302 SCROPHULARIACEA3. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) 
seeded ; the partition thin and vanishing. — Small annuals, grow¬ 
ing in mud, usually near the sea-shore, creeping by slender run¬ 
ners, and with almost no ascending stems; the entire fleshy leaves 
in dense clusters around the simple 1-flowered peduncles. Flow¬ 
ers small, white or purplish. (Name a diminutive of limus , mud, 
in which these little plants delight to grow.) 
1. L. tenuifdlia, Nutt. Leaves (or rather petioles destitute 
of a proper blade) terete, awl-shaped or thread-form, not enlarged or 
flattened above. (L. subulkta, Ives.) —Brackish marshes, Maine to 
New Jersey. Aug. — Plant l'-2' high. 
14. SOTHYRIS, Benth. Synthyris. 
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla somewhat hell-shaped, variously 2- 
4-lobed or cleft. Stamens 2, inserted just below the sinuses on 
each side of the upper lobe of the corolla, occasionally with anoth¬ 
er pair from the other sinuses, exserted : anther cells not confluent 
into one. Style slender : stigma simple. Pod flattened, rounded, 
obtuse or notched, 2-grooved, 2-celled (rarely 3-lobed and 3-cell- 
ed), many-seeded. —Perennial herbs, with simple scape-like stems 
beset with partly clasping bract-like alternate leaves, the root- 
leaves rounded and petioled, crenate. Flowers in a raceme or 
spike, with bracted pedicels. (Derivation of the name unex¬ 
plained.) 
L S. Houglitoiimna, Benth. Hairy ; root-leaves round- 
ovate, heart-shaped; raceme spiked, dense \ corolla not longer t an 
the calyx, usually 2-3-parted. (Gymnandra Houghtoniana, Torr.) 
High prairies and hills, Wisconsin, Lapham. Michigan, 
May. — Spike 5'-12' long. Corolla greenish-white, for the most 
part deeply 2-parted, with the upper lip entire, a little longer an 
narrower than the lower, which is 3-crenulate or 3 -toothed; ° ter j 
3-parted, with the upper lip notched or 2-lobed. When there are 
stamens the lower pair appear later than the others. 
15. VERONICA, L. Speedwell. 
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla with a 4-cleft spreading border, the 
lateral lobes or the lower one commonly narrower than the others. 
Stamens 2, one each side of the upper lobe of the corolla, exseit 
ed : anther-cells confluent at the apex. Style entire : stigma sin¬ 
gle. Pod flattened, usually obtuse or notched at the apex, 2 ce 
ed, few - many-seeded. — Chiefly herbs, with various foliage; the 
