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Corolla bilabiate; stems leafy. 



Anther-bearing stamens 2 10. Gratiola (p. 586). 



Anther-bearing stamens 4. 

 Sepals united into an 

 a n g 1 ed tube; 

 leaves merely 



toothed, or entire. 11. Mimultjs (p. 586). 

 Sepals distinct or nearly 

 so; leaves pinnat- 



ifid 12. Conobea(p. 588). 



Lower lip or lobes of the corolla ex- 

 ternal in the bud. 

 Stamens 2. 



Corolla almost regularly 4- 

 lobed ; leaves mostly 

 cauline; inflorescence 



not scapelike 14. Veronica (p. 588). 



Corolla none, or 2-lipped; 

 leaves basal ; inflores- 

 cence scapebke 15. Besseya (p. 590). 



Stamens 4. 

 Corolla slightly 2-lipped, yel- 

 low; stamens not ascending 



under the upper lip 16. Dasystoma (p. 590). 



Corolla distinctly 2-lipped, of 

 various colors; stamens as- 

 cending under the upper 

 lip. 

 Anther sacs dissimilar, the 

 inner one pendulous by 

 its apex; leaves mostly 

 alternate. 

 Calyx 2-phyllous, or by ab- 

 sence of the lower part 



1-phyllous 17. Adenostegia (p. 590). 



Calyx gamosepalous, united 

 into a tube below. 

 Calyx deeply cleft before 

 and behind, less 

 deeply so (or not at 

 all) on the sides; up- 

 per lip of the corolla 

 much longer than the 

 3-lobed lower one ; 



mostly perennials. . .18. Castilleja (p. 591). 

 Calyx almost equally 4- 

 cleft; upper lip of 

 corolla slightly if at 

 all longer than the 1 

 to 3-saccate lower 



one; annuals 19. Orthocarpus (p. 594). 



Anther sacs alike, parallel; 

 leaves mostly opposite. 



