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2. Ii, VlllgariS, Mill. (Common Toad-flax. Ramsted.) 
Smooth and glaucous ; stem erect; leaves alternate, crowded, linear- 
lanceolate; flowers (yellow) in a dense raceme , on pedicels shorter 
than the bracts; spur awl-shaped. 1J.—fields and road-sides, a 
showy, but pernicious, weed. Flowers 1' long, pale yellow, the pal¬ 
ate deep orange, hairy in the throat. — The Peloria state, with a reg¬ 
ular 5-cleft border to the corolla, 5 spurs, and 5 stamens, has been ob¬ 
served in Pennsylvania by Dr. Darlington. 
3. 1,. Platine, Mill. (Halbert-leaved Toad-flax.) Hairy, 
branched from the base, procumbent ; leaves alternate, ovate-halbert- 
form, petioled; flowers (yellow and purplish, small) axillary, on slen¬ 
der peduncles which are usually longer than the leaves; spur slender. 
— Fields and banks, sparingly introduced in Massachusetts and 
New York. 
3. SCROPHVLARIA, 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, with the anther-cells 
transverse and confluent into one ; the vestige of the fifth stamen 
present in the form of a scale-like rudiment at the summit of the 
tube of the corolla. Pod many-seeded. — Rank herbs, with most¬ 
ly opposite leaves, and small greenish-purple or lurid flowers in 
loose cymes, forming a terminal narrow panicle. (So called be¬ 
cause a reputed remedy for scrofula.) 
1. S. nodosa, L. (Common Figwort.) Smooth, tall and branch¬ 
ing ; stem 4-sided; leaves ovate, oblong, or the upper lanceolate, acute, 
cut-serrate, rounded or heart-shaped at the base. If. (S. Marilandica, 
L and S. Lanceol&ta, Pursh .) —Damp copses and banks. July. 
4. COLLINSIA, Nutt. Collinsia. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla declined, with the tube gibbous 
at the base on the upper side, deeply 2-lipped ; the upper lip 2- 
cleft, the lobes partly folded backwards ; the lower 3-cleft, its 
middle lobe keeled and sac-like, infolding the 4 declined stamens 
and style. Fifth stamen a slender rudiment. Pod many-seeded. 
— Slender branching annuals, with opposite leaves, and handsome 
party-colored flowers in umbel-like clusters, appearing whorled in 
the axils of the upper leaves. (Dedicated to the late Zaccheus 
Collins, of Philadelphia, an accurate botanist.) 
1- C. verna, Nutt. Nearly smooth, slender (6 / -20 / high), 
