Herbs with oppo- 

 site leaves 



Verbascum. XCI. SCROPHULARIACE^. 397 



, r, » S ^^^y^ , \ Sterile fils. minute or 0. Gratiola. 13 



i Corolla < S-parted. ( Sterile rils. Ibrked. . Ilysanthvs. 14 



wlo^-^^ian^™.... ) ?,"^K'?^e. ( Calyx 4-parted. Fl. minute. . Uemianthua. 15 



Ffowersdiandrous.t Corolla subequally4lobed Veronica. 19 



( Leaves sen-ate. . Mimulus. 10 



If fctamens < Leaves multitid. . Conobea. ll 



included. ( Leaves entire. . Herpestis. 1'2 



Sta. a.scending 4 Fls. spicate. Rhinantkus. 27 



beneath the galea. < Fls. solitary. Melampyru7n.29 



Ota. decimate in lower lip. . Collinsia. 7 



j ^ , , . \ Lvs. ovate-lanceolate. . Buchnera. 20 



< Cor.5- fpurple. (Lvs. linear, entire. . . Gerardia 22 



c. ci „ ' .^"'i , SCal.5-parted.S'ey?«ma. 21 



Ster. fil sub- ] \ Anth. equal. { Cal.5-tooth'd.D«v//47&;rta. 24 



or minute. Leoual, I yellow. ^Anthers unequal. . , Otoihylta 23 



bteri e fiamerit scale-like, adherent to the ovoid corolla. Scrophularia. 6 



Sterie hlament shorter, glabrous. Seeds winged. . Chelone I 



_, ..u , , , Steri e filament long, exserted. bearded. Sds. apterous. Pentstemon 9 



Trees with large cordate leaves, and panicles oftubular, scarlet flowers. . "*''';'""''• PauiowiUa,'. I 



Tribe 1. SALPIGLOSSE^. 

 1. SCHIZANTHUS. Ruiz & Pavon. 



G): o'x^i^a, to cut, avioi, a flower; in allusion to the numerous divisions of the showy corolla. 



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. — (I) from Chili. Lvs. pimiatijid, alternate. Cynws supra- 

 axillary. 



S. piXNATUs. Ruiz «fc Pavon.— Z.rs. 1— 2-pinnately cleft; cm: tube shorter 

 than 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 oppo-site the leaves. Calyx and peduncles viscid-pubescent. Corolla 

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



Tribe 2. VERBASCE.ID. 



2. VERBASCUM. 

 Lat. harha, 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. — (I) rarely %■ or suffruticose. Lvs. al- 

 ternate. Fls. in spikes or paiiiculate racemes. 



1. V. THAPsus. Common Mullein. 



Lvs. decurrent, densely tomento.se 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 suppo.sed to have been introduced. Jn. — Aug. 



2. V. Blattaria. M/tk Mullein. 



lyvs. cla.sping, oblong, smooth, serrate ; pcd. 1-flowered, solitary.— (i) Grows 

 in waste grounds, roadsides, 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 yellow or while, marked 

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

 Jn. Jl. 



3. V. Lychnitis. 



Whiti.sh subtomentose ; Bt. and vanicnlate branches angular; lvs. green 

 above, crenate, lower petioled, narrowed to the ba.se, upper ones sessile ; panicle 

 pyramidal, /<7.sacto loosely many-llowered ; cal. small, with lance-subuiate .seg- 

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

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



