402 XCI. SCROPHULARIACEiE. Herpestis. 



Yellow Monkeij Flower. — Ascending or erect ; lv$. orbicular-ovate or oblong, 

 lower long-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many-veined ; yed. 

 longer than the leaves ; cal. iuhe ovoid, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube broad, 

 twice longer than the calyx. — California and Chili. Flowers yellow, often 

 spotted with rose or purple. ■(■ 



4. M. CARDiNALis. Doug. Cardinal Monkey Flmoer. — Erect, branched, vil- 

 lous ; Ivs. ov^ate, erose-dentate, narrowed and amplexicaul at base, many- 

 veined; pcd. longer than the leaves; cal. tube large, inflated; cor. lobes reflexed. 

 — California. Stem loosely branched, 2 — 3f high. Corolla scarlet, the tube 

 hardly longer than the calyx, limb large and brilliant. ■\ 



11. CONOBEA. Aublet. 

 Calyx 5-parted, equal ; upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, lower lip 

 3-parted ; fertile sta. 4 ; anth. approximating by pairs, cells parallel ; 

 caps, globose, ovoid, valves breaking away from the placentiferous dis- 

 sepiment ; seeds 00, ovoid. — American., branching herbs, with opposite 

 Ivs. Fed. axillary ., solitary or in pairs., \-Jiowere(i,2 bracteoles near apex. 

 C. MULTiFiDA. Benth. ("Capraria. Michx. Leucospora. Null.) 

 Low, diffusely branched, puberulent ; lis. petiolate, pinnately dissected, 

 segments linear or cuneate, lobed or entire, obtuse ; cor. lobes entire ; caps, ovoid, 

 valves at length 2-parted. — 0? Along the banks of the Ohio, (Clark!) and other 

 western rivers, common. A plant 4 — 6' high, with finely divided leaves, and 

 of a grayish a.spect. Leaves 1' long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as 

 the flowers. Corolla greenish, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule 1 J" long. Jl. 



12. HERPES TLS. Gaert. 

 Gr. lp-ri<7rT]i, a creeper; from the prostrate habit of the plants- 



Catyx 5-parted, unequal ; cor. subbilabiate, upper lip emarginate 

 or 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed ; sta. 4, didynamous, parallel ; caps. 2-fur- 

 rowed, 2-celled, valves parallel with the dissepiment, the margins in- 

 flexed : seeds 00, small. — Obscure weeds unth opposite Ivs. Fed. 1- 

 Jiowered., axillary or sub racemose., often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 



1. H. ROTUNDiFOLiA. Ph. (Monneria rotundifolia. Michx.) 



St. mostly glabrous, creeping; Ivs. orbicular-obovate, entire, glabrous, 

 many- veined ; pedicels ebracteate, 1 — 3-together, 2 or 3 times longer than the 

 calyx ; loii-cr cal. seg. ovate ; cor. i longer than the calvx. — A prostrate mud 

 plant, in ponds, 111. Mead! to La. Stem If in length. "Leaves (5—12' diam., 

 about 9-veined, sessile. Peduncles thick, half as long as the leaves. Calyx 

 2 — 3" in length. Flowers blue. 



2. H. MicRAXTHA. Pursh. 



Glabrous, prostrate ; Ivs. oval, entire, sessile or clasping, obscurely many- 

 veined ; pedicels ebracteate, nearly as long as the leaves ; cal. lourr seg. cor- 

 date ; fo;-. scarcely longer than the" calyx. — Borders of pools and riv^ers,' N, J. 

 Penn. to Va. A minute weed, 2 — 4' in length, with minute flowers. Leaves 

 about 3" by 2", 5 — 7-veined. Flowers less than 2" long, blue ■? Awj;. 



3. H. AMPLExiCAULrs. Ph. (Monneria amplexicaulis. Michx.) 



St. floating, woolly; Ivs. amplexicaul, ovate, obtuse, entire, man3'-veinec, 

 glabrous above ; ped. solitary, shorter than the calyx ; cal. lovxr seg. cordate ; 

 cor. \ longer than ihe c:i\yx{ hiipogynous disklon^, lO-toothed at apex. — Swamps 

 and ditches, N. J. to La. A few inches in length, with leaves 6 — 8" long. 

 Flowers nearly 5" long. Style dilated at the end. Aug. 



4. H. MoxNERiA. Humboldt. (H. cuneifolia. Ph. Monneria cuneifolia. 

 Michx.) — Glabrous, fleshy, prostrate ; Ivs. cuneate-obovate, obscurely cre- 



nate or entire; ■pedicels as long as the leaves, with 2 bracteoles near the calyx; 

 loiL-er cal. seg. ovate. — An obscure weed, on inundated banks. Penn. to Car. 

 Beck, and ^La. Eaton. Leaves 6 — 8' 

 Flowers very small, pale purple. Aug. 



