FIGWORT FAMILY 555 
4, unequal, bent ‘to one side, a fifth stamen rudimentary. Capsule many 
seeded. 
l. §. marylandica, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 141.) Marytanp Ficwort. A 
coarse herb, 3 to 10 ft. high, with opposite leaves, which are egg-shaped, 
3 to 12 in. long, on long leaf-stalks, the borders serrate, apex sharp, base 
tapering, rounded or even heart-shaped. Flowers in a large, more or less 
pyramidal, terminal cluster, composed of a number of umbel-like groups. 
Flowers greenish-purple. Im woods and meadows, New York and south- 
ward. July-Sept. 
2. §. leporella, Bicknell. (Fig. 2, pl. 141.) Hare Fiawort. Leaves 
on short leaf-stalks, narrower than those of No. 1. Woods and waysides, 
in stations the same as No. 1. June-Sept. 
6. CHELONE, L. 
Herbs, with opposite leaves and large flowers in dense spikes or axil- 
lary clusters, growing in mud by side of streams or in swampy places. 
Calyx 5-parted, the segments nearly equal. Corolla 2-lipped, the superior 
lip erect, the lower of 3 lobes, spreading; tube enlarged above, the throat 
not closed, woolly within. Stamens 5, 4 only fertile, enclosed in the co- 
rolla. Capsule ovoid. 
C. glabra, L. (Fig. 3, pl. 141.) TurtTiE-HEAD. SNAKE-HEAD. Stem 
erect, 4-sided, 1 to 3 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, sharp pointed at apex, 
narrowed at base on very short leaf-stalks, borders sharply toothed. 
Flowers large, in a dense terminal cluster, white or tinged with pink. 
Along the borders of streams or in other wet places. Throughout our 
area. July-Sept. 
7. PENTSTEMON, Soland 
Perennial herbs, with opposite leaves and terminal clusters of showy 
flowers. Calyx short, 5-parted. Corolla tubular, enlarged at the outer 
half of the tube, the border somewhat 2-lipped. Stamens, 4 fertile and 1 
sterile, included in the corolla. Style slender. Capsule ovoid or globose. 
1. P. hirsutus, (L.) Willd. (Fig. 6, pl. 141.) Harry BrArp-TONGUE. 
Stem 1 to 3 ft. high, erect, slender. Leaves opposite, viscid hairy, oblong 
to lance-shaped, the upper clasping the stem by a broad rounded base, the 
lower tapering at the base to a broad or slender leaf-stalk, the upper leaves 
serrate at borders, the lower wavy. Corolla purple or violet, inflated 
toward the throat, which later is densely bearded, the border 5-lobed; 
flower about an in. long. Dry grounds, Maine, southward to Florida. 
May-July. 
2. P. laevigatus, Ait. (Fig. 5, pl. 141.) Foxanove BEARD-TONGUE. 
Stem 2 to 5 ft. high. Lower leaves oval or oblong, with entire or some- 
what wavy borders, the upper egg-shaped, heart-shaped and clasping the 
stem, usually sharp toothed. Whole plant, except in the flowering part, 
smooth. Corolla } to 1 in. long, white. Fields, Maine, New York, and 
westward. May-July. 
Var. P. Digitalis, Gray. Corolla larger, about 1} in. long, and its tube 
expands suddenly above the calyx. 
Var. P. Pentstemon, (L.) Britton. SmoornH BEARD-TONGUE. Resembles 
No, 2, but with purple corolla. Escape from gardens. 
