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the corolla abruptly dilated uear the base; the lips nearly equal. Dry Mill, 

 Georgia, Florida, and westward. July. Stem 2 high. Corolla 9" -12" 

 loug, white or pale purple. 



Var. multiflorus, Beuth. Larger (3 -4) high; leaves thicker ; cymes 

 many-flowered, forming a large spreading panicle ; corolla smaller. Pii.e 

 barreiis, Florida. 



5. LINARIA, Juss. TOAD-FLAX. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted. Corolla personate, spurred at the base ; the upper 

 lip eiuarginate or 2-lobed ; the lower 3-lobed ; the throat coiniuunly closed by 

 the prominent palate. Stamens 4, didyuamous. Capsule globose or ovoid, 

 opening at the apex, with few ur several tooth-like valves, many-seeded. 

 Herbs, with alternate or (on the radical branches) opposite or whorled leaves, 

 and axillary or racemose flowers. 



* Stems with prostrate brunches at the base, u-Jtich bear broader opposite or 



ichorled /eaves. 



1. L. Canadensis, Spreng. Smooth; stem erect, slender, mostly sim- 

 ple ; leaves linear, flat ; those on the radical branches oblong : racemes straight ; 

 pedicels erect, as long as the calyx; lobes of the small (3"-4"l blue and 

 white corolla rounded; spur filiform, curved, as long as the pedicels. Culti- 

 vated ground, common. April - May. @ Stem 1 - 2 high. 



2. L. Floridana, Chapm. Stem smooth, ascending, pauiculately much 

 branched; leaves fleshy, terete, linear or club-shaped: these on the radical 

 branches obovate; racemes nVxiiuns. glandular-hairy; pedicels spreading, 3- 

 4 times as long as the calyx ; lobes of the small (2") blue corolla truncate or 

 emarginate: spur very short. Sandy coast, Florida. April -May. 



Stem 3'- 12' high. 



* * Prostrate bniiu-hi s none. 



3. L. VUlgaris, Miller. Smooth; stem erect, simple or branched; 

 leaves alternate, linear or linear lanceolate, crowded ; raceme dense ; flowers 

 large (!' long), yellow; spur subulate; seeds flattened, margined. -- Waste 

 places. Naturalized. T/ Stem l-3 high. 



4. L. Elatine, Miller. Hairy; stem prostrate, slender, branching; 

 leaves small, ovate and hastate ; the Invest sometimes opposite and toothed ; 

 pedicels axillary, filiform, commonly longer than the leaves; flowers small, 

 yellow- and purplish ; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute. Waste places. Natural- 

 ized. Stem 4' - 1 2' long. 



6. MIMULUS, L. MON-KET-FLOWER. 



Calyx tubular, 5-angled. sharply 5 toothed. Corolla bilabiate; the upper 

 lip 2-lobed, erect or reflexed ; the lower 3-lobed, spreading. Stamens 4, 

 didynamons: anther cells somewhat confluent. Stigma ovate, 2-lipped. 

 Capsule loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. Erect smooth perennial herbs, 

 with opposite leaves, and axillary purple flowers. 



1. M. ringens, L. Stem compressed, 4-angled, the angles wingless; 

 leaves .oblong or lanceolate, denticulate, cordate and clasping at the base ; 



