"^ERBAScuM. XCI. SCROPHULARlACEiE. 397 



^ y- 1! $ Calj-x I Sterile fils. miiuite or 0. OratMa. la 



i t-orolla < 5-parted. < SteriJe tils. Ibrket!. . Ili/sanl/ius. w 



,t:„ v , ) Dilalimte. ( Calyx 4parteil. FJ. miiiute. . Haiiianthm is 



plowersdiandrous.< Corolla sukeQually^-iobed Veronica w 



1 ^^, ■( Leaves serrate. . Mimulu-s. lu 



rfetamens ■{ Leaves multilid. . Vonobea. 11 



J mcluded. (Leaves entire. . Ilerp&sns. 12 



vf-^r^M i Sta. ascending \F\s. &Q\c&te. Rhinanthus. 27 



r Corolla beneath the yalea. \ Vis. solitary. Melamvyrum.ia 



bdabiate. l&tu. dechnaie lu lower lip. . Coliinsia 7 



J \ Lvs. ovate-lanceolate. . Btichnera. 20 



< Cor.S- rpurpJe. I Lvs. Jiiiear, entire. . . Gerardia £2 



rcto ri n"^'''-^ r, . iCal.S-parted.ScT/Mima. 21 



f Ster. Til sub- C Anth. equal. \ Cal.5-tooth'd.23^y.sro,„«. 24 



Jormmute. (.equal, lye lov.-.Unthers unequal. ., , OtophyUa 23 



^, , ... „, ,., 1 S"^ne OpnientscaJe-hke adherent to the ov«id corolla. Sa-ovhiU-aria 6 



5ierbg with oppo- FIs. didy- Sterile hiament shorter, glabrous. Seeds wTneed Chelme » 



-«teleaves. Inamous. ISterile tilanientlon?, exserted bearded. Sds. apterous. Pentste'mon. I 



agrees with large cordate leaves, and iianicles of tubular, scarlet iIo\ver3. . . . Paulownia. 5 



Tribe 1. SALPIGLOSSE^E, 

 1. S C H I Z A N T H U S . Ruiz & Pavon. 



Gr. c^i^s, to cut, avios, a flower; in aJlusion to the numerous divisions of the showy corolfe. 



Corolla irregular, tte upper lip 5-cleft, external in gestivation, low- 

 er much smaller, 3-parted ; filaments 4, 2 of them sterile ; capsule 

 2-celled. — ®frcm Chili. Lvs. piimatificl, altematc. Cymes sufra- 

 'jyxillary. 



S. piN-NATus. Ruiz & Pavon.— Z.I-S. 1— 2-pinnate]y cleft; cor. tube shorter 

 than the cal3'x, middle segment of the posterior lip, 2-lobed, cucullate, lateral 

 segment falcate-spatulate, middle segment of the anterior lip emarginate, late- 

 ral 4-lobed; sla. exserted.— Plant l_2f high, with delicate and beautiful flowers 

 in clusters opposite the leaves. Calyx and peduncles viscid-pubescent. Corolla 

 purple and jellov.^, with a dark spot in the midst, f 



Tribe 2. VERBASCE^e 



-2. VERBASCUM. 



Lat. bar'oa, beard;' a name significant of the beard with which the plant is covered. 



Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, unequal ; stamens 5, deelinate, all perfect ; 

 •capsule ovoid-globose, 2-valved. — (i) rarely % or suffruticose. Lvs. al- 

 ter naie. FIs. in spikes or paiiicvlaie racemes. 



1 . V. THAPSUS. Common Mullein. 



Lvs. decurrent, denselj' tomentose on both sides ; rac. .spiked, dense ; three 

 ■of the stamens downy, two of them smooth. — The tall, dense, club-shaped spikes 

 cf the -common mullein are very con.-^picuous in every slovenly field and by all 

 roadsides, U. S. and Can. Stem erect, 3 — Sfhigh, woolly, its angles winged 

 by the decurrent base of the leaves, generally simple, occasionally with one or 

 two branches above. Leaves very rough wath dense wool on both sides. Flow- 

 ers rotate, of a golden yellow, nearly se.ssiie. Notwithstanding its frequency, 

 the mnllein is generallj^ supposed to have been introduced. Jn. — Aug. 



2. V. Blattaria. Muik Mullein. 



Lws. clasping, objong, smooth, serrate; fccZ.-l-flowered, .solitar3^ — (i) Grows 

 in waste grounds, roaSsides, N. Eng. to la. ! not common. Stem 3f high, 

 branching above, bearing a terminal, leafy raceme 2 — 4' long. Lower leaves 

 oblong, obovate; upper ones cordate-ovate, all coarsely and doubly serrate. 

 Flowers on pedicels near an inch in length. Corolla yeljow or white, marked 

 with brown at the back. Stamens unequal, .purplisli, the filaments all hairy. 

 Jn. Jl. 



3. V. Lychnitis. 



Whitish subtomento.se; sf.. and pojiicvJak bramchcs ang-ular; Iv^. green 

 above, crenate, lower petioled, narrowed to the base, upper ones sessile ; panicle 

 pyramidal, /«.jczc/c.<; loosely many-flowered; cal. small, with lance-subvilate seg- 

 ments ; fil. with white wool. — Banks of the Delaware, near Philadelphia, Pursk . 

 Ky. McMurt. Leaves very canescent beneath. Flowers pale yellow. 



