296 SCROPHULARIACEEZ. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
ones entire; peduncles shorter than the calyx; corolla white, minute. — Cul- Jue 
tivated ground, very common. April-June.— Stem 2/-12' high. Leaves — 
1/-1! long. 
5. V. arvensis, L. Annual, hairy; stems ascending, branched at the 
base; leaves ovate, obtuse, crenate, petioled ; the floral ones lanceolate, entire, 
sessile ; flowers nearly sessile ; corolla pale blue. — Cultivated ground. Intro- 
duced. May and June. — Stems 6/— 12' high. Leaves 4/! — 6! long. 
6. V. agrestis, L. Annual, pubescent ; stems prostrate, diffusely branched ; 
leaves all petioled, ovate, coarsely serrate; peduncles much longer than the 
calyx, recurved in fruit; corolla blue, striate. — Cultivated ground. Intro- 
duced. Feb. - May. — Stem 6/-12/ long. Leaves 6//—9!! long. Fruiting 
calyx much enlarged. 
13. CAPRARIA, L. 
Calyx 5-parted, equal. Corolla bell-shaped, equally 5-lobed, smooth within. 
Stamens 4-5: anthers sagittate. Style slender: stigma thick, ovate, at length 
2-lobed. Capsule coriaceous, ovate, septicidally 2-valved, the valves 9.cleft at 
the apex. Seeds numerous, reticulate. — Perennial herbs, or shrubby plants. 
Leaves alternate, serrate. Peduncles axillary, single or by pairs, mostly r 
flowered. 
1. C. biflora, L. Shrubby, smooth or pubescent; stem erect, branching ; 
leaves lanceolate or oblong, sharply serrate, narrowed and entire below the 
middle; peduncles filiform, mostly by pairs, shorter than the leaves; calys- 
lobes linear; corolla deeply 5-cleft; stamens 5, included. — South Florida. 
Nov.— Stem 29-3? high. Leaves 1l'-13'long. Flowers white? 
14. SCOPARIA, L. 
Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla wheel-form, 4-cleft, hairy in the throat. St 
mens 4. Style club-shaped at the apex. Capsule septicidally 2-valved, the 
valves membranaceous, entire. Seeds numerous, reticulate. — Herbaceous xs 
shrubby plants, with opposite or whorled leaves. Peduncles axillary, CO™ 
monly by pairs, 1-flowered. ! 
1. S. duleis, L. Annual, smooth; leaves ovate or oblong, toothed, mostly 
three in a whorl, much longer than the peduncles; calyx-lobes oblong ; fowes - 
small, white. — South Florida.— Stem 19-39 high. Leaves }/-14/ long 
15. BUCHNERA, L. 
 fhe valves entire. Seeds numerous, reticùlate. — Rough herbs, turning qe 
in withering. Leaves opposite, toothed or entire; the uppermost small, 9^ 
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