FIGWORT FAMILY 761 



Anther-bcaring stamens 2; calyx of 5 almost distinct sepals; sterile fila- 

 ments short or wanting. 14. Gkatiol.\. 

 Upper lip or lobes internal in the bud. 

 Stamens 2. 



Corolla almost regularly 4-lobed. 



Corolla rotate; leaves opposite or verticillate. 



15. Veronica. 

 Corolla campanulate or short-tubular; leave-s alternate, mostly 

 basal. 16. Synthyris. 



Corolla none, or!2-lippod, cleft to near the base; upper Up entire, the 

 lower irregularly cleft or toothed; basal leaves ample; stem-leaves 

 bract-like, reduced and alternate. 17. Besseya. 



Stamens 4. 



Corolla sliglitly 2-lipped; stamens not ascending under the upper lip. 



18. Agaunis. 

 Corolla distinctly 2-lipn(Hl; stamens ascending under the upper lip. 

 Anther-sacs dissiinihir, the inner one pendulous by its apex; leaves 

 mostly alternate. 

 Calyx gamosepalous. 



Calyx deeply cleft in front and beliind, less deeply so on the 

 sides; upper lip of the corolla much longer than the 

 3-lobed lower one. 19. Ca.stilleja 



Calyx almost equally 4-cleft; upper Up of the corolla slightly 

 if at all longer than the 1-3-saccate lower one, which 

 is imnutely or obsoletely toothed. 

 Lip 1-saccate. 20. Orthocarpus. 



Lip 3-saccate. 21. Triphysarl^. 



Calyx 2-phylloiLs, i. e., cleft to the base on the sides or, by the 

 absence of the lower leaf, 1-phyllous. 22. Adenostegia. 

 Anther-sacs alike, parallel; leaves mostly opposite. 



Margins of the 2-lobed upper Up of the corolla recurved; calyx 



4-cleft. 23. Euphrasia. 



Margins of the upper Up of the corolla not recurved. 



Ovules several or numerous; capsule several or many-seeded. 

 Calyx split below, or below and above, not inflated; cap- 

 sule ovoid or oblong, obUque. 

 Galea prolonged into a filiform recurved beak; throat 



with a tooth on each side. 24. Elephantella. 

 Galea if prolonged into a beak, the latter not flUform, 

 straight or incurved ; throat without teeth. 



25. PEDICUL-ARIS. 



Calyx 4-toothed, inflated and velnv in fruit. 



26. Rhinanthus. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell; fruit 1-4-seeded. 



27. Meu\mpyrum. 



1. VERBASCUM (Tourn.) L. iMullen. 



Annual, biennial, or rarely perennial, caulescent herbs, more or less glandular 

 or densely pubescent with branched liairs. Leaves alternate, entire, toothed, 

 or pinnatifid, sometimes decurrent. Flowers perfect, in terminal spikes, racemes, 

 or panicles. Sepals 5, partly united. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, slightly irregular, 

 the upper lobe exterior in the bud. Stamens 5, all fertile, exserted, the upper 3, 

 or all of the filaments pubescent. Ovary 2-celled; styles dilated or flattened at 

 the apex. Capsule oblong to subglobose, 2-valved, septicidal. Seeds rugose, 

 wingless. 



Plant densely woolly; flowers in a dense spike. 1. V. Thapsus. 

 Plant glabrous or glandular; flowers racemose. 



Pedicels longer than the fruit; plant glabrous or sparingly glandular. 2. V. Blattaria. 



Pedicels shorter than the fruit; plant densely glandular. 3. V. virgatum. 



1. V. Thapsus L. Biennial; stem stout, 3-20 dm. high, woolly with densely 

 matted branched hairs, winged; lower leaves spatulate or elliptic, 1-4 cm. long; 

 upper stem-leaves oblanceolate, densely woolly; raceme dense and spike-like, 

 continuous, 1-10 dm. long; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate; corolla deep yellow, 

 rarely white, 1-2.5 cm. wide, pubescent without. Waste places, fields, and 

 roadsides: N.S. — Fla. — Calif. — -B.C.; nat. from Eii. Plain — Submont. Je-Au. 



2. V. Blattaria L. Biennial; stem rather slender, 4-12 dm. high, glabrous 

 below, glandular above; basal leaves obovate or spatulate; stem-leaves oblong 

 or ovate, the U})per clasping, 2-12 cm. long, dentate, incised or lobed, glabrous; 

 raceme slender, interrupted, 1-5 dm. long; calyx-lobes linear or oblong, recurved; 

 corolla white or yellow, 3-4 cm. broad; filaments magenta. Fields and waste 

 places: Que. — Fla. — Calif. — B.C.; nat. from Eu. Plain — Submo7it. My-S. 



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