SCROPHULARIACEAE FIGWORT FAMILY 
This large and widely distributed family contains at least 
2500 species, most of them herbs, though a few are shrubs and 
trees. A few plants are very poisonous, a few more are trouble- 
some weeds, and some are used in medicine. The family also 
contains many species with beautiful flowers, and a large 
number of these are cultivated for ornamentation. 
KEY TO GENERA 
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Gtemle’stamen a merescale.!.............Serophularia p. 304 
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7. Sterile stamen shorter than the others......... Chelone p. 306 
Sterile stamen about equaling the others... .Pentstemon p. 305 
Poet awers crowded in a spike... ..:2.3.-... Pedicularis p. 313 
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eestor distinctly 2-lpped....2.2. 0-24. -e- es Mimulus p. 307 
arene sesieciy O-lipped.. . 2... 2... 2 se eee Gerardia p. 311 
eee ay aud-corolla s-lobed.. .- .5..-..--- 2 6 <*, Gratiola p. 308 
Gaigswand corolla 4-lobed. ....°..:....-.°7..- Veronica p. 309 
11. Flowers tubular, purple, 2 inches or more in length, _ 
5 71) Sah SRI oe es A A re Paulownia p. 306 
Sweet herbs in plenty, blue borage 
And the delicious mint and sage, 
Rosemary, marjoram, and rue, 
And thyme to scent the winter through. 
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Take roses red and lilies white 
A kitchen garden’s my delight; 
Its gillyflowers and phlox and cloves, 
And its tall cote of irised doves. 
The Choice—KATHARINE TYNAN 
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