OEDEE LXXVm. SCEOPHULAEIACE^E FIGWOET-FAM1LY. 



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2. V. Blatturia. Moth Mullein. 



Stem simple or branching above, leafy, erect ; leaves smooth, clasping, ob- 

 long, coarsely serrate, the lower petlolate; flowers pedicellate, in a long, leafy 

 raceme, yellow or white, usually tinged with purple ; stamens unequal, with 

 purple, woolly filaments. A much slenderer plant than the last, smooth and 

 green throughout, with larger and handsomer flowers. Stem 2 8 ft high 

 Road-sides ; common in some districts. Introduced. June July. 



2. LINAEIA. 



Calyx 6-parted. Corolla personate ; upper lip bifid, reflexed ; 

 lower lip 3-cleft; palate prominent, nearly closing the throat; 

 tube inflated and spurred. Stamens 4. Capsule opening at the 

 gummit, by 1 2 pores. 



1. L. vulgiris. 



Toad-flax Snapdragon. 



Smooth and glaucous ; stem erect, with short, leafy branches ; leaves alter- 

 nate, crowded, linear-lanceolate; flowers yellow, in dense, terminal spikes; 

 bracts longer than the short pedicels; corolla with a long spar, the throat conv 

 pletely closed by the orange-colored palate. Common along road-sides. July 

 Aug. Per. 



2. L. Canadensis. Canadian Snapdrgon. 



Smooth ; stem slender, erect, nearly simple ; leaves linear, erect, smooth, 

 scattered, obtuse ; flowers small, blue, in an elongated, slender, terminal raceme, 

 on short pedicels ; spur filiform, curved, as long as the corolla. A more slender 

 plant than the last, common along road-sides and In sandy soils. The stem Is 

 G'iy high, and often has procumbent or ascending shoots at base, with small, 

 remote, chiefly "icosite leaves. June. Oct. An. 



a ANTIRRHINUM. 



Calyx f sepaled. Corolla gibbous at base ; upper lip bifid, 

 reflexed ; lower lip trifid, closed by the prominent palate. Cap- 

 sule without valves, opening by 3 pores. Per. 



1. A. rnajus. 



Snapdragon. 



Btem erect ; leaves lanceolate, opposite ; upper ones alternate ; flowers In 

 terminal racemes, pink, with the Up white, and the mouth yellow ; sepals lan- 

 ceolate, acute, covered with glandular hairs. There are varieties with scarlet 

 and with double flowers. Gardens. AugJuly. Per. 



4. BCEOPIIULAUIA. 



Calyx-segments 5, acute. Corolla-tube snbglobose ; limb con- 

 tracted, somewhat 2-lipped ; upper lip with 4 erect lobes ; lower 

 lip spr';i'liiiL r . Stamens 4, deciinate. A 5th stamen is also pre- 

 sent in the form of a scale on the inside of the corolla-tube, at the 

 summit. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. Per. 



1. S. nodiisa. 



Figwort. 



Smooth ; etein tall, angular, branching ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, the 

 upper ones varying to lanceolate, all acute, dentate or serrate, petlolate, mostly 

 cordate or rounded at base; flowers of a dull purple, in loose cymes, which 

 are arranged in a lone, narrow, terminal, leafless panicle, with opposite branches ; 

 calyx-teeth broad, obtuse, somewhat margined. A rank, tall plant 44 ft. 

 high, growing in low grounds and thickets. Not common in N. England, but 

 abundant Westward and Southward. July. 



6. CUELONE. 



Calyx-sepals distinct, with 3 bracts at base. Corolla tubular, 

 inflated, '2-lip|'<l; v.ppi-r lip arched, emarginate; lower lip 

 bearded at the throat, 3-lobed. Stamens with woolly filaments 

 and woolly, cordate anthers ; 5th filament sterile and smaller than 

 the others. Seeds with broad, membranous margins. Per. 



1. C. glabra. Snake-head. 



Smooth; stem erect, simple or branching; leaves opposite, lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, serrate, on very short petioles ; flowers large, white, varying to rose- 

 i dense, short spikes ; corolla with an open throat and contracted mouth ; 

 style long, cxsert A common plant, 83 ft high, growing In wet grounds, dis- 

 tinguished by the flowers, which have aome resemblance to the open mouth of 

 a snake. July Sep. 



6. MlMULUS. 



\ |.ri-m:iti.'. r>-i.,.,tli.-.|. C..i,,llu tubular, ringent ; upper 

 lip erect, un<l n'lUvl at tin- -i.l.-, u-lnli.-.l ; lower lip with a 

 kkbed -i.u.i.-n i Miu'm.i -hick, 2-lipped. 

