SCROPHULARJACEJi. (FIGWORT FAMILY.) .'507 



.,+ ++ 4H . Anthers 2-celled. Stamens didynamous. 



20. OTOPHYLLA. Anthers unequal. Corolla bell-shaped. Upper leaves 2-3ar3d at 



the base. 



21. DASYSTOMA. Anthers equal, awued at the base. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow. 



Leaves mo.tly pumatirid. 



22. GERARDIA. Anthers equal, pointed at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, purple. Leaves 



narrow, entire. 



* * Corolla tubular, 2-lipped ; the upper Up arching and enclosing the 4 didyuamous stamens. 



t- Anther cells unequal. 



23. CASTILLEIA. Anther cells separate. Leaves alternate, the floral ouej colored. 



4- -i- Anther cells equal. 



24. SCH'iVALBEA. Calyx 10- 12-ribbed, the upper teeth smaller. Capsule oblong, many- 



seeded. Loives entire, alternate. 



25. PEDICULABIS. Capsule sword-shaped, few-deeded. Leaves pinnitifid. 



26. MELAMPYRITM. Calyx 4-cleft. Capsule flat, 1-4-seeded. Upper le.ivea bristly- 



tootlied at the b^se. 



1. VERBASCUM, L. MH.LEIN. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; the lobes ne;irly eipial, roundish. 

 Stamens 5, declined, all, <>r a part of them, bearded. Stigma simple. Capsule 

 globose, many-seeded. Tall biennial herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in 

 racemes. 



1. V. ThapSUS, L. Woolly throughout; stem stout simple: leaves 

 slightlv crenate, rugose; the lowest large, oblong, petioled, the others broadly 

 decurrent on the stem; raceme spike-like, dense, cylindrical ; flowers yellow. 

 ( >ld fields and waste ground. Introduced. Stem 2 -5 high. Lowest 

 leaves 1 long. Raceme rigid, l-2long. 



2. V. Blattaria, L. Stem smooth below, pubescent above, sparingly 

 branched or simple ; leaves smooth, oblong, acute, serrate or pinnately lobed ; 

 the lowest petioled; the upper clasping; racemes elongated, glandular, the 

 flowers scattered; corolla bright or pale yellow; filaments all bearded with 

 purple hairs. Waste ground, chiefly in the upper districts. Introduced. 

 Stem 2 -3 high. 



3. V. Lychnitis, L. Plant mealy-white ; stem branching and angled 

 above ; leaves ovate, acute, sessile ; the lowest narrowed into a petiole, green- 

 ish above ; flowers in a pyramidal panicle, yellow ; filaments bearded with 

 white hairs. In Carolina, Mnhlenberg. Introduced. 



2. SCROPHULARIA, L. FIGWORT. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose or oblong, 5-cleft ; the 4 upper lobes erect, 

 with the two uppermost longer; the lowest spreading. Stamens 4, declined; 

 the fifth sterile aud scale-like, placed near the orifice of the tube of the corolla : 

 anther cells transverse and confluent into one. Capsule many-seeded. Tall 

 herbs, with opposite leaves, aud greenish purple flowers in loose cymes, form- 

 ing a narrow panicle. 



1. S. nodosa, L. Smooth; stem 4-sided; branches elongated, spread- 

 ing ; leaves ovate or oblong, or the uppermost lanceolate, acute, serrate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base; flowers small. Shady banks and thickets. 

 Sept. Stem 2- 5 high. 



