402 XCI. SCROPHULARIACER. Herrestis. 
Yellow Monkey Flower.—Ascending or erect; lvs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, 
lower long-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many-veined; ped. 
longer than the leaves; cal. twhe ovoid, upper tooth largest; cor. tube broad, 
twice longer than the calyx.—California and Chili. Flowers yellow, often 
spotted with rose or purple. ¢ 
4. M. carpinatis. Doug. Cardinal Monkey Flower.—Erect, branched, vil- 
lous; lus. ovate, erose-dentate, narrowed and amplexicaul at base, many- 
veined; ped. longer than the leaves; cal. tube large, inflated; cor. lobes reflexed. 
—California. Stem loosely branched, 2—3f high. Corolla scarlet, the tube 
hardly longer than the calyx, limb large and brilliant. + 
ll. CONOBEA. <Aublet. 
Calyx 5-parted, equal; upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, lower lip 
3-parted ; fertile sta. 4; anth. approximating by pairs, cells parallel ; 
caps. globose, ovoid, valves breaking away from the placentiferous dis- 
sepiment; seeds 00, ovoid.—Amerzcan, branching herbs, with opposite 
lvs. Ped. axillary, solitary or in parrs, \-flowered, 2 bracteoles near apex. 
C. muttiripa. Benth. aa Michz. Leucospora. Nutt.) 
Low, diffusely branched, puberulent; dvs. petiolate, pinnately dissected, 
segments linear or cuneate, lobed or entire, obtuse; cor. lobes entire ; caps. ovoid, 
valves at length 2-parted—@? Along the banks of the Ohio, (Clark!) and other 
western rivers, common. A plant 4—6’ high, with finely divided leaves, and 
of a grayish aspect. Leaves 1’ long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as 
the flowers. Corolla greenish, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsule 14” long. 11. 
12 HERPESTIS. Gaert. 
Gr. éornorns, a creeper; ftom the prostrate habit of the plants- 
Calyx 5-parted, unequal; cor. subbilabiate; upper- lip emarginate 
or 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed ; sta. 4, didynamous, parallel; caps. 2-fur- 
rowed, 2-celled, valves parallel with the dissepiment, the margins in- 
~ flexed; seeds 00, small—Obscure weeds with opposite lvs. Ped. 1- 
flowered, axillary or subracemose, often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 
1, H. rotunpirouia. Ph. (Monneria rotundifolia. Michz.) 
St. mostly glabrous, creeping; lvs. orbicular-obovate, entire, glabrous, 
many-veined ; pedicels ebracteate, 1—3-together, 2 or 3 times longer than the 
calyx ; lower cal. seg. ovate; cor. 4 longer than the calyx.—A prostrate mud 
plant, in ponds, Ill. Mead! to La. Stem 1f in length. Leaves 6—12” diam., 
about 9-veined, sessile. Peduncles thick, half as long as the leaves. Calyx 
2—3” in length. Flowers blue. 
2. H. micrantrua. Pursh. 
Glabrous, prostrate ; lvs. oval, entire, sessile or clasping, obscurely many- 
veined ; pedicels ebracteate, nearly as long as the leaves; cal. lower seg. cor- 
date ; cor. scarcely longer than the calyx—Borders of pools and rivers, N. J. 
Penn. to Va. A minute weed, 2—4’ in length, with minute flowers. Leaves 
about 3” by 2’, 5—7-veined. Flowers less than 2” long, blue? Aug. 
3. H. amMpiexicaunis. Ph. (Monneria amplexicaulis. Michz.) 
St. floating, woolly; /vs. amplexicaul, ovate, obtuse, entire, many-veinec, 
‘glabrous above; ped. solitary, shorter than the calyx; cal. lower seg. cordate ; 
cor. 4 longer than the calyx; hypogynous disk long, 10-toothed at apex.—Swamps 
and ditches, N. J. to La. A few inches in length, with leaves 6—8” long. 
Flowers nearly 5’ long. Style dilated at the end. Aug. 
4. H. Monnerta. Humboldt. (H. cuneifolia. Ph. Monneria cuneifolia. 
Michx.)—Glabrous, fleshy, prostrate ; lvs. cuneate-obovate, obscurely cre- 
nate or entire; pedicels as long as the leaves, with 2 bracteoles near the calyx; 
lower cal. seg. ovate-—An obscure weed, on inundated banks, Penn. to Car. 
Beck, and La. Eaton. Leaves 6—8” long, obscurely veined, subclasping. 
Flowers very small, pale purple. Aug. 