 Capsule ii-ccllcd, many-seeded. Per. 



1. M. rfngens. 



Monkey-flower. 



Smooth; stem erect, square, branching;. leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate 01 

 lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, more or less clasping at base ; flowers large, on 

 solitary, axillary, square peduncles, longer than themselves, and curved up- 

 wards; corolla pale-blue, with a yellow throat A handsome plant,! 2ft 

 high, common in wet places. July Aug. 



1 GBATtOLA. 



Calyx-segments, nearly equal. Corolla 2-lipped; upper fip 

 entire or 2-cleft ; lower lip without a prominent palate, 3-cleft, 

 Fertile stamens 2, included usually with an anterior pair of sterile 

 filaments. Style dilated or 2-lipped at apex. Capsule 2-celled, 4- 

 valved, many-seeded. 



1. G. Virginiana. Virginian Hedge Hyssop. 



Nearly or quite smooth ; stem low, erect, simple or branching ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, opposite, slightly serrate, tapering at base ; 

 flowers small, on axillary peduncles, longer than the leaves ; corolla whitish, 

 generally with a pale yellow tube, twice longer than the calyx ; sterile filaments 

 none. A low plant 8' S 1 high, common in muddy grounds. July Aug. Per. 



2. G. aiirea. Golden Hedge Hyssop. 



Smooth ; stem decumbent at base, erect above, square, simple, or with as- 

 cending branches; leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly entire, few-nerved, opposite, 

 sessile; flowers solitary, on axillary peduncles scarcely equalling the leaves; 

 larger than in the last, golden yellow ; sterile filaments 2, minute. A handsome 

 plant, 8' 8' high, common on the borders of ponds. AugSep. Per. 



8. ILYSANTIIE3. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip short, erect, 2- 

 cleft ;" lower large, spreading, 8-cleft Fertile stamens, 2, in- 

 cluded, posterior. Sterile stamens 2, anterior, forked, mostly 

 without anthers, with one of the divisions glandular and obtuse, 

 and the other short and smooth, acute. Style 2-lipped at apex. 

 Capsule many-seeded. 



1. L gratioloides. False Pimpernel. 



Smooth ; stem ascending, branching, low ; leaves opposite, sessile, ovate or 

 oblong, sparingly serrate, more or less obtuse, the lower ones sometimes obo- 

 vato and tapering at base ; flowers small, pale-blue, solitary, on axillary, bract- 

 ess peduncles ; corolla erect, twice longer than the calyx. A low plant, 2' V 

 high, common In wet and muddy grounds. July Aug. Per. 



9. DIGITALIS, 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla campanulate, ventricose. Limb of 

 5 nearly equal lobes. Capsule ovate, 2-ceUed, 2-valved, with a 

 double dissepiment 



1. D. purpurea. Foxglove. 



Stem erect; leaves oblong, rugose, downy, crenate, lower ones crowded, pe- 

 lolatc ; flowers large, crimson, beautifully spotted within, in a long showy, 1- 

 ided raceme; calyx-segments ovate-oblong; corolla obtuse, upper lip entire. 

 A tall, showy biennial, common In gardens. July. 



10. VER6NICA. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla rotate or tubular, deeply 4-clcft ; 

 ower segments usually narrower than the rest. Stamens 2, ex- 

 sert, one on each side of the upper lobe of the corolla. Style 

 mtire. Stigma single. Capsule compressed, 2-furrowed, often 

 emarginate at apex, 2-ccllcd, few to many-seeded. 



* Tall plants, with rerticiUate leaves and tubular corollas. 



1. V. Virginica. Culver's Physic. 



Mostly smooth ; stem erect, simple, straight, tall ; leaves lanceolate, petio- 

 ate, acute, or acuminate, finely serrate, in whorls of 47, glaucous beneath ; 

 lowers white, in dense, terminal and subterminal, paniclod spikes; corolla tu- 

 bular, pubescent within ; stamens and style much cxsert, twice as long as tho 

 corolla ; capsule not emarginate. A tall, elegant plant, 26 ft high, not uncom- 

 mon In rich, low grounds, frequent In cultivation. July. Per. 



* * Leaves opposite. Corolla nearly or quite rotate. 



2. V. Americana. Brooklime. 



-:iiM.,tii and rather fleshy ; stem decumbent at base, and then erect; leave* 

 nuettly petlolate, ovate, or oblong, serrate, more, or less acute, abrupt, or some- 

 what cordate at base ; flowers small, In opposite, loose racemes, on slender 



