288 SCROPlIULARIACEiE. (kIGWORT FAMILY.) 



I- *- 1- Stamens 4 Flowers raccmeJ or spiked. 

 ^■^■ Anthers 1-celleJ. 



15. BUCIIXERA. Corolla salver-shaped. Stamens didynamous. Flowers spiked. 



< 1- < t- Anthers 2-oelled. Stamens equal. 



16. SKYMEr.I.\. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow. Stamens included. 



17. M.\C'11.\XT1IEUA. Corolla tubular, orange. Stamens long-cxsertcd. 



++<-►++ Anthers 2-celled. Stamens didynamous. 



18. OTOPIITLLA. Anthers unequal. Corolla bclI-shapcJ. Upper leaves 2-eared at the base. 



19. D.iSYSTO.MA. Anthers equal, awned at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow. Leaves 



mostly pinnatifid. 



20. GKU.\r>DI.\. Anthers equal, pointed at the base. Corolla bcll-shapcd, purple. Leaves 



narrow, entire. 



• • Corolla tubular, 2-Upped ; the upper lip arching and enclosing the 4 didynamous stamens. 



t- Anther-cells unequal. 



21. CASTILLEIA. Anther-cells separate. Leaves alternate, the floral ones colored. 



•*- -I- Anther-cells equal. 



22. SCXIAVALBEA. Calyx 10-12-ribbed, the upper teeth smaller. Capsule oblong, many- 



seeded. Leaves entire, alternate. 



23. I'EDICULAllIS. Capsule sword-shaped, few-seeded. Leaves pinnatifid. 



24. MELAMl'YliUM. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, 1 - 4-seeded. Upper leaves bristly-toothed 



at the base. 



1. VERBASCUM, L. Mullein. 



Calyx 5-partcd. Corolla rotate, 5-loI)cd ; 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 erciuite, rugose; the lowest large, oblong, petiolcd, the others broadly 

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

 Old fields and waste ground. Introduced. — Stem ii°-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 i)innately lobed ; 

 the lowest petioled ; the upper clasping; racemes elongated, ghmdular, the 

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

 purple hairs. — Waste ground, chiefly in the upper districts. Introduced. — 

 Stem 2° -.3° high. 



3. V. Lychnitis, 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, MuJdenlierg. Introduced. 



2. SCROPHULARIA, L. Figwout. 



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

 with the two nf>[)ernu)St longer; the lowest spreading. Stamens 4, declined; 

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



