573 SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY). 



ternating witli its lobes ^ which are imbricated in the bud j 

 fruit a %celled^ usually many-seeded jpod^ with 4: placentce 

 in its acj^is / seeds anatropous^ with a straight or curved 

 embryo in dopiotis albumen — Calyx free, lobes 5-4. Corolla 

 campaniilate, rotate, or 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, retuse 

 or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Anthers 2-celled, or 1-celled 

 by union of tips of cells. Style single ; stigma entire or 2- 

 lobed — An order of bitterish plants, some of which are 

 narcotic. 



SzRiis A. FSElTUOSO'liANACE^. All the leaves alternate. Inflorescence 

 centripetal. Upper lip of corolla outside in bud. Fifth stamen sometimes perfect. 

 Tribe I. V:ES&BAS€ij:yE, Corolla rotate, slightly irregular. 



1. VEKBASCUM. (2) If ^ Fertile stamens 5. Plants usually woolly, sometimes green. 



2. CELSIA. @ 2f ^ Fertile stamens 4. Green herbs, sometimes shrubby at base. 



Series B. ANTIRIEIIINExE. All or at least the lower leaves (in ours) opposite. 

 Inflorescence centripetal or partly so. Upper lip of bilabiate corolla outside in bud ; tube 

 gibbous, saccate or spurred at base. Fifth stamen rudimentary or 0. 



Tribe II. ANTIMRHINEJE, Inflorescence centripetal, uniform. Corolla-tube I 

 saccate or spurred at base. Pod opening by chinks or pores. 



3. LIXAEIA. 2f Corolla spurred at base. Throat with a palate or 0. 



4. ANAEEHIISrUM, If Corolla tubular, throat not closed by a palate. 



5. A]SrTIREHi:N^UM. 2^ Corolla personate, throat closed by a palate. 



Tribe III. CHE1jONE.3E. Inflorescence partly centrifugal. Corolla not spurred at 

 base. 



6. SCEOPHULARIA. @ If Flowers small, more or less greenish or lurid-purple. 



Tribe IV. GRATIOIiE-iE. Inflorescence centripetal. Corolla tubular or campan- 

 ulate, not spurred, 



7. LINDEXBEEGIA. ^ Hispid, nearly leafless, desert plants. Flowers violet, .015 long. 



Series C. RMINANTHIHE^. Leaves opposite or alternate. Inflorescence \ 

 usually centripetal or composite. Corolla lobes variously imbricated, the anterior or 

 lateral usually outside in bud. Stamens 4 or 2, fifth stamen (in ours) 0. 



Tribe Y, I>IOITAIjE/E. Inflorescence centripetal, spiked. Corolla tubular or 

 campanulate, with flat lobes. Stamens 4. Cells of anthers usually confluent at tip Capsule 

 2-valved. 



8. DIGrlTALIS. 2f Leaves alternate. Flowers rusty -colored, .015 long. 



Tribe YI. VEMONlC'E.E, All, or at least the lowest, leaves opposite. Inflores- 1 

 cence centripetal, racemed or spiked. Corolla-tube short, with flat lobes, little or not at | 

 all bilabiate. Stamens distant, 2. Anthers niuticous, 1-2-celIed. Fruit capsular. 



9. WULFENIA. 2f Leaves .15 to .25 long. Corolla slightly bilabiate. 



10. YEROXICA, 0*"lf Leaves small. Corolla rotate, with upper lobe broader. 

 Tribe YII. EUl*MiaASlE^. All, or a¥"least the lowest, leaves opposite. In- 

 florescence centripetal, racemed. Corolla bilabiate, the upper lip concave or helmet-shaped. 11 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, anther-cells distinct, usually mucronate at base. 



* Calyx bibracteolate at base. 



11. SIPHOXOSTEGIA 2f Tall plants. Leaves oblong-lanceolate. Flowers purple. 



12. BUNGEA. 21 Tufted plants. Leaves linear. Flowers yellowish. 



* * Calyx not bracted at base. | 



13. EUFEAGIA. Capsule oblong or lanceolate, somewhat compressed. Leaves ovate jj 



or oblong, crenate or palmatilobed. 



