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



20. OTOPHYLLA. Anthers unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Upper leaves 2-eared at 



the base. 



21. DASYSTOMA. Anthers equal, awued at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow. 



Leaves mostly pimiatifid. 



22. GERARDIA. Anthers equal, pointed at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, purple. Leaves 



narrow, entire. 

 * * CoroUa tubular, 2-lipped ; the upper lip arching and enclosing the 4 didynamous stamens. 

 ■i- Anther ceUs unequal. 



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



^- H- Anther cells equal. 



24. SCHWALBEA. Calyx 10-12-ribbed, the upper teeth smaller. Capsule oblong, many- 



seeded. Leaves entire, alternate. 



25. PEDICULARIS. Capsule sword-shaped, few-seeded. Leaves pinnatifid. 



26. MELAMPYRUM. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, 1-4-seeded. Upper leaves bristly- 



toothed at the base. 



1. VERBASCUM, L. Mullein. 



Calyx 5-partecl. 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 in 

 racemes. 



1. V. Thapsus, L. AVooUy througliout ; stem stout, simple; leaves 

 sliglitly crenate, rugose ; tlie lowest large, oblong, petioled, tlie 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. Haceme rigid, l°-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 

 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, gi-een- 

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

 white hairs. — In Carolina, Muhlenberg. Introduced. 



2. SCROPHULAIIIA, L. Figwort. 



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

 •with the two uppermo.st longer; the lowest spreading. Stamens 4, declined; 

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

 anther cells transverse and confluent into one. Capsule many-seeded. — Tall 

 herbs, with opposite leaves, and greenish purple flowers in loose cymes, form- 

 ing a narrow panicle. 



1. S. nodosa, L. Smooth; stem 4-sided; branches elongated, spread- 

 ing; leaves ovate or oblong, or the uppermost lanceolate, acute, serrate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base; flowers small. — Shady banks and thickets. 

 Sept. — Stem 2°- 5° high. 



