380 SCJlOPHULARIACE^. (fIGWORT FAMILY.) 



L. gexistif6lia, Mill. Glaucous, paniculately branclied ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, acute ; tlowers smaller and more scattered ; seeds wingless. — ISpariugly 

 naturalized near Mew York. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * Annual, procumbent, much branched, icith broad petioled veint/ alternate 

 leaves, and small purplish and i/elloiv Jiowers from their axils. 



L. Elatine, Mill. Spreading over the ground, slender, liairy ; leaves has- 

 tate or the lower ovate, much surpassed by the filiform peduncles ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, acute ; corolla 3-4" long, including the subulate spur. — Sandy 

 banks and shores, Canada to N. C, rather rare. (Nat. from Eu.) 



L. SPURIA, Mill. Like the preceding, but with roundish or cordate leaves 

 and ovate or cordate calyx-lobes. — Occasionally occurs on ballast or waste 

 grounds near cities. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. ANTIRRHINUM, Tourn. Sxapdragox. 



Corolla saccate at the base, the throat closed In- the large bearded palate. 

 Seeds oblong-truncate. Otherwise nearly as Liuaria. — Corolla commonly 

 showy, resembling the face of an animal or a mask ; whence the name (from 

 aPTi, like, and piu, a snout.) Fl. summer and autumn. 



A. Oroxtium, L. a small-flowered annual or biennial, low, erect; leaves 

 lance-linear ; spike loose, leafy ; sepals longer than the i)ur])lish or white co- 

 rolla. — About gardens and old fields in Atlantic States. (Adv. from Eu.) 



A. -mAjus, L. (Large Sxapdragox.) A large-flowered perennial, with 

 oblong smooth leaves and a glandular-downy raceme ; sepals short ; corolla 1^- 

 2' long, purple or white. — f^astward, escaping from gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 



4. SCROPHULARIA, Tourn. Figwort. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla with a somewhat globular tube ; the 4 upper 

 lobes of the short border erect (the two upper longer), the lower spreading. 

 Stamens 4, declined, witli the anther-cells transverse and confluent into one ; 

 the fifth stamen a scale-like rudiment at the summit of the tube of the corolla. 

 Capsule many-seeded. — Rank herbs, with mostly opposite leaves, and small 

 greenish-purple or lurid flowers in loose cymes, forming a terminal narroAV 

 panicle. (So called because a reputed remedy for scrofula.) 



1. S. nodosa, L., var. Marilandiea, Gray. Smooth perennial (.3-5° 

 high) , stem 4-sided ; leaves ovate, oblong, or the upper lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cut-serrate, rounded or rarely heart-shaped at base. — Damp grounds, N. Eng. 

 to Fla., west to the Rocky Mts. (Eu., Asia, the type.) 



5. COLLINSIA, Nutt. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla declined, with the tube saccate or bulging at 

 the base on the upper side, deeply 2-lipped ; the upper lip 2-cleft, its lobes 

 partly turned backward , the lower 3-cleft, its middle lobe keeled and sac-like, 

 enclosing the 4 declined stamens and stvle. Fifth stamen a gland-like rudi 

 ment. Capsule 4 - many-seeded — Slender branching annuals or biennials, 

 with opposite leaves, and handsome party-colored flowers in umbel-like clus- 

 ters, appearing whorled in the axils of the upper leaves. (Dedicated to the 

 late Zaccheus Collins, of Philadelphia, an accurate botanist.) 



I. C. verna, Xutt. Slender (6-20' high) , loAver leaves ovate, the upper 

 ovate-lanceolate, clasping by the htart-shaped base, toothed , whorls about 6- 

 flowered ; forcers long-peduncled ; corolla {blue and ichite) twice the length of the 

 calyx. — Moist soil, western N. Y. to W. Va., Wise, and Ky. May, June. 



