80 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



V. Blattaria L. Moth Mullein. Common, Graves. Not fre- 

 quent, Clute ; Fenno. Rare, Lucy. Owens Mills, Che- 

 mung county, scarce, Barbour. Not common, Coville. Not 

 reported from Delaware county. Found in pastures, old tields 

 and waysides. Stem tall, comparatively slender, branching 

 above ; flowers about an inch across, on slender pedicels, cream 

 color or white, occasionally purplish ; anthers unequal, purple. 

 July. 



LINARIA Jlss. 



L. Linaria (L.) Karst. Toad Flax. Bitter-and-eggs. Jacob's 

 Ladder. Ramstead. Abundant in dry fields and along road- 

 sides. Flowers bright yellow in a dense raceme. Well known, 

 and considered a difficult weed to kill. (Z. vulgaris Mill.) 



SCROPHULARIA L. 



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 S. Marylandica L. Fig-wort. Common in fields, thickets and 



roadsides. (5. nodosa var. Marilandica Gray.) 



CHELONE L. 



C. glabra L. Tlrtle-head. Snake-head. Rheumatism-root. 

 Common in open swamps and along rivers and streams through- 

 out our range. Well known. Aug. Sept. 



PENTSTEMON Soland. 



P. hirsutus (L. ) Willd. Beard-tongue. Abundant on dry banks 

 and along upland roadsides. Stems low; flowers in open pani- 

 cles, violet-purple, the sterile filament densely bearded. June. 

 {P. pubescens Soland.) 



P. Digitalis (Sweet) Nutt. Foxglove Beard-tongue. Tolerably 

 common in rich soil, Fenno. Rare, Clute. Stem tall ; flowers 

 an inch long, abruptly dilated, white inclined to purplish. A 

 beautiful species. June. {P. Icsvigatus var. Digit alt's Gva.y.) 



MIMULUS L. 



M. ringens L. Monkey-i lower. Common and well known. 

 Found in swamps and on river shores. Flowers violet-purple, 

 rarely lavender or white. July- Sept. 



