403 XCI. SCROPHULARIACEiE. Hehpestis. 



Ydlow Monkey Flower. — Ascending jr 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 ; cor. tube broad, 

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

 spotted with rose or purple, f 



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

 lous; Ivs. ovate, erose-dentate, narrowed and amplexicaul at base, many- 

 veined ; fed, longer than the leaves ; cal. tiibe 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, f 



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] 1 -flowered., 2 bracteoles near apex. 

 C. MULTiFiDA. Benth, (Capraria. Michx. Leucospora. NvM.) 

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

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

 valves at length 2-parted. — (i)'? 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 aspect. Leaves V long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as 

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



12. HERPES TIS. Gaert. 

 Gr. ipTtriarTrjs, 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-fur- 

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

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

 Jiowered, axillary or subracemose, 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 ; lower cal. seg. ovate ; cor. \ 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. lower 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 1 Aug. 



3. H. AMPLExicAULis. Ph. (Monucria amplexicaulis. Michx.) 



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

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

 cor. i longer than the calyx; hypogynous dlsklong, lO-toothed at apex. — Swamps 

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

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



4. H. Monneria. 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 ; 

 lower 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. 



