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4. L. Elatine, Miller. Hairy; stem prostrate, slender, branching ; leaves 



small, ovate and hastate; the lowest sometimes opposite and toothed ; pedicels 

 axillary, filiform, commonly longer than the leaves ; flowers small, yellow and 

 purplish ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute. — Waste places, North Carolina. Nat- 

 uralized, fj) — Stem 4' - 12' long. 



6. MIMULUS, L. Monkey-flower. 



Calyx tubular, 5-anglcd, sharply 5-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; the upper lip 

 2-lobed, erect or rcflcxed ; the lower 3-lobed, spreading. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous : anther-cells somewhat confluent. Stigma ovate, 2-lipped. Capsule locn- 

 licidally 2-valved, many-seeded. — Erect smooth perennial herbs, with opposite 

 leaves, and axillary purple flowers. 



3. M. ringens, L. Stem compressed, 4-angled, the angles wingless; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, denticulate, cordate and clasping at the base ; pe- 

 duncles longer than the flowers. — Swamps in the upper districts. Aug. — Stem 

 1°- 2° high. Leaves thin, 2'- 4' long. Corolla showy, the palate greenish and 

 pubescent. 



2. M. alatllS, Ait. Stem square, with winged angles ; leaves oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate, tapering at the base into a petiole ; peduncles shorter than 

 the flowers. — Swamps, Florida, and northward. July and Aug. — Stem 2° 

 hiuh. Leaves 2'- 5' long. Calyx-teeth small. 



7. HERPESTIS, Geertn. 



Calyx 5-parted ; the 3 outer lobes, especially the upper one, broader. Corolla 

 bell-shaped, 5-lobed or bilabiate, with the upper lip 2-lobed or emarginate, the 

 lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous: anther-cells contiguous or divaricate. 

 Style dilated and flattened at the apex. Capsule 2-valved, many-seeded. — Low 

 herbs, with opposite leaves. Flowers opposite, axillary, or in leafy terminal 

 racemes. 



* Sterns ^-angled : leaves serrate : peduncles 2-bracted at. the base : exterior calyx-lobes 

 oblong : corolla white. 



1 . H. nigrescens, Benth. Smooth ; stem erect, simple or branched ; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-obovate, rather obtuse, serrate above the middle ; lower 

 peduncles as long as the leaves, the upper much longer ; tube of the corolla 

 striped with blue ; the upper lip rounded. (Gratiola acuminata, Walt.) — Low 

 ground, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 1° 

 - l£° high. Leaves 1' - 2' long. 



2. H. peduncularis, Benth. Smooth ; stem decumbent, diffuse, creep- 

 ing near the base ; leaves small, obovate-oblong, entire near the base ; peduncles 

 filiform, 3-4 times as long as the leaves. — Key West. — Stems 6' - 12' long. 

 Leaves 4" -6" long. Flowers smaller than in No. 1. 



