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SCROPHULARIACEiE. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
\ PUbeSCeilS, Solander. Somewhat hairy; root-leaves 
petioled, ovate or oblong; those of the stem lanceolate from a clasp¬ 
ing base, serrate, sometimes entire ; flowers loosely panicled; tube of 
the 2-lipped corolla gradually enlarged upwards, flattened and bridg¬ 
ed on the upper side, with 2 infolded lines on the lower which are 
more or less bearded within ; sterile filament bearded lengthwise. — 
Sometimes quite smooth, when it is P. lasvigatus, Soland ., &c.— Hills 
and river-banks, Connecticut to Wisconsin. June-Sept._Flowers 
pale violet-purple or white: pedicels, &c., somewhat clammy-pubes- 
P. DigitAlis, Nutt., with a larger and more inflated open corolla, 
is to be expected in S. Ohio. 
MIMILIJS, L. Monkey-flower. 
Calyx prismatic, 5-angled, 5-toothed, the upper tooth largest. 
Corolla tubular; the upper lip erect or reflexed-spreading, 2-Iob- 
e d ; the lower spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4. Stigma 2-lipped, 
the lips ovate. Seeds numerous. — Herbs, with opposite leaves, 
an d mostly handsome flowers on solitary axillary peduncles. 
(Name from pipw, an ape , on account of the gaping corolla.) 
C JJI. riiigens, L. (Purple Monkey-flower.) Erect, 
smooth, perennial; stem square ; leaves oblong or lanceolate , pointed, 
serrate, clasping by a heart-shaped base; peduncles longer than the 
flower ; calyx-teeth taper-pointed from a broad base. — Wet places, 
common. Aug. — Plant 1° -2° high : corolla large, violet. 
2- alatus, Ait. (Wing-stemmed Monkey-flower.) Stem 
a tittle winged at the angles above ; leaves oblong-ovate , tapering into 
a P&tole ; peduncles usually shorter than the calyx , the very short teeth 
°f w Mch are abruptly pointed: otherwise like the last, but larger- 
eaved—Low grounds, from Connecticut southward. 
8. CONOBEA, Aublet. (CaprAria, Micfoc.) 
Calyx 5-parted, equal. Upper lip of the corolla 3-lobed, the 
lower 3-parted. Stamens 4, all fertile, the anthers approximate 
hy pairs. Style 2-lobed at the apex, the lobes wedge-form. 
Seeds numerous, striate. — Low branching herbs, with opposite 
leaves, and small solitary flowers on axillary 2-bractleted pedun- 
cles. (Name unexplained.) 
C C. multifida, Benth. Diffusely spreading, much branch¬ 
ed, minutely pubescent; leaves petioled, pinnately parted, the divis- 
I0 ns linear-wedge-shaped; corolla (greenish-white) scarcely longer 
