402 XCI. SCROPHULARIACE^. Herpestis. 



Yellow Monkey F^wer.— Ascending or erect; Ivs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, 

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

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

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

 spotted with rose or purple. •)• 



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

 lous ; Ivs. ovate, 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, I -flowered, 2 bracteoles 7iear apex. 

 C. MULTiFiDA. Benth. (Capraria. Michx. Leucospora. Nutt.) 

 Low, dilFusely branched, puberulent ; Ivs. petiolate, pinnately dissected, 

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

 valves at length 2-parted.— ®1 Along the banks of the Ohio, (^Clarkl) and other 

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

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

 'the flowers. Corolla greenish, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule li" long. Jl. 



12. HERPESTIS. Gaert. 



Gr. lpTrri(TTris, a creeper; from the prostrate habit of the plants- 



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

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

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

 flexed ; seeds 00, small. — Obscure weeds with opposite Ivs. Fed. 1- 

 flowered, axillary or subracemose, often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 



1. H. ROTUNDiFOLiA. Ph. (Monncria 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 ; lower cal. seg. ovate ; cor. i longer than the calyx.— A prostrate mud 

 plant, in ponds. 111. Mead! to La. Stem If in length. Leaves 6—12" diam., 

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

 2 — 3" in length. Flowers blue. 



2. H. MicRANTHA. Pursh. 



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

 veined ; pedicels ebracteate, nearly as long as the leaves ; cal. lo7crr seg. cor- 

 date ; cor. scarcely longer than the calyx. — Borders of pools and rivers, 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 ? Aug. 



3. H. AMPLEXiOAULis. Ph. (Monueria amplexicaulis. Michx.) 



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

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

 cor. i longer than the calyx; hypogpwus disk long, 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. MoNNERiA. Humboldt. (H. cuneifolia. Ph. Monneria cuneifolia. 

 7l//c^_^.)_Glabrous, fleshy, proistrate ; Ivs. cuneate-obovate, obscurely cre- 



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

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

 Beck, and La. Eaton. Leaves 6—8" long, obscurely veined, subclasping. 

 Flowers very small, pale purple. Aug. 



