288 SCROPHULARIACE^. (fIGWORT FAMILY.) 



f- +- 1- Stamens 4. Flowers racemed or spiked. 

 ++ Anthers 1-celled. 

 15. BUCHNERA. Corolla salver-sliaped. Stamens didynamous. Flowers spiked. 



<-!• <-k Anthers 2-celled. Stamens equal. 

 10. SEYMERIA. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow. Stamens included. 



17. MACUANTHERA. Corolla tubular, orange. Stamens long-exserted. 



++ <H- -H- 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. 



-i-» ^- Anther-cells equal. 



22. SCHWALBE.A. 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. MELAMFYRU.M. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, 1-4-seeded. Upper leaves bristly-tootlied 



at the base. 



1. VERBASCUM, L. Mullein. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lol)ed ; 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 in 

 racemes. 



1. V. Thapsus, L. Woolly throughout; stem stout, simple; leaves 

 slightly crenate, rugose ; the lowest large, oblong, petioled, the others broadly 

 decurrent on the stem ; raceme spike-like, dense, cylindrical ; flowers yellow. — 

 Old fields and waste ground. Introduced. — Stem 2° -5° high. Lowest leaves 

 1° long. Raceme rigid, 1° - 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, the 

 flowers scattered ; corolla bright or pale yellow ; filaments all bearded with 

 pui-ple hairs. — Waste ground, chiefly in the upper districts. Introduced. — 

 Stem 2° -3° high. 



3. V. Lyehnitis, L. Plant mealy-white ; stem branching and angled 

 above ; leaves ovate, acute, sessile ; the lowest narrowed into a petiole, greenish 

 above ; flowers in a pyramidal panicle, yellow ; filaments bearded with white 

 hairs. — In Carolina, Muhlenberg. Introduced. 



2. SCROPHULARIA, L. Figwort. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose or oblong, 5-cleft ; the 4 upper lobes erect, 

 with the two uppermost longer ; the lowest spreading. Statnens 4, declined ; 

 the fifth sterile and scale-like, placed near the orifice of the tube of the corolla: 



