Scrophulariaceae.: Figwort Family. 
Annual or perennial herbs Gpasely Shrubs ,er-trees. Leaves alternate 
or opposite, frequently in basal tufts. Stipules none. Flowers perfect, 
mostly irregular, commonly e-lippede Sepals 5 or 4, more or less united,e:% 
=> Stamens usually 4, in two pairs, sometimes with a fifth sterile 
filament, less often 5 or 2, all more 
or less adnate to the corolla-tube. q 
Ovary superior, 2=chambered; style 1. Fruit a 2-chambered, 2-valved capsule, : 
ee} , eithér loculicidal or septicidal. 
‘ Q Anther-bearing stamens 5, the filaments of 2 or more 
is <} densely wooll; |, Verbascun 
p Anther-bearing stemens 4 (in Penstemon with a fifth 
| 4 bearded sterile filament) or 2 
( “, Corolla with a prominent sharp spur at the base 2. Linaria 
_ Corolla not spurred 
t| 4 Small asweepimn herb 2-4 cm. tall, the flowers 
4 2-225 mme long; leaves linear-spatulate, 
| l-2 mn. wide 3 Limosella 
Erect plants usually much larger, the flowers 
? rarely shorter than 5 mme; leaves otherwise 
Ww 6 Stem leaves distinctly alternate, those at 
Hy /9 the base sometimes in tufts 
8 Stamens 23 corolla Slightly irregular 
(2 or wanting y Synthyris ‘ 
Se. “= Stamens 4; corolla strongly 2-lipped 
#)\ ; 
q" /o© Anther-sacs dissimilar, the inner one 
/4 pendulous by its apex 
ji, Calyx more or less equally 4-cleft; ; | 
,, / lower lip of corolla subequal to 
* \the upper, pouch-like Jj, Orthocarpus 
i, Calyx more deeply cleft at front and 
rear than laterally, the two 
/isterat lobes joined nearly or 
/ qaite to the apex, the calyx then 
[Gd appearing 2-cleft; upper lip of 
corolla usually much longer than 
\ lower 
\ 
/O Anther-sacs Similar, parallel, the inner 
/4 not pendulous 
& Castilleia 
7 Pedicularis 
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