VERBASCUM. XCI SCROPHULARIACE®. 397 
Calyx parerie fils. minute or 0. Gratiola. 13 
Corolla < 5-parted. ? Sterile fils. forked. . Ilysanthus. 14 
=" } Bibi Calyx 4-parted. Fl. minute. . Hemianthus. i5 
Flowers diandrous. ( Corolla subequally 4-lobed. : . . . Veronica. 19 
5 Leaves serrate. . Mimutus. 1¢ 
(Stamens 4 Leaves multifid. . Conobea. 11 
included. ¢ Leaves entire. . Herpestis. 12 
Sta. ascending see spicate. Rhinanthus. 27 
Corolla ae galea. ¢ Fis. solitary. Melampyrum.29 
bilabiate. (Sta. declinate in lower lip. . Collinsia. 7 
; Lvs. ovate-lanceolate. . Buchnera. 20 
Cor.5- (purple. ¢ Lvs. linear, entire. . . Gerardia. 22 
lobed, ; Cal. 5-parted. Seymeria. 21 
Ster. fil. 0 | sub- ren equal. ¢ Cal.5-tooth’d.Dasystoma. 24 
or minute. (equal, (yellow. ? Anthers unequal. . » Otophylla. 23 
. Sterile filament scale-like, adherent to the ovoid corolla. Scrophularia. 6 
Herbs with oppo- | Fls. didy- | Sterile filament shorter, glabrous. Seeds winged. . Cheilone. 8 
site leaves. .... namous. (Sterile filament long, exserted, bearded. Sds. apterous. Pentstemon. 9 
Trees with large cordate leaves, and panicles of tubular, scarlet flowers. 
TrisngeEl. SALPIGLOSSEX. 
1.SCHIZANTHUS. Ruiz & Pavon. 
Gr. ox.£a, to cut, avos, a flower; in allusion to the numerous divisions of the showy corolla. 
Corolla irregular, the upper lip 5-cleft, external in zstivation, low- 
er much smaller, 3-parted ; filaments 4, 2 of them sterile; capsule 
2-celled—@ from Chi. Lvs. pinnatifid, alternate. Cymes supra- 
azulary. 
S. pinnatus. Ruiz & Pavon.—Lvs. 1—2-pinnately cleft; cor. tube shorter 
than the calyx, middle segment of the posterior lip, 2-lobed, cucullate, lateral 
segment falcate-spatulate, middle segment of the anterior lip emarginate, late- 
ral 4-lobed; s/a. exserted.—Plant 1—2f high, with delicate and beautiful flowers 
in clusters opposite the leaves. Calyx and peduncles viscid-pubescent. Corolla 
purple and yellow, with a dark spot in the midst. + 
Trine 2. VERBASCE®. 
2,.VERBASCUM. 
Lat. barba, beard; a name significant of the beard with which the plant is covered. 
Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, unequal ; stamens 5, declinate, all perfect ; 
capsule ovoid-globose, 2-valved—® rarely % or suffruticose. Lws. al- 
ternate. 'ls. in spikes or paniculate racemes. 
1. V. rHarsus. Common Mullein. 
Lvs. decurrent, densely tomentose on both sides; rac. spiked, dense; three 
of the stamens downy, two of them smooth.—The tall, dense, club-shaped spikes 
of the common mullein are very conspicuous in every slovenly field and by all 
roadsides, U.S. and Can. Stem erect, 3—5f high, woolly, its angles winged 
by the decurrent base of the leaves, generally simple, occasionally with one or 
two branches above. Leaves very rough with dense wool on bothsides. Flow- 
ers rotate, of a golden yellow, nearly sessile. Notwithstanding its frequency, 
the mullein is generally supposed to have been introduced. Jn.—Aug. 
2. V. Buarraria. Moth Mullein. 
Lws. clasping, oblong, smooth, serrate; ped. 1-flowered, solitary —@ Grows 
in waste grounds, roadsides, N. Eng. to Ia.! not common. Stem 3f high, 
branching above, bearing a terminal, leafy raceme 2—4’ long. Lower leaves 
oblong, obovate; upper ones cordate-ovate, all coarsely and doubly serrate. 
Flowers on pedicels near an inch in length. Corolla yellow or white, marked 
with brown at the back. Stamens unequal, purplish, the filaments all hairy. 
Jn. Ji. 
3. V. Lycuniris. : 
Whitish subtomentose; st. and paniculate branches angular; Ivs. green 
above, crenate, lower petioled, narrowed to the base, upper ones sessile; panicle 
pyramidal, fascicles loosely many-flowered ; cal. small, with lance-subulate seg- 
ments ; fil. with white wool.—Banks of the Delaware, near Philadelphia, Pursh. 
Ky. McMurt. Leaves very canescent beneath. Flowers pale yellow. 
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