LEUCOPHYLLUM H. & B. 



Spreading shrubs, with scurfy-pubescent foliage. Leaves alternate, sometimes clustered : 

 blades relatively small, flat, entire. Flowers on solitary axillary pedicels. Calyx-lobes 

 rather valvate. Corolla violet-purple : tube funnelform or broadly campanulate ; lobes 5, 

 rounded, spreading, the 2 upper ones exterior. Stamens 4, included. Styles united. 

 Ovules numerous. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds strongly wrinkled. 



Leaf-blades silvery canescent : corolla funnelform ; limb 10-12 mm. broad. 1. L. minus. 



Leaf-blades tomentose : corolla campanulate ; 1 mb 20-25 mm. broad. 2. L. Tcxanum. 



1. Leucophyllum minus A. Gray. A shrub 3-7 dm. tall. Leaf-blades spatulate 

 or obovate-spatulate, usually 1 cm. long or less, blunt or slightly apiculate, silvery canes- 

 cent, conspicuously narrowed into petiole-like bases : outer calyx-lobes linear or nearly so, 

 3-4.5 mm. long : corolla sparingly pubescent within : capsules about 4 mm high. 



In dry soil, southern and western Texas. Spring and summer. 



2. Leucophyllum Texanum Benth. A shrub 6-25 dm. tall. Leaf-blades oblong, 

 elliptic or obovate, 1-2 cm. long, apiculate pale-tomentose with very densely set hairs, 

 gradually or rather abruptly narrowed to the manifestly sessile base : outer calyx-lobes 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long : corolla villous within : capsules 4-5 mm. high 



In dry soil, southern Texas and adjacent Mexico. Spring and summer. 



3. KICKXIA Dumort. 

 Annual herbs, with spreading or creeping stems. Leaves alternate : blades flat, entire, 

 toothed or lobed. Flowers on solitary axillary pedicels. Sepals 5, slightly united. Cor- 

 olla white, yellow or variegated, irregular, 2-lipped : tube spurred, the throat closed by a 

 palet, the lips lobed. Stamens 4, included. Styles united. Ovules numerous. Capsule 

 ovoid to subglobose, ojjening by 1 or 2 terminal slits, pores or valves. Seeds tubercled or 

 merely roughened. 



1. Kickxia Eldtine (L. ) Dumort. Foliage villous or hirsute. Stems branched at 

 the base ; branches spreading or prostrate, 1-5 dm. long : leaf-blades hastate, or ovate to 

 elliptic near the ends of the branches, 1-2.5 cm. long, short-petioled : pedicels filiform, 

 surpassing the subtending leaf-like bracts : calyx densely pubescent ; lobes lanceolate, 1.5- 

 2.5 mm. long, acuminate: corolla 5-6 mm. long, minutely pubescent; lobes rounded, the 

 spur about as long as the lower lip : capsules 3-4 mm. in diameter. 



In waste places and on stone walls, Canada to Georgia. Naturalized from Europe. Spring. 



