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1. Scrophularia marylandica L. Maryland Figwort. 



Perennial, glabrous below, somewhat glandular-pubescent above, 

 with slender, 4-sided, grooved stem, 3-10 ft. high, and light green 

 leaves, membranous, usually puberulent beneath, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, sharply serrate, long-petioled, 3-12 in .long, the petioles 

 slender, scarcely margined. Flowers small, on pedicels ]{-! in. long, 

 clustered on a long, nearly leafless, broad panicle. Corolla y^ in. long, 

 green, dull without, and brownish purple and shining within. Sterile 

 stamen deep purple. Capsule subglobose with a slender tip. In woods 

 and thickets. July-September. General. 



2. Scrophularia leporella Bickn. Hare Figwort. 



Simple or somewhat branched perennial, 3-8 ft. high, with sharply 

 4-angled stem with flat sides, the lower part of the plant puberulent, 

 the upper part viscid-glandular. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base or sometimes subcordate, glabrous on both sides when 

 mature, usually incised-dentate, 2-10 in. long, short-petioled, the 

 petioles evidently, wing-margined. Flowers %-}/2 in- long, in a narrow, 

 elongated panicle. Corolla green to purple, shining without, dull within. 

 Sterile stamen greenish-yellow. Capsule ovoid-conic. In woods and 

 along roadsides. May-July. Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, and Belmont 

 Counties. 



5. CoUinsia Nutt. Collinsia. 



Winter-annual or biennial herbs, with opposite or verticillate 

 leaves. Flowers blue, white, pink, or variegated, verticillate or 

 solitary in the axils. Corolla two-lipped, the upper lip two- 

 cleft, the lobes erect or recurved, with a slight palate; the lower 

 one three-cleft, the middle one conduplicate, enclosing the four 

 stamens and filiform style. Vestigial stamen gland-like, short, 

 with a green tip. Seeds few, large. 



1. Collinsia verna Nutt. Blue-eyed-Mary. 



A slender, branching herb, with weak stem, 6 in. -2 ft. high, glabrous 

 or puberulent. Leaves opposite or verticillate, the lower broadly ovate 

 or orbicular, obtuse, rounded, 'narrowed, or subcordate at the base, 

 crenate or entire, slender-petioled, the upper ones sessile or clasping, 1-2 

 in. long, ovate or oblong. Corolla slightly pubescent within, the upper 

 lip white, with a slight, purple-spotted palate, the lower one dark blue 

 or sometimes nearly white, with scattered hairs on the outside. Upper 

 pair of stamens glabrous or nearly so, the lower pair pubescent below. 

 Moist woods and hillsides. April- June. General. 



G. Paulownia S. & Z. Paulownia. 

 A large tree, with broad, opposite, entire or three-lobed, 

 petioled leaves, superposed, axillary buds, prominent lenticels, 

 and more or less diaphragmed pith. Flowers large, violet, in 



