622 Order 86.— SCROPHULARIACE^E. 



open, N. T. near Utica (Gray) to 111. A tender herb 8 to 18' high, branched from 

 the base. Lvs. 1 to 2' by i to 1', dilated at base. Pedicels 1 to 1|' long. Cor. 

 5" long, variegated with blue and white, singular and pretty. May, Jn. 

 2 C. parviflora Dougl. Lower lvs. ovate, petiolate, upper oblong or lanceolate, 

 few-toothed, the floral lanceolate, entire ; verticillasters 2 to 6-flowered ; cor. little 

 shorter than the pedicels, scarcely longer than tJie calyx. — Shores of Lake Superior 

 to Or. (Pitcher). A smaller plant, with smaller, blue fls. 



3 C. bicolor Benth. Lower lvs. ovate, petiolate, upper ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile, crenate, the floral entire, lanceolate ; verticillasters 6 to 10-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels shorter than the hairy calyx. — Taller than C. verna, 2f high, with larger, 

 showy fls. Cor. 8 to 10" long, rose-violet, upper lip white, f California. 



13. PAULOW'NIA, Sicbold. Calyx deeply 5-cIeft, fleshy ; corolla tube 

 long, declinate, enlarged above, limb oblique, with rounded segments; 

 stamens 4, arched downwards, with no rudiment of a fifth ; capsule lig- 

 neous, acuminate, valves septiferous in the middle ; seeds co, winged, 

 — Tree, native of Japan. 



P. imperialis Sieb. — A splendid tree, in parks, with tho habit of Catalpa. 

 Branches crooked, nearly horizontal. Lvs. 7 to 12' by 4 to 9', opposite, petiolate, 

 broad-cordato, above entire or somowhat trilobate, villous-canesceiit both sides, 

 smoothish above when full grown. Panicles very large, terminal, many -flowered. 

 Cor. 1£ to 2' long, between violet and rose-color, striped and spotted within, f 



14. MIM'ULUS, L. Monkey Flower. (Gr. /«/zw, an ape ; from 

 the resemblance of the ringent or grinning corolla.) Calyx tubular, 5- 

 angled, 5-toothed; corolla ringent, the upper lip reflected at the sides, 

 palate of the lower lip prominent; capsule 2-celled, many-seeded ; stig- 

 ma thick, bifid. — Herbs prostrate or erect, with square stems and oppo- 

 site lvs. Ped. axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered. 



§ Leaves pinnate-veined. Flowers blue (wild) or yellow (cultivated) Nos. 1, 2, 5 



§ Leaves [laltnato-veimid . Flowers yellow or scarlet Nos. S, 4, & 



1 M. ringens L. Lvs. sessile-, smooth, lanceolate, acuminate; ped. axillary, 

 longer than the flowers. — 2£ A common inhabitant of ditches and mud soils, Can- 

 and TJ. S., with large, blue, ringent flowers. Stem erect, square, smooth, about 

 2f high. Leaves sessile, opposite, serrate, acute, lanceolate. Peduncles about as 

 long as the leaves, square, curved upwards, axillary and opposite. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, 5-angled and 5-toothed. Corolla pale blue, yellow within. Ji, Aug. 



2 M. alatus. Los. petiolate, smooth, ovafe, acuminate ; ped. axillary, shorter 

 than the flowers ; si. winged at the 4 corners. — 1[ In N. Y. to Ind. (Plummer), and 

 S. States. This, like tho last species, inhabits ditches and other wet places, 

 and grows to nearly the sumo height. Tho square stem, erect, smooth, and 

 winged at tho 4 angles, affords an adequate distinction. Leaves stalked, ovate. 

 Flowers ringent, on short stalks, light purple. Calyx teeth rounded, mucronate. 

 Aug. 



3 M. Jamesii Torr. St. decumbent, rooting at tho lower joints ; lvs. subentire, 

 roundish-reniform, tho lower on long petioles, 5 to 7-veined ; ped. about as long 

 as the leaf; cal. ovate, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube scarcely txserted. — Shores 

 of L. Superior, Min., Nebr. Fls. small, yellow. 



4 M. luteus L. Ascending or erect ; lvs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, loiver 

 lony-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many-veined ; ped. longer than 

 the lvs. ; cal. tube ovoid, upper tooth largest ; cor. tube broad, twice longer than 

 the calyx. — % Fls. yellow, often spotted with rose or purple, large and very 

 ahowy. f California. — Varies greatly. 



5 M. Cardinalis Dougl. Erect, branched, villous ; lvs. ovate, erose-dentate, 

 narrowed and amplexicaul at base, many-veined; ped. longer than tho lvs.; caL 

 tube large, inflated ; cor. lobes reflated. — ^J- St. loosely branched, 2 to 3f high. 

 Cor. scarlet, the tube hardly longer than the calyx, lhnb large and brilliant 

 \ California. 



