176 POPULAK FLORA. 



Corolla ovoid, small, dull gi'eenish purple, with 4 short unequal erect lobes, and one small 



recurved one (the lower). Stamens 4 and a rudiment, {Scruj)hula}-ia) Figwokt. 



Corolla shaped like a turtle's head, the mouth closed or nearly so, without a palate. Sta- 

 mens 4 with woolly anthers; and a sterile filament beside?, ( CAe/c*??^) Tuktleiiead. 



Corolla open at the irregular or 2-lipped mouth. Stamens 4, and a sterile filament besides 



(Fig. 434, 435), {Pentstemon) Pentstemon. 



Corolla 2-lipped ; the upper lip with the sides turned back, the lower lip turned down. 

 Stamens 4, no vestige of the fifth. Calyx elongated, 5-angled, 5- 

 toothed. Stigmas with 2 broad lips, (^Mimulus) ^loMiEY-FLOWEit. 



Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, open. Stamens only 2 perfect. Calyx 5-parted. 



Sterile filaments included, or none. Corolla yellow or whitish, {Gratiola) Hkdge-IIy.ssop, 



Sterile filaments long, protruding from the purple or blue corolla, (Ili/sdnihes) False-Pimveuneu 



H- •<- Lower lip or the side lobes covering the others in the bud. 



■Corolla (large, purple or white) tubular, open; the border slightly 5-Iobed, {Dif/ilaUs) *Foxglove. 

 Corolla salver-shaped. Flowers in a spike. 



Stamens 2, projecting, longer than the 4 lobes of the corolla, ( Veronica Virginlca) Culveu's-hoot. 



Stamens 4, included: lobes of the corolla 5: calyx tubular, 5-toothed, {Biuhnera) Beue-iiearts. 

 Corolla bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Stamens 4, ( Gerc'trdin) Gekap.dia. 

 Corolla tubular, decidedly 2lipped, the narrow upper lip erect or arched, enclosing the 4 

 stamens. Flowers in a spike. Pod many-seeded. 



Bracts large and colored, scarlet in our species. Calyx tubular, ( Cas(ille)a) Painted-cup. 



Bracts green, small. Leaves pinnatifid, {Pcdiculavis) Lousewokt. 



Mullein. Verbascum. 



Flowers in a long terminal spiko or raceme. Corolla 5-parted, almost regular. Stamens 5, unequal, 

 but generally all with anthers. Root biennial. 



1. Common IM. Tall, woolly throughout; the simple stem winged by the prolonged bases of the leaves; 



flowers yellow, in a long thick spike; two of the filaments smooth. Fields, &;c. V. Thapsvs, 



2. Moth M. Green, smoothish ; stem 2° or 3° high ; leaves toothed ; fiowers yellow or white in a loose 



raceme ; filaments all bearded with yellow wool. Road-sides. V. Blallaria. 



Speedwell. Veronica. 



Flowers small; one or two of the lobes of the 4-parted border of the corolla always smaller than the 

 others. Stamens 2, protruding. Pod flattened, many-seeded in the common species. 



^ 1. Corolla salver-shaped, the tube longer than the border. Pod not notched at the end. 



1. CuLVER's-nooT S. A tall perennial, with lance-shaped pointed leaves in whorls, and whitish flowers 



crowded in clustered spikes. Woods, W. and S., and cultivated in gardens. I', l^irrjinicn. 



^ 2. Corolla wheel-shaped, tube very short, pale blue or white. Pod notched at the end. Leaves opposite. 



* Flowers in single racemes from the axils of the leaves. 



2. "Watek S. Smooth; stems rooting at the creeping lower part, then erect; leaves sessile by a heart- 



shaped base, ovate-lanceolate; corolla pale blue with darker stripes. Brooks. l'. Aiutgdllis. 



3. Bkook S. or Bkooklisie. Leaves ovate or oblong, on petioles ; otherwise like the last. T'. Amencana, 



4. Maksh S. Smooth, slender; leaves sessile, linear, acute; raceme zigzag, loose. V. scutellaUu 

 6. Common S. Downy; stems creeping; leaves Avedge-oblofig, serrate; raceme dense. Dry ground, 



in open woods. V. oj/lcinalis. 



