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POPULAR FLORA. 



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61. FIGWORT FAMILY. Order SCROPIIULARIACEiE. 



Plerbs "Nvith a 2-lipped or more or less irregular monopetalous corolla, and 4 stamens 

 ,. ^ in pairs (2 long and 2 short), or only 2 perfect stamens; 



rarely all 5 present: style 1 : the ovary 2-celled and 

 making a many-seeded pod (few-seeded in some Speed- 

 wells and Cow- wheat). Flowers often showy. Two lobes 

 always belong to the upper lip, three to the lower. 



434 



434. Corolla of a Pentslemon, 

 laid open, showing the 4 perfect 

 Btaniens and ihe fifth as a sterile 

 naked filament. 



435. Stamens (with a piece of 

 the corolla) of another Pentste- 

 mon, with the sterile filament 

 bear.iei. 



436. Piece of Purple Gerardia. 



. 437. CoroU.i Ini 1 open, showing 

 the 4 ftamens in pairs. 



433. Style and Ciilyxof the same. 



439. Part of a pod. 

 . 449. Flower of Toadflax. 



441. Plant of Hedje-Hyssop. 



442. Flower laid open ; one pair 

 of good stamens ; one pair of ster- 

 ile filaments. 



435 



441 



44:2 



433 439 440 



* Corolla wheel-shaped or with a very short tube, the lobes more or less unequal. 



Calyx and corolla 5-cleft: stamens 5, some of them rather imperfect, ( Verbdscum) Mullein. 



Calyx and corolla 4-parted: stamens 2, ( Vei'onica) Speedwell. 



* * Corolla more or less tubular, bell-shaped and irregular, or 2-lipped. 



•4- Upper lip or lobes covering the lower in the bud (except sometimes in Monkev-flower). 

 Corolla with its 2-lipped mouth closed by a palate, i. e. an inward projection of the lower 

 lip: stamens 4. 

 Corolla with a slender spur at the base on the lower side, (Linaria) Toadflax. 



Corolla sac-like at the base on the lower side, (Antirrhinum.) Sxapdkagox- 



Corolla 2-parted: the lower lip sac-shaped in the middle; the short tube with a protuber- 

 ance at the base on the upper side: stamens 4, {Collinsia) Collinsia- 



