SCROPHULARIACE^. (FIGWORT FAMILY). 573 



14. TRIXAGO. Capsule ovate, turgid. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear, serrate- 



dentate. 



15. ODONTITES. Capsule oblong, compressed. Leaves lanceolate-linear to linear. 

 16.. EHYNCHOCORUS. If Capsule orbicular. Corolla with a proboscis-like process. 

 17. KHINANTHU3. Capsule orbicular, compressed. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 



1. VERJSASCUM, L. Mullein. 



Calyx o-cleft or -parted. Corolla rotate, with 5, more or less un- 

 equal lobes. Stamens 5, with unequal filaments, the upper three or 

 all woolly. Anthers 1 -celled, attached transversely to filament, reni- 

 form, or the lower two decurrent, adnate lengthwise to filament. Style 

 1 ; stigma club-shaped. Capsule septicidal, 2-valved and 2-celled at 

 tip ; seeds wrinkled — Tall, usually woolly, rarely green, biennials 

 or perennials, with sessile or decurrent stem-leaves. 

 * Anthers of longer stamens adnate-decurrent. Flowers {in ours) solitary^ 



racemed. 



1 subnivale, 2 Blattaria. 



* * Anthers all reniform, 7iearly equal. 



t Flowers in racemes composed of clutters. 



\ Flowers sessile or nearly so. Calyx .004 io ,01 long. 



§ Wool of filaments white or yellow. Corolla yelloio or pwylish. 



3 V. glomeratum, 4 Antiochium, 5 Amanum, 6 simplex, 7 Syria- 



cum, 8 Antari, 9 Karyeteini. 



§ § Wool of filaments molet or purple. Corolla yelloio. 

 10 V. Aintabicum, 11 ptychophyllum, 12 Cassareum, 13 Galil^um, 

 14 Palmyrense. 



X I Pedicels not longer than calyx. Calyx usually less than .006 long. 

 § Wool of filaments white or yelloio. 

 15 V. eriorrhabdon, 16 Sinaiticum, 17 Aliciae. 



§ § Wool of filaments violet or purple. 

 18 V. Tripolitanum, 19 siuuatum, 20 Gadarense. 

 § § § Wool of filaments unlcnown as yet. 



21 V. Qulebicum. 



XXX Pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx .002 to .003 long. 

 § Wool of filaments white or yellow. 



22 V. Saltense, 23 Cedreti, 24 Barbeyi. 



§§ Wool of flamoits violet or purple. 



25 V. Damascenum. 



1 1 FUiDers solitary, racemed. Calyx scarcely .002 long. 



26 V. Germanicise. 



1 1 1 Flowers solitary or the loicer twin, racemed. Calyx longer 



than .002. 



X Pedicels not longer than calyx. 



