288 SCROPHULARIACEX. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
+ «+ + Stamens 4. Flowers racemed or spiked. 
4+ Anthers 1-celled. : 
: 15. BUCHNERA. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens didynamous. Flowers spiked. 
++ ++ Anthers 2-celled. Stamens equal. 
16. SEYMERIA. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow. Stamens included. 
17. MACRANTHERA. Corolla tubular, orange. Stamens long-exserted. 
++ ++ ++ Anthers 2-celled. Stamens didynamous. 
18. OTOPHYLLA. Anthers unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Upper leaves 2-eared at the base. 
19. DASYSTOMA. Anthers equal, awned at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow. Leaves 
mostly pinnatifid. 
20. GERARDIA. Anthers equal, pointed at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, purple. Leaves 
narrow, entire. 
+ * Corolla tubular, 2-lipped ; the upper lip arching and enclosing the 4 didynamous stamens 
+ Anther-cells unequal 
21. CASTILLEIA. Anther-cells separate. Leaves alternate, the floral ones colored. 
+ + Anther-cells equal. í 
22. SCHWALBEA. Calyx 10-12-ribbed, the upper teeth smaller. Capsule oblong, many- 
seeded. Leaves entire, alternate. 
23. PEDICULARIS. Capsule sword-shaped, few-seeded. Leaves pinnatifid. 
24. MELAMPYRUM. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, l—4-seeded. Upper leaves bristly 
at the base. 
1. VERBASCUM, L. Mottery. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed; the lobes nearly equal, roundish. 
Stamens 5, declined, all, or a part of them, bearded. Stigma simple. Capsule 
globose, many-seeded. — Tall biennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers M 
racemes. 
1. V. Thapsus, L. Woolly throughout; stem stout, simple; heaves 
slightly crenate, rugose; the lowest large, oblong, petioled, the others 
decurrent on the stem; raceme spike-like, dense, cylindrical; flowers yellow: — 
Old fields and waste ground. Introduced.— Stem 29—59 high. Lowest leaves 
1° long. Raceme rigid, 19 — 2° long. 
2. V. Blattaria, L. Stem smooth below, pubescent above, sparingly 
branched or simple; leaves smooth, oblong, acute, serrate or pinnately lobed; 
the lowest petioled; the upper clasping; racemes elongated, glandular, tho 
flowers scattered; corolla bright or pale yellow; filaments all 
purple hairs.— Waste ground, chiefly in the upper districts. Introduced.— 
Stem 2°-3° high. e : 
3. V. Lychnitis, L. Plant mealy-white; stem branching and angled 
above ; leaves ovate, acute, sessile; the lowest narrowed into a petiole, " 
above; flowers in a pyramidal panicle, yellow; filaments bearded with w% 
