Verbascum. XCI. SCROPHULARIACE^. 3g7 



(Calyx 4 Sterile fils. minute or 0. Oratiola. 13 



(Corolla < 5-parted. ^Sterile tils, forked. . Ilysanthus. 14 

 ,. , ^ bilabiate. ( Caly.x 4-parteil. Fl. minute. . Hemianthm. 15 



Flowers diandrous. ( Corolla subequally •1-lobed Veronica. 19 



( Leaves serrate. . AUmulus. 10 

 f Stamens < Leaves multifid. . Conobea. 11 



fl included. ( Leaves entire. . Herpestis. 12 

 i Sta. ascending i FIs. spicate. Rhinanthris. 27 

 Corolla beneath the galea. (p'Is. solitary. Me/ampi/rwn.-29 

 bilabiate. I Sta. declinate in lower lip. . Co/Zinsin. 7 



J Lvs. ovate-lanceolate. . Bucimera. 20 

 Cor.5- ("purple. (Lvs. linear, entire. . . Geiardia. 22 

 lobed,] SCal.5-parted..Se2/?«6ria. 21 



sub- 1 iAnth. equal. ?Cal.5tooth'd.Z)as2/s?o?«a!. 24 



or minute, (.equal, (.yellow. ; Anthers unequal. . , Otophylla 23 

 , ... , Sterile filament scale-like, adherent to the ovoid corolla. Scropkularia. 6 

 Herbs with oppo- FIs. duly- Sterile filament shorter, glabrous. Seeds winged. Chelone. 8 



site leaves Inamous. LSterile filament long, exserted. bearded. Sds. apterous. Pentsteinon 9 



Trees with large cordate leaves, and panicles of tubidar, scarlet flowers. . . . Paiilownia. a 



Tribe 1. SALPIGLOSSE^. 



1. SCHIZANTHUS. Ruiz & Pavon. 



G): cx^^'^i to cut, avios, a flower; in allusion to the numerous divisions of the showy coroll3. 



Corolla irregular, the upper lip 5-cleft, external in aestivation, low- 

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

 2-celled. — ®from Chili. Lvs. pinyiatlfid, alternate. Cymes supra-_ 

 axillary. 



S. piNNATUS. Ruiz & Pavon. — Lvs. 1 — 2-pinnately cleft; cor. tube shorter 

 Ihan the calyx, middle segment of the posterior lip, 2-lobed, cucullate, lateral 

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

 ral 4-lobed; sta. ex.serted.— Plant 1— 2f high, with delicate and beautiful flowers 

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

 purple and yellow, with a dark spot in the midst, f 



Tribe 2. VERBASCEiE. 



2. VERBASCUM. 



Lat. barba, beard ; a name significant of the beard with which the plant is covered. 



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

 capsule ovoid-globose, 2-valved. — ® rarely % or suffruticose. Lvs. al- 

 ternate. FIs. in spikes or paniculate racemes. 



1. V. TH.\Fsus. Common Mullein. 



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

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

 of the common mullein are very conspicuous in every slovenly field and by all 

 roadsides, U. S. and Can. Stem erect, 3 — 5f high, woolly, its angles winged 

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

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

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

 the mullein is generally supposed to have been introduced. Jn. — Aug. 



2. V. Blattaria. Motk Mullein. 



Lvs. cla.sping, oblong, smooth, serrate ; ped. 1-flowered, solita^3^ — (D Grows 

 in waste grounds, roadsides, N. Eng. to la. ! not comrnon. 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 yellow or white, marked 

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

 Jn. Jl. 



3. V. Lychnitis. 



• Whitish subtomentose ; st. and paniculate branches angular ; lvs. green 

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

 pyramidal, /cscicfes loosely many-flowered; cal. small, with lance-subulate seg- 

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

 Ky. McMurt. Leaves very cane-scent beneath. Flowers pale yellow. 



